Selecting A Container For Your Flexitank-Fluid Flexitanks in India

Selecting A Container For Your Flexitank

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Flexitank are great for the purpose of storing or transporting liquids in bulk quantities. The flexitanks offer a wide range of benefits to the users which is exactly the reason as to why they are so much preferred by the users. In this regard, proper selection of the container is the key at the time of using a flexitank. A container that is damaged or faulty might create big problems at the time of installing the flexitank. The selection of an improper container might cause damage to the flexitank and at the same time causing loss to the inner contents as well. Thus, it is of immense importance to select an appropriate container for your flexitank. Here we have listed a few important tips to select the right container for your flexitank.

Proper Weight Rating

The container so selected for transportation of the flexitank should necessarily have a gross weight rating of at least 30480 kilograms which would ensure a perfect match.

Checking the Age

The age of the container so selected for the flexitank should not be more than ten years old. If the container is new, then that’s perfect. Otherwise, it would be idea to select a container that lies between two to six years of age for best results.

Inspecting for Corrugation

Both the side walls of the container chosen for flexitank should be necessarily corrugated for the entire side wall’s length. Any of the containers whose decal panels are flat should be immediately rejected.

No Deformation

There should not be any deformation to any of the side walls of container selected for transporting the flexitank.

Locking

The locking system of the door of the container for flexitank should be chosen. Each of the door should be having a minimum of two locking bars and each of the locking bars should be retained by a minimum of three locking bar bracelets. All of the locking bar cams should necessarily lock into both the top as well as the bottom locking bar cam retainers in an appropriate manner.

Handles

The handles of the of the chosen container should position freely into the door handle retainers and the catches of the door handles should close fully.

Structural Parts

All of the structural parts of the door, upper & lower ‘C’ sections, and vertical sections should be free from any kinds of dents as well as buckling. All the hinges present in the container should be working appropriately and moving freely.

Check the Floor

The floor of the container should be free from any kinds of protruding screws, nails, splinters, and other fixings so as to make sure that the flexitank is not damaged while in the container.

Keeping all the points mentioned above points in mind at the time of flexitank containers would make sure that the right one is chosen that can be used without hesitation for transporting flexitanks. 

5 Top Applications of Flexitanks-Fluid Flexitanks in India

5 Top Applications of Flexitanks

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Flexitanks are extremely flexible storage containers for storing and transportation of bulk liquids. These containers are of varying capacities ranging from 50 litres to 26 tonnes depending on the specific gravity of the liquids. The flexitanks have their own advantages over the other different types of containers for bulk liquid storage. Flexitanks offer the best ratio for capacity to weight as compared to any other type of containers.

In addition to this, after emptying, the flexitanks shrink down to occupy a minimal space, thereby making these ideal in case where there is a space crunch. Most importantly, the flexitanks are the most cost effective option for bulk liquid storage and transportation. Additionally, the flexitanks are both safe for the environment and the liquid stored in them. The flexitanks find a wide range of applications and the top five applications are as listed below.

Storage of Fuels

Flexitanks are great for storing of fuels like diesel, oil, liquid fuel, and similar others. For the storage of fuels, flexitanks are coated with a protected lining and berm which offers additional containment safety to the surroundings, thereby extremely suitable for storing fuels without any kind of hesitation.

Storage of Food Grade Liquids

Flexitanks are ideally suited for extremely safe as well as efficient storage of all food grade liquids such as milk, wine, oils, juices, syrups, and many more. At the time of using the flexitanks for storing or transporting of food grade liquids, the flexitanks require some specialised coating for the avoidance of microbial contamination, along with maintaining the cleanliness of the tanks itself. In addition to the coating materials are made up of approved food grade materials to keep the quality of the inner contents intact.

Industrial Chemical Storage

Another of the major application of flexitanks is to store different industrial chemicals that are non hazardous in nature. The flexitanks are ideal to store and transport fertilizers, lubricants, detergents, paints, and liquid latex are to name a few.

Storing Portable Water

Flexitanks are readily used to store portable water, particularly in cases of all disaster relief as well as emergency operations as per the requirements. The flexitanks occupy a minimal amount of space and can be transported to different places with utmost ease. Portable water storage is extremely significant in case emergency airports, field hospitals, and natural disasters where the flexitanks have an important role to play.

Temporary Storage of Liquid or for Single Use Storage

There are a number of applications where storage of liquid is temporarily required. In these situations, buying a steel of a composite rigid tank is not a feasible solution. In this regard, the flexitanks are appropriate for temporary storage or only for a single use storage. The flexitanks are ideal in case of sudden droughts, industrial uses where the requirements are not fixed and can fluctuate. The flexitanks are ideal in these cases readily reduces the overall costs of storage and transportation, hence ideal.

Why Choose Rishi FIBC?

Rishi FIBC is a leading flexitank manufacturer with several years of experience in this field. Each of the users can be sure of getting the best quality flexitanks strictly maintaining all the standards, thereby giving none of the users even a single chance to complain. Thus, at any point of time, you need to use flexitanks in your business, do not look any further and come to Rishi FIBC for getting the best solutions.