An automatic tank cleaning machine is a machine used to clean cargo, process, underground storage tanks and similar equipment such as those found in tank trucks, rail cars, barges, oil tankers, food manufacturing facilities and beverages, chemical processing plants, ethanol factories, and brewing facilities. Generic trademarks such as Gamajet and butterworth engines are often used to refer to automatic tank cleaning machines regardless of their manufacturer.
Video Automated tank cleaning machine
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The tank must be cleaned from time to time for various reasons. One reason is to change the type of product carried in the tank to prevent cross-contamination. Another is to allow the tank to be inspected or for maintenance to be carried out in the tank and to prevent the formation of products on the interior tank wall.
The automatic tank cleaning machine works in a similar way to the irrigation sprinkler but is highly engineered to provide increased strength. The forced water through the rotary nozzle rotates the device on the double axis, creating a 360 Â ° cleansing pattern. When the water spray, the liquid is pumped out of the tank. Portable cleaning systems are commonly used for many outdoor applications while a permanent or permanent Clean-in-Place (CIP) system is used in a cleaner environment.
Alfa Laval Gamajet 8 is widely used in the chemical, ethanol, transportation, brewing, municipal, and oil/fuel storage industries. Weighing only 15 lbs., This device maintains 40 lbs. cleaning power at 25 feet. A typical cleaning cycle finishes in 12 minutes.
Butterworth Type K machines are widely used. This model can clean the tank up to 10,000,000 US gallons (38,000 m 3 ). It uses water with pressure up to 250 psi (1,700 kPa) and temperatures up to 250 ° F (121 ° C). Water jets reach up to 115 feet (35 m). Depending on the pressure applied, the cleaning cycle can take about 10 to 50 minutes and the machine uses between 15 gallons US (56.8 L; 12.5 gallons) and 350 gallons of US (1,324.9 L; 291.4 Â ± gal ) per minute.
In most crude oil tankers, special crude oil washing systems, or COW systems, are part of the cleaning process. COW system circulates hot crude oil through a fixed tank cleaning system to remove wax and asphalt deposits.
Although the machine is often used for washing tanks, the final stage of manual cleaning known as mucking, is usually done. Mucking requires protocols for entry into confined spaces and use of flight respirators, protective clothing and security watchers.
However, with the Gamajet tank cleaning machine, entering limited space greatly reduces eliminating hazards for workers. Cleaning of the manual tank is dangerous in several ways. While tank barges can be cleaned at ports, ship tanks are generally cleaned at sea. This is mostly due to the risk of fire and explosion in the tank.
Maps Automated tank cleaning machine
History
The first automatic tank cleaning machine was invented by Arthur Butterworth and patented in 1920. The goal was to limit the amount of time workers had to spend in the tank, and some liberate them from hazardous and exhausting jobs. In 1925, Butterworth founded the company to market the machine. Standard Oil New Jersey bought the company in 1930, and later became a subsidiary of Exxon Corporation.
In 1986, as part of an internal restructuring at Exxon, the Butterworth company was sold to Exxon's management. The company is privately owned, and headquartered in Houston, Texas.
External Links
- Butterworth Tank Cleaning Machines - Product Resources
- Butterworth Tank Cleaning Machines
- Gamajet Video Tank Cleaning Machine
- Video on How Gamajet Works.
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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