Pressure vessel manufacturer Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger has a long history of designing and manufacturing custom pressure vessels. With Bendel’s years of experience, we have built a vast array of Pressure Vessels & Reactors with wall thickness exceeding 1″, diameters up to 15 feet, and weighing up to 70 tons. Due to the many different industries we serve, our experience in design and fabrication of Pressure Vessels & Reactors is immense.
Pressure Vessel Manufacturing Overview
Pressure vessels are used to store and transmit liquids, vapors and gases under pressure in general. The pressure of these finds will expert pressure equally in all direction on the walls and ends of the pressure vessels. Because of the internal loading, stresses are induced on certain sections of the cylinder walls.
Pressure vessels are generally used in engineering practice to store fluid, i.e. liquid vapors and gas under pressure. And there are basically two main types of pressure vessels: either according to the open/close of the end or to the dimensions.
According to end construction, the pressure vessels may be of open end or closed end. A simple
cylinder with a piston is an example of open-end or whereas a tank is an example of closed end vessel. Due to the fluid pressure circumferential or hoop stresses are induced in case of open-ended vessels where as longitudinal stresses in addition to circumferential stresses are induced in case of closed ended vessels.
According to dimensions pressure vessels may be of thin shell or thick shell. The deciding factor among thin and thick shells is its wall thickness an shell diameter. If the ration is less than 1/10 it is said to be a thick shell. Thin shells are used in boilers tanks and pipes whereas thick shells are used in high pressure cylinders, tanks , gun barrels etc.
Bendel Pressure Vessel Uses in Industry
Bendel pressure vessels are used in many industries to store fluids under pressure. Major uses of industry pressure vessels include:
- Steam boiler
- Storage of chemicals
- Storage of petroleum products
- Engine cylinders
To find out more about our specific manufacturing products, please call Jim Rozsa rozsa@bendelcorp.com or Vince Petrucci petrucci@bendelcorp.com at Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger headquarters in Charlotte, NC at 866-596-5112. Or if you are in TX, AR, LA or OK and the Gulf Coast, please call our regional sales manager Fred Weissbach in Houston at 832-436-4626 or email weissbach@bendelcorp.com. We look forward to serving you soon from Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger.
