Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger Launches New Company Name and Creative Brand

Heat Exchanger Fabricator and Stainless Steel Storage Tank Fabricator Bendel Tank & Heat Exchagner.Bendel announced today that our company is launching a new name and a new creative brand as we move into the second decade of 2000!

“Our new company brand name will be known as Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger,” said Bendel president Bill Beaver.  “Bendel has quickly grown to be known as a premier designer and fabricator of heat exchangers, and we needed to make a market adjustment to reflect our growing customer demand.”

Bendel began manufacturing carbon steel tanks in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1963 under the name of Atlas Steel Products Company. The name was changed to Bendel Corporation in 1982 when the manufacturing division was spun-off from the parent company. Primary ownership has never changed hands to date.

Heat Exchanger Fabricator and Stainless Steel Storage Tank Fabricator Bendel Tank & Heat Exchagner.

“In recent years, we have seen a growing demand from new and existing customers for our custom heat exchanger engineering design and fabrication product,” Beaver says.  “Bendel has invested in state-of-the-art milling and drilling machine designed to provide close tolerance machining of tubesheets used in the manufacture of our custom Shell & Tubesheet Heat Exchangers.”

Bendel uses the Quickmill Intimidator as the superior solution for large part machining and drilling accuracy. The Quickmill gives us increased production efficiency while improving the quality and performance of our Shell & Tubesheet Heat Exchangers. The Intimidator Gantry 96 (96″ x 185.5″) provides our craftsmen with a powerful, precise tool that performs flawlessly time after time.

“Bendel will continue to design and fabricate our storage tanks and pressure vessel products,” added Beaver.  “This company has had a fantastic period of growth over the past 49 years, and we are initiating our business plan to keep Bendel on the growth path for the next 50 years.”

For more information about our Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger program, please contact our Bendel heat exchanger design and fabricating program at 866-596-5112 or contact  Vince Petrucci or Vivek Patel at Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger.

 

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Heat Transfer Dimple & Half-pipe Designer and Fabricator Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger

Dimple jacket and conventional jacket fabricators from Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger.Maintaining temperatures in the manufacturing and storage process is where Bendel custom heating & cooling fabrications really help make a difference!

For our Bendel chemical engineering customers, a jacketed vessel is a container that is designed for controlling the temperature of its contents, by using a cooling or heating “jacket” around the vessel through which a cooling or heating fluid is circulated.

A jacket is a cavity external to the vessel that permits the uniform exchange of heat between the fluid circulating in it and the walls of the vessel. There are several types of jackets, depending on the design.

Conventional JacketsConventional and half-pipe jacket design and fabrication from Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger.

Conventional Jackets provide a large heating or cooling transfer area however, depending upon the pressure, can be substantially more expensive than other alternatives.

Half-pipe Coil Jackets

Half Pipe Jackets are more expensive than dimpled jackets but do not have the pressure or cycling limitations of dimpled jackets. All three external jacket options do not pose a potential for material contamination.

Dimple Jackets

Dimpled Jackets also provide for a large heating or cooling transfer area but are not recommended for pressures exceeding 200 psi or when the cycling of steam and cooling water is to be utilized in the process. The cost of dimpled jackets is relatively inexpensive.

Dimple jacket and internal coil design and fabrication from Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger.Internal Coils

Internal Coils provide for good heating and cooling surface contact while handling high
internal and external pressures. If the stored material is not corrosive to the coil then this may be the most economical option.  However, internal coils do not offer the degree of safety from contamination by the heating or cooling medium that external jackets can provide.

Jacketed vessels can be employed as chemical reactors (to remove the elevated heat of reaction) or to reduce the viscosity of high viscous fluids (such as tar).

To learn more about our custom heating and cooling media design and fabrication program, please contact Bendel at 1-866-596-5112 or Vince Petrucci or Vivek Patel at Bendel.  We look forward to talking with you!

 

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Stainless Steel Tank & Heat Exchanger Fabricator with Free Engineering Calculator!

Bendel stainless steel storage tank and heat exchanger fabricators.Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger invites you to download our handy engineering calculator tools to use freely on your desktop!

It’s easy to do.  Just visit this link and follow the easy download instructions!

Our free desktop tools give you calculators that you can use to calculate Pressure, Capacity, Flow, Temperature, Volume and Finishes.  Every calculation that Bendel Storage Tank, Pressure Vessel & Heat Exchanger engineering calculator from the fabricator.you would need to make to design and configure a tank or vessel is contained within the calculators.

We also included handy conversion tools within the calculators for Surface Finish, Grit Size, Mass, Density, Length, Volume, Pressure/Vacuum, and Temperature.

We hope you enjoy using the Bendel Desktop Tools Widget and please give us a call at 1-866-596-5112 if you have any questions that we may help you with.  Thank you and have a great 2011!

 

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Steel Storage Tank Fabricator in Bendel Posts New STI Video

Bendel Corporation is a long-standing member and supporter of the Steel Tank Institute and Steel Plate Fabricators Association.  In their long 94-year history, they have helped to lead the way to safer and innovative standards that guide steel storage tank fabricators today.

We thought this new video launched by the STI/SPFA was a very good capsule of the organization’s accomplishments and history of safety and material guidelines for steel storage tank fabricators.  We hope you enjoy watching the video as well!

If you would like more information on the steel storage tank fabricating process on our Bendel horizontal and vertical tanks, please call us at 866-596-5112 and visit us online at www.bendelcorp.com.  Thank you for your business and we look forward to serving you soon!

Monday, December 6, 2010

Storage Tank NISTM 13th Annual Trade Show March 1-3, 2011 in Orlando!

Bendel Storage Tank and Heat Exchanger fabricators in Charlotte, NC.Bendel Tank and Heat Exchanger would like to let you know that the 13th Annual Aboveground Storage Tank Conference and Trade Show will be held March 1-3, 2011 in Orlando, FL, sponsored by the National Institute for Storage Tank Management.

This year’s storage tank conference and trade show is being held at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel in Orlando.  You can visit the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel here.  Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando is situated on 230 acres of lush landscape and is Central Florida’s newest and most luxurious meeting destination.

This conference is designed for Engineers, Managers or other individuals with operation, construction, Environmental, compliance, spill prevention or response, or management activities associated with aboveground storage tanks   and piping. Nationally-recognized experts will provide the latest information available on tank management.

Conference topics will include sessions on the following:

  • API Standards
  • Cleanup and ResponseStorage tank fabricator and manufacturer Bendel Corporation and the NISTM.
  • Internal Inspections
  • Instruction
  • Overfill Protection
  • Robotic Technology
  • And more!

If you are interested in the show, please visit the NISTM website.  And if you would like more information about http://bendelcorp.com/storagetanks_designspecs.htmlBendel and our storage tank fabrication program, please call us at 866-596-5112 and visit us online at www.bendelcorp.com.

 

Friday, November 26, 2010

Heat Exchanger Fabricator Has Flow Arrangement Options

We have been posting some “behind-the-scenes” and educational information about Heat Exchangers, how they work, what is the science behind them, etc.  And now we want to take a look at “flow arrangement” and how we classify flow arrangement when fabricating our Heat Exchangers.

Parallel flow shell & tube heat exchanger fabrication from Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger in Charlotte, NC.Basically, there are two primary classifications of heat exchangers according to their flow arrangement. In parallel-flow heat exchangers (at left), the two fluids enter the exchanger at the same end, and travel in parallel to one another to the other side.

In counter-flow heat exchangers (at right) the fluids enter the exchanger from opposite endsCounter current shell & tube heat exchanger fabrication from Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger in Charlotte, NC.. The counter current design is most efficient, in that it can transfer the most heat from the heat (transfer) medium.

For efficiency, heat exchangers are designed to maximize the surface area of the wall between the two fluids, while minimizing resistance to fluid flow through the exchanger. The exchanger’s performance can also be affected by the addition of fins or corrugations in one or both directions, which increase surface area and may channel fluid flow or induce turbulence.

Cross flow shell & tube heat exchanger fabrication at Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger in Charlotte, NC.In a cross-flow heat exchanger (at left), the fluids travel roughly perpendicular to one another through the exchanger.

The driving temperature across the heat transfer surface varies with position, but an appropriate mean temperature can be defined. In most simple systems this is the “log mean temperature difference” (LMTD). Sometimes direct knowledge of the LMTD is not available and the NTU (Number of Transfer Units) method is used.

If you would like more information about our Bendel heat exchanger design and fabricating program, please call us at 866-596-5112 or contact  Vince Petrucci or Vivek Patel at Bendel.

 

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Heat Exchanger Fouling Can be a Nightmare Maintenance Issue with Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers!

Fouling occurs when a fluid goes through the heat exchanger, and the impurities in the fluid precipitate onto the surface of the tubes. Precipitation of these impurities can be caused by:

Heat Exchanger fabrication and manufacturing company Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger in Charlotte, NC.Effects of fouling are more abundant in the cold tubes of the heat exchanger than in the hot tubes. This is because impurities are less likely to be dissolved in a cold fluid, because for most substances, solubility increases as temperature increases. A notable exception is hard water where the opposite is true.

Fouling reduces the cross sectional area for heat to be transferred and causes an increase in the resistance to heat transfer across the heat exchanger. This is because the thermal conductivity of the fouling layer is low. This reduces the overall heat transfer coefficient and efficiency of the heat exchanger. This in turn, can lead to an increase in pumping and maintenance costs.

The conventional approach to fouling control combines the “blind” application of biocides and anti-scale chemicals with periodic lab testing. This often results in the excessive use of chemicals with the inherent side effects of accelerating system corrosion and increasing toxic waste – not to mention the cost of unnecessary treatments. There are however solutions for continuous fouling monitoring in liquid environments with sensors measuring both fouling thickness and temperature, allowing cleaning effectiveness to be monitored and chemical usage to be minimized.

If you would like more information about our Bendel heat exchanger design and fabricating program, please call us at 866-596-5112 or contact  Vince Petrucci or Vivek Patel at Bendel.  www.bendelcorp.com