Do you have the Checklist for Annual Chemical Storage Tank Inspection?

The annual inspection of chemical storage tanks is essential to ensure safe storage of chemicals. Also, inspection will help you detect cracks and other stress points that may result into leakage. But do you’ve the checklist for the inspection? If no, you do not need to worry as we’ve it here for you.

• Empty the tank and clean it thoroughly. If there are chemicals in the tank, they must be neutralized. You can’t inspect a dirty tank so you need to clean it completely.
• Examine the tank properly and see if there are any brittle, or cracking appearances as they may lead to leakage.
• The fitting areas of the chemical storage tanks should be examined in detail and with proper attention to see if they show any signs of weaknesses.
• The inside of the tank needs to be properly examined, which becomes a challenge. This is because you can’t get inside it to inspect if there is any crack. Therefore, you need to use bright and high powered light to inspect the interior.
• The dome of tanks, especially the one like HCL storage tanks may become brittle due to their exposure to fumes. So be cautious when inspecting the dome and other nearby areas.

 We hope that the above checklist will help you in the inspection of your chemical storage tanks. You can contact the suppliers for a better guide and some additional information.

Why you shouldn’t buy acid storage tanks the way you’d bought earlier?

You’ve been in chemicals for years. And therefore, you know it from inside and out.

You also have close to 50 people working at your chemical factory. And you also have a plan to expand soon. Just a little ago, your man told you about the acid storage tanks – you need some more. You’re not thinking about it. You know whom to call. The supplier will give it to you in a matter of days. But you must be a little cautious this time while placing an order for the acid storage tanks. Why? I’ll tell you.

I know you’re a pretty busy man. You’ve people to manage. Orders to take care of. And hundreds of other minor and major things – and in all this busyness, you might not have realized that worker safety guidelines and compensation for workers’ injuries have gone too rigid and difficult to comply with. So in such a case, if the acid storage tanks you have at your factory fail in quality, your workers might get badly injured. Mightn’t they?

And then think about work at your factory. It might get badly affected for days, if not months. Now I believe none of this will happen to you, to your business. But the point that I want to make here is you should get good quality acid storage tanks that have been designed and built to contain large amounts of acids for long periods of time.

I’m done for now. Tell me what you think about this post. Do you really feel you can continue with the tanks that you have been buying or using all these years? Or, do you really feel encouraged to look beyond the horizon and invest in some really good quality acid storage tanks?

I’ll be running a series of blog posts here on Sulphuric acid storage tanks and water tanks and everything about tanks and chemical industry. So stay connected. If you have something up on your mind about the chemical tanks, you can drop a comment here.