Snyder Industries 2000 Gallon ASTM XLPE Black Captor Double Wall Tank

Warm feed duty at the two thousand size

The duty that brings a buyer to this row is a warm product in a moderate bulk quantity, and the sheet says so in one number: 140 F / 60 C. That covers clean-in-place and wash-down chemical, sanitation programmes in food, beverage and dairy, dyehouse and laundry stores, plating and metal finishing lines, rendering and process operations, and any yard installation in a hot region where a tank bakes through the afternoon. Two thousand gallons is the working quantity for a site that doses daily and takes a delivery every few weeks, and the containment is why the tank can stand on the production floor or on a slab beside the building instead of inside a built bund. The containment job is straightforward and worth being plain about: a release has to stay inside the vessel rather than reach a drain or the ground, and this sheet delivers that as one item with one footprint and no structure to build. Design the base against the loaded figure. The sheet gives 16,680 pounds for the water alone at 8.34 pounds per gallon and 31,692 pounds of max contents at the published 1.9 rating; 900 pounds is only the weight that comes off the truck. The surface wants to be flat, continuous and level under the whole 102 inch footprint, with no rails and no shim at one corner. The shape is the other half of the case for this size. At 103 inches on a 102 inch circle the tank is very nearly as wide as it is tall, which is stable, easy to get under a roof, and reachable from a modest platform when the manway has to be opened, and it is a far easier vessel to pipe warm than a tall one. Before the order, settle what you can actually put in it. A warm liquid occupies more of the shell than a cold one, so the usable volume and the headspace are not the nameplate figure: the Captor double wall freeboard sizing guide works that through on thermal expansion, chemistry and density. Then check consumption and delivery quantity in the tank sizing calculator and take the freeboard rule from the tank sizing guide.

Two thousand gallons three ways, plus a 1550 and a 2500

Four part numbers share this 102 by 102 by 103 inch shell, three of them at 900 pounds and one, carrying the SII prefix on the sheet, at 1,180. Both weights and both spellings are printed as given, with no explanation, because no sheet offers one. What is genuinely this listing's own is the material and the limit: cross-linked linear polyethylene with a service limit of 140 F / 60 C, the highest published in this shell, at a specific gravity rating of 1.9 and 31,692 pounds of max contents. That limit is the reason a warm plant lands on this row rather than a shellmate, and it belongs to the part number rather than to the family. Tell us the product, the strength and the working temperature and we will confirm the row before anything is ordered. The two other sizes are shape choices. 5490000N48 holds 1,550 gallons on a 76 inch plan at 136 inches and 780 pounds, which buys floor space back and spends it on height; it is the answer in a crowded room and it makes the manway a platform job. 5580000N30 holds 2,500 gallons at 122 inches on this same 102 inch circle at 1,100 pounds, so it changes nothing on the floor and only asks for more clear height. On a warm duty the wide, low shape has a second advantage worth weighing: the pipework runs are shorter, the suction is easier, and there is less standing column for the pump to work against on every start.

Comparing against another maker? Send the competing spec to 866-418-1777 or a quote request and we will show the differences honestly.

The pump path on a cross-linked two thousand

• The discharge: the outlet field reads "1 Manway / Lid", which names an opening and not a pipe size; there is no inlet, no thread, no flange and no valve on this sheet, so none is claimed. On the published arrangement the discharge begins at the top, with a suction assembly through the manway to a pump beside the tank. Give us the product, the flow and the line size and we will confirm what this part number carries before the pump is bought.
• Warm suction: heat shows up on the suction side first. Keep the run short and generously sized, keep it flooded where the layout allows, and put a flexible connection at the first joint so thermal movement and vibration never reach the tank wall.
• Prime: on a warm liquid, plan a proper priming arrangement rather than relying on a foot valve to hold overnight.
• Low level: set the strainer clear of the bottom and cut the pump out before the level reaches it. A dry run on a warm product is the one that costs a seal set and a shift.
• The fill opening: an 18 inch threaded vented manway is the only opening the sheet publishes, and it serves as the delivery route, the inspection hatch and the cleaning access together. At 103 inches it is reachable from a modest platform.
• The vent: the manway is listed as vented, and that path is what keeps the wall out of trouble on a fast fill and a hard pump-down. Keep it clear and inspect it every time the manway is opened.
• The space between the walls: no monitoring port, gauge or alarm is published, so that arrangement is specified separately and belongs in the maintenance schedule.
• Limits: 140 F / 60 C, a specific gravity rating of 1.9, and a 3 Year Warranty. That is all this sheet publishes about service.

Give us the product, the strength and the working temperature at order time, and the gasket, the seat and the valve body follow from that rather than from a catalogue default.

Plant dosing where the product arrives warm

This is the two thousand gallon row for warm service: sanitation and clean-in-place chemical at food, beverage and dairy plants, wash and laundry operations, textile and dyehouse lines, plating and finishing shops, rendering plants, and process water treatment where the delivery arrives hot or the building keeps it warm. In all of them the tank stands where a release would reach a drain, which is why it is contained rather than single walled. Where containment is a requirement rather than a choice, the Captor double wall compliance walkthrough takes the requirements in order and nothing here claims that a product satisfies them. The guide to wall thickness at the vapour saturated headspace is worth reading before commissioning, because the vapour line is where a polyethylene wall works hardest and a liquid-side inspection does not see it. If the project in front of you is private fire water storage rather than process chemical, start with the fire water reservoir design guide for rural and remote sites; this page makes no claim about that duty.

Class 300, 900 pounds, out of Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska is the plant and Nebraska the only ship-from state on this sheet. Freight is LTL at class 300, no NMFC number is given, and the shipping size is listed at 102 by 102 by 103 inches at 900 pounds. Price your lane with the freight cost estimator; the listed price is before freight. The load is square and light: eight and a half feet across, a little over eight and a half feet tall and 900 pounds, so the equipment at your end is modest but the gate, the approach and the turning room still need measuring before the truck is booked. Take it under the base, never by the manway, and set it in its final position on the finished, cured, level surface before any pipe is fixed to it. Fill with clean water, hold the 16,680 pound load, then read the manway seal, the base all the way round and the slab underneath. Drain it, dry it, and look into the space between the walls with a proper light while everything is still clean, writing the date on the shell. Then do it again after the first warm fill, because a joint that sat quietly through a cold water test is not yet a joint that has been tested. Save the pallet; a tank that ever has to move again is easier to move on it.