Automate Tank Cleaning totes, vats and vessels
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
If tank cleaning in your facility involves filling and draining or manual cleaning, there’s an unneces-sary profit leak in your plant. There are dozens of ways to automate cleaning of tanks of all sizes and all of them will significantly reduce:
- Cleaning time
- Manual labor
- Water, chemical and energy use
- Wastewater disposal costs
Tanks will be cleaner and returned to service more quickly enabling increases in production time. Operating costs will be lower and profits will be higher.
Savings of $50,000 per tank aren’t uncommon. Most plants have multiple tanks, so it is easy to see how automating cleaning of multiple tanks can save hundreds of thousands of dollars per year by reducing operating costs and increasing production time.
Selecting the right automated tank cleaning product primarily depends on:
- Tank size
- Level of impact required to remove the residue in the tank
- The chemicals used for cleaning and the temperature of the cleaning liquid
Options include spray balls, stationary tank cleaning nozzles, high-impact fluid-driven units, motorized tank cleaners and fully automated tank cleaning systems. Ask your tank clean¬ing equipment supplier for a no-obligation on-site evaluation to determine which solution is best for your application and to provide a pay-back analysis. The evaluation is usually free and is an efficient way to get the automation process started.
