Storage tanks are tanks that are used for storage of liquids as well as gases. These tanks come in various shapes and sizes but mostly are cylinder shaped and have flat base. The roof of these tanks is either fixed or floating type. There are two types of storage-container, the ones used for storing material underground make use of underground storage-tanks and materials which are stored above the ground make use of above ground storage-tanks. The design as well as the operation of the tank depends upon the type of material its going to store. The various design types include open top and closed top, slope bottom, dish bottom, flat bottom, cone, bottom tanks as well as vertically cylindrical and horizontally cylindrical tanks. The container that have to withstand hydraulic hydrostatically induced pressure inside them are generally vertically cylindrical in shape with rounded corners. There are various different containers used for different applications like water storage, chemical storage, storing gaseous substances and more.
There are these tanks known as mixing boiler also and as the name itself suggests these boiler are used for mixing different materials together. The most commonly used material for making mixing tanks is stainless steel, even though it can be made of plastic, hard rubber, etc. Most of the manufacturing units make use of storage container for mixing the raw material together smoothly and then use it for creating a spectrum of products. The use of mixing tanks varies as per the industry type. For example in a bakery the mixing tank would be used to mix yeast, flour and water in pre-calculated quantities while making bakery products. Similarly, this is applicable for various other industries like beverage or chemical or petrochemical, water as well as waste water plants, power plants or natural gas plants also.
These industrial usage tanks are quite costly and could cost industry a fortune. Though, there are a lot of vendors who sell used storage container that are in good shape. So, when there is a tight budget to be worked upon, companies generally tend to go for used storage tanks, used stainless steel tanks, liquid storage container after checking out the duration for which they are used and what material was stored in these tanks and how old these tanks are. There are specialists who can identify the quality of the storage container and if they can be reused without any kind of problem whatsoever.
Used storage-tanks find their applications in all kinds of industries from food, pharmaceutical, plastics, beverage, winery, fermentations, propane and more.
