Tag: Tanks

Gpi delivers 4 stainless steel tanks for Steam Project

Gpi delivers 4 stainless steel tanks for Steam Project

Gpi Tanks engineered and manufactured four stainless steel tanks for a major Steam Project. This steam technology is an extension to their plant where chemicals are produced for the purpose of clothing, furniture, household products, and construction materials.
Tank containers are loaded on a freight train. © Bertschi

Tank containers shrink the world

It is no exaggeration to say that the tank container has revolutionized freight transport. From its humble origins, the ISO tank container industry now numbers more than half a million units across the globe. Tank production is growing at nearly twice the rate of the world economy and they are almost always made of molybdenum-containing stainless steel. Such is their popularity that these containers now represent a significant end-use application for molybdenum.

What’s in store at StocExpo 2014?

newsitem StocExpo, taking place on 18-20 March 2014 at Ahoy, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, is set to be the biggest event of the year for Europe’s terminal operators, oil companies, traders and regulators.

Speeding up purge process

To speed up the purge process prior to welding for large pipes and tanks, Huntingdon Fusion Techniques has designed and developed a range of Quick Purge Systems.

Chilled tanks for wine

In the 1960s and early 1970s most wine produced in Italy was placed in concrete and fibre-glass-reinforced plastic tanks, and only 8.5 million hectolitres were contained in stainless steel tanks, for a total of 17,000 tonnes of flat product.