small tank installation
small tank installation
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Hi basically we have 3 tanks to be installed in a concrete room of height 4.25 M. The tanks are 4.0 M high. We can not lift off the ceiling over the tank . How can we install it please any ideas? The tank is 2.5 tonnes in weight. As we can not lift from above is it possible to put embedded plates on the walls to somehow help?





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Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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This type of question and the lack of meaningful info. needed to actually address the problem, makes me wonder how anything ever gets done in industry these days. Do you have any real engineers at your company that you could talk to about this problem, or at the tank supplier? Why wasn’t handling and installation considered when you ordered and spec’d. the tanks. You just can’t get a 3M tank through a 1M door.
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-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)
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I asked a rigger and they suggested sliding them in on steel sheets followed by a series of jacks. Still not too helpful or efficient.
dhengre. The tank has not been designed yet. The building doesnt even exist. Thanks for the comment though was truely helpful. Well done you deserve a pint on me.
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That opens the opportunity to build the building around the tanks.
Doing so may or may not be a good idea in the long run.
A better solution might be to design the roof with removable sections above the tanks.
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Or: Buy the tank first, install and mount the tank second, then build the building's "roof" (or upper floor) over top of the tank as the third step.