Norwesco 50 GAL UTILITY TANK STEEL B, read exactly as the catalogue prints it
Part number 63551 is a steel band. The record gives it as 23 inches long, 1 inch wide and 19 inches tall, and both the empty weight cell and the ship weight cell read 5 lb. The material cell reads Steel and there is nothing else in the material column. The shipped shipping dimensions read 21 inches long by 1 inch wide by 19 inches tall, which is two inches shorter on the long side than the length cell sitting above it in the same record; both figures are printed here as the sheet gives them and neither is adjusted to agree with the other. The freight class cell reads UPS, the ship mode cell reads LTL, and the NMFC cell reads 178690. Capacity, colour, specific gravity, maximum temperature and warranty are blank on this record, which is what a parts record looks like when the part is a strip of steel and not a tank.
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Nothing sits beside it on the sheet, so read the part itself
The sibling column on this record is empty. No companion part number, no second size, no kit, no assembly it belongs to: one row, and nothing printed under it to read this band against. That matters more on a part than it does on a tank, because a tank carries its own capacity and weight and grade line whether or not it has neighbours, while a band is defined mostly by what it fits, and the only statement this record makes about fit is the name at the top of it.
So read the four cells that are populated. Twenty three inches on the long side. One inch of width. Nineteen inches of height. Five pounds. Steel. That is the whole of what arrives, and it is worth saying plainly that the 50 in the title is a description of the tank this band is named for and not a property of the band. A band holds no gallons. It has no capacity cell, no water weight and no specific gravity, and nothing about the host tank's contents, duty or service transfers onto this part because its name mentions the tank.
The honest limitation is a count. Several records in this same drawer carry the number required inside the name itself, so the buyer knows at a glance whether one is enough. This name does not. It stops at a bare B, and the record prints no quantity field anywhere, so how many of these a given installation takes is a question this row does not settle for you.
What the name points at, and what the catalogue files it under
Two fields place this part. The type cell reads Tank Bands and the application cell reads Metal Tank Bands, which is the drawer it lives in and the company it keeps on our shelves. The name points outward at a 50 gallon utility tank, and utility is the word the catalogue uses rather than a claim anyone is making here about where the tank goes or what goes in it.
The trailing letter is worth one sentence and no more. Catalogue strings on older Norwesco parts were written to a fixed character count, and this one runs out of room part way through the last word. We print the name exactly as it reads, letter for letter, because guessing at the ending is how a parts list stops being accurate. The manufacturer part number, 63551, is the unambiguous handle: quote that when you order and the truncated string stops mattering.
The hardware question this record does not answer
Hardware first, because it is the first thing a buyer asks about a band and the place this record is silent. No fastener is named. No fastener count appears. There is no hardware column populated on this row at all, so whether anything arrives with the steel is not something the sheet establishes, and it is worth confirming before the band is on a purchase order rather than after it is in a box on the shop floor. We are not going to name a fastener the record does not name.
What the record does establish is the steel itself and the dimension that has to suit the tank. The long figure, 23 inches, is the one that follows whatever it is bought to go around; the 1 inch width is the face of the strip; the 19 inches is the third dimension the catalogue measured it across. The record ties those numbers to a tank only through the title, which is a name and not a specification, and there is no drawing reference, no opening size and no shell diameter anywhere on this row. If the tank on your pad was bought years ago and nobody kept the paperwork, measure it before you order rather than trusting a title to do that work.
Where a band this size earns its keep
The practical case for buying a part like this is timing rather than performance. Steel bands are cheap relative to the tank they are named for and expensive relative to the delay they cause when they are the one thing missing on installation day. Order the band on the same line of the same purchase order as the tank, put the manufacturer part number on that line, and the part shows up with the rest of the job instead of two weeks behind it.
The second practical case is the spare. Five pounds of steel takes no meaningful room on a shelf, and a site with several of the same tank family is a site where one damaged band should not stop a return to service. Whether a spare is worth stocking depends on how far you are from a shipping point, which is a question the plant list in the next section answers better than any general advice does. Before any of that, size the vessel itself: our tank sizing guide is the place to start when the tank is still a decision rather than a delivery.
Five pounds, a UPS class and an LTL mode in the same row
Six plants are printed on this record: Hanford in California, Griffin in Georgia, Sheldon in Iowa, St. Bonifacius in Minnesota, Washington Court House in Ohio and Shawnee in Oklahoma. The ships-from cell reads Arizona, California, Georgia, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas.
The listed price is before freight, and the freight cost estimator will take your ZIP and give you the real number for your own address. On a five pound part the lane rarely moves the decision, but it is still the number you want before the purchase order goes out.
When the carton lands, take two minutes and lay the band flat on a bench. A strip of steel one inch wide travels in a carton that is barely wider than it is, and a bend picked up in transit is obvious against a flat surface and nearly invisible in the box. Read it against the 23 inch length cell while you are there. Sort that out with a carton and a packing slip in front of you, not with a tank waiting. Once it is full and holding, leave it alone for a day before the plumbing goes on; a settled tank is a quiet one.
Freight and documents
LTL freight is quoted to your ZIP with the freight cost estimator or by phone at 866-418-1777. The listed price is before freight.
Technical drawing (PDF) for Norwesco 63551.
See this tank
Product video. Watch the Norwesco 50 GAL UTILITY TANK STEEL B video (51 seconds) with dimensions, fittings and shipping notes.
Ready to order?
Add it to your cart at the top of this page, get LTL freight to your ZIP, request a written quote, or call 866-418-1777. The listed price is before freight.
