Storage Tank and Pressure Vessel Quality Assurance Program Statement for Almost 50 Years of Manufacturing

Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger is committed to the highest standards of professional engineering, design and manufacture of industry-leading pressure vessels, heat exchangers and storage tanks.  We have instilled a long-standing adherence to an established Quality Control Statement that has guided our design  and manufacturing process for decades.

Quality Control Statements are taken very seriously within the vessel design and manufacturing industry.  Exacting attention to vessel manufacturing detail and safety are primary concerns to each Bendel team member because our clients rely on safe and efficient operation of our products.

Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger has developed our Quality Assurance Program around the requirements of the ASME Code (Section VIII, Division I) for the design and manufacture of shop built Storage Tanks, Pressure Vessels and Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers.

Our Quality Program is maintained to satisfy our Authorized Inspection Agency (Hartford Steam Boiler) and all customer expectations. In addition to the ASME Code, Bendel also maintains certification under the National Board Inspection Code (NBIC) for vessel field repairs and alterations.

For almost 50 years, Bendel has served customers across many industries with superior design and manufacturing of quality vessels.  And our Quality Statement Program has been a remarkable cornerstone of our success.

Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger only delivers the best quality developed for the best overall performance.  If your company needs engineering design and manufacturing for Storage Tanks, Pressure Vessels or Heat Exchangers, please contact Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger in Charlotte, NC at 866-596-5112 or Fred Weissbach in our Gulf Coast office in Houston, TX at 832-436-4626 or email weissbach@bendelcorp.com.

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Pressure Vessel Manufacturer Offers Unique Custom Accessory Options for Customer Pressure Vessels

Most Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger customers order custom pressure vessels with options that will help them with realizing the most return from their pressure vessel manufacturing investment.  But what kind of accessory options are available when you purchase a custom pressure vessel?

“As a leader in pressure vessel manufacturing, we have always viewed our position as one of providing the most value and flexibility in custom design for all of our customer marketplaces,” says Bendel president Bill Beaver.  “Many years ago we created a series of specific accessory options that our pressure vessel customers really needed and used.”

Bendel designs and manufacturers the following most popular pressure vessel options:

• Mixer Beams and Agitator Nozzle Supports (FEA Analysis available)
• Dimpled, Half-Pipe and Conventional Jackets
• Internal Heating/Cooling Coils
• Polishing (#3 to #8 Mirror Polish or electro-polishing)
• Support Legs, Lugs, Skirts and Saddles
• Insulation/insulation skin
• Seismic and Wind Loading design
• Internal/External Coatings
• OSHA compliant Ladders, Handrails, platforms and catwalks

Our goal with manufacturing custom pressure vessels and accessory options is to give our clients more usability and more return on their investment.

For more accurate quotations, we suggest that you email or fax your information request to sales@bendelcorp.com or 704.597.5069. One of our engineers/ estimators will contact you promptly. Should you have a question, you may call us locally at 704.596.5112 or toll-free at 866.596.5112.

For specific inquiries regarding heat exchangers, please contact Vince Petrucci or Vivek Patel.

For specific inquiries regarding pressure vessels, please contact Jim Rozsa or Vince Petrucci.

If you are located along the Gulf Coast, please contact our Gulf Coast regional sales manager Fred Weissbach in Houston at 832-436-4626 or weissbach@bendelcorp.com .  We look forward to serving you in 2012!

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Pressure Vessel Manufacturers Ask What is the Most Common Pressure Vessel

Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger uses a great deal of science, physics, software and mathematics to design and manufacture our pressure vessels.  Pressure vessels come in many sizes, thicknesses and weights to operate for many liquid and gas operations.

We had a client ask us “what is the most common pressure vessel that is manufactured in the world?”  We put that question to our draftsmen and engineers here at Bendel and they came up with the answer of all answers.  The simple fire extinguisher!

But think about the fire extinguisher for a second.  It is nothing more than a pressure vessel from which a material or agent is expelled to put out a fire.  The agent acts upon the chemistry of the fire by removing one or more of the three elements necessary to maintain fire—commonly referred to as the fire triangle. The three sides of the fire triangle are fuel, heat, and oxygen.

Now, there are some very small fire extinguishers…but they all still operate from the same pressure vessel philosophy!

So the next time somebody asks you what is the world’s most common pressure vessel manufactured, you can tell them that you know.  Bendel does not manufacture fire extinguishers, but we do design and manufacture a complete line of pressure vessels and reactors in strict accordance with ASME (Section VIII, Division I). ASME vessels can be fabricated from Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel or Nickel Alloy materials.

The ASME code may encompass the primary vessel only or the entire assembly which may include heating/cooling jackets, internal coils or other pressure retaining components.

To find out more about our professional pressure vessel design and manufacturing program, please contact our Bendel team:  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 in Houston at 832-436-4626 or email weissbach@bendelcorp.com. We look forward to serving you soon from Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger.

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Pressure Vessel Manufacturers Spotlight on Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger in Charlotte

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 simplecylinder 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.

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Pressure Vessel Manufacturer Bendel Has Long History of Pressure Vessel Fabrications

Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger’s history traces back to our start in 1963.  And the manufacturing of pressure vessels has played a large part of our company’s growth and success.

All Bendel Pressure Vessels and Reactors are designed and fabricated in strict accordance with ASME (Section VIII, Division I).

Pressure vessels are used in a variety of applications in both industry and the private sector. They appear in these sectors as industrial compressed air receivers and domestic hot water storage tanks. Other examples of pressure vessels are diving cylinder, recompression chamber, distillation towers, autoclaves, and many other vessels in mining or oil refineries and petrochemical plants, nuclear reactor vessel, habitat of a space ship, habitat of a submarine, pneumatic reservoir, hydraulic reservoir under pressure, rail vehicle airbrake reservoir, road vehicle airbrake reservoir and storage vessels for liquefied gases such as ammonia, chlorine, propane, butane, and LPG.

Bendel manufacturers ASME pressure vessels from Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel or Nickel Alloy materials.

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.

All Bendel welders are required to pass stringent performance requirements per ASME Section IX prior to welding on any Vessel or Reactor.

If you would like to have information about Bendel custom pressure vessel manufacturing, 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, please call our regional sales manager Fred Weissbach in Houston at 832-436-4626 or email weissbach@bendelcorp.com.

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Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger Expands into Houston, TX with Fred Weissbach

Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger has expanded deeper into the Southern USA to service customers in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas.  To strengthen the Bendel brand and product line into this region, we are introducing our new regional sales manager for these states, Fred Weissbach.  Fred will be headquartered in Houston, TX.

Bendel has a long-standing reputation across the country and the south and southeast states are very important to our business.  “We are strengthening our presence with new and existing customers in the petroleum and chemical industries in these states,” said Fred Weissbach.  “Our sales and marketing emphasis will extend into these states with our heat exchanger product line, as well as our traditional storage tank and pressure vessel products.”

Fred Weissbach can be reached at 832-436-4626 (office) or 832-704-0806 (cell) and his email address is weissbach@bendelcorp.com.

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Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger Hires New Production Manager

Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger is pleased to announce the arrival of Randall Beatty as the new Production Manager at Bendel.  Randall brings many years of successful production, resource and team management experience in our field to Bendel and we are very excited to have somebody of his caliber on our team!

As the new production manager at Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger, Randall is responsible for managing all of the Bendel resources in our fabrication and manufacturing facility.  Randall keeps our many client projects on track, on time and on budget!  He is an integral part of the overall management team at Bendel and our clients will appreciate his experience at keeping projects on schedule and the quality and standards high.  Again, please join us in welcoming Randall Beatty to the Bendel team!

If your company would like to receive a quote on storage tank, heat exchanger, or pressure vessel fabrication, please contact Bendel at 866-596-5112 or email Vince Petrucci or Vivek Patel at Bendel.  We look forward to talking with you soon!

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Pressure Vessel Manufacturing & Fabrication Leaders to Meet at PVMA in Fall 2011

Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger enjoys keeping our customers and website visitors up-to-date on key industry events and meetings as they pertain to storage tank, pressure vessel and heat exchanger fabrication and manufacture organizations.  This particular post is an update on the PVMA Fall 2011 meeting in Columbus, OH, September 26-27, 2011.

Regularly scheduled PVMA meetings serve as a focal point for programs and activities. PVMA meets at least two times each year. The annual meeting, usually held in March, blends three days of business and leisure activities at a resort location. A one-day business meeting is held in September.

Regular business is the focus of each meeting. Business is conducted by committees and special interest groups. All members have an opportunity to participate. The committees and groups address the issues, discuss industry matters and recommend direction for the Association.

There are two key working groups: The Technical and Code Issues Group, and the Member Services Committee which addresses membership growth and benefit issues.

Besides regular business matters, meetings often include informative programs on topics of specific importance to member representatives.

PVMA Fall Meeting – September 26-27, 2011
National Board Training and Conference Center – Columbus, OH

In addition to PVMA meetings, the Association is well represented by members and its technical consultant at meetings of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, held four times each year. For further information on upcoming meetings, please contact the association headquarters in Chicago. (630) 942-6590 or info@pvma.org.

If your company would like information about our pressure vessel fabrication and manufacturing program at Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger, please call us at 866-596-5112 or contact  Vince Petrucci or Vivek Patel at Bendel.

 

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Storage Tank Fabricator & Heat Exchanger Fabricator – Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger Brochure Overview

Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger has a long history of service in the storage tank, pressure vessel, heating and cooling media, and the heat exchanger fabrication industry. 

For more than 45 years, the Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger team has been fabricating custom Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel and Nickel Alloy vessels per UL, API or ASME specifications. Our custom above-ground storage tanks are designed, engineered and fabricated up to 75,000 gallon capacities by teams of experienced and dedicated professionals.

Read about all of our Bendel capabilities in our company brochure:  View & Download Our Company Brochure from Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger.

If you need cost estimates or more information about custom storage tank, pressure vessel or heat exchanger fabrication, please call Bendel at 866-596-5112 Toll Free.  We look forward to serving you soon!

 

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Heat Exchanger Engineering & Storage Tank Engineering from Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger.

The Bendel engineering and drafting teams are highly-trained, experienced and focused professionals.  Our internal system stresses definition of design, testing, fabricating, and quality control at each stage of development.

Our engineers and draftsmen are highly-trained and experienced with the following design and engineering software:

• AutoCAD: Design and dimensional layout of Storage Tanks, Pressure Vessels, Reactors and Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers.
• Compress: Mechanical design of Pressure Vessels, Reactors and Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers.
• HTRI: Thermal analysis of Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers.
• Custom “In-House” programs: Developed by our experienced engineering staff for the efficient creation of Bill of Materials and Customer Quotations.

We are frequently called upon by our clients to address unusual and challenging vessel design scenarios, and our engineers currently design to the following industry-recognized codes:

• ASME Section VIII, Div. 1 (U & R Stamps)
• TEMA
• API-650, 620 and 12F
• UL-142
• NFPA-22

The Bendel engineering team has a primary focus to design and produce best-in-class mechanical designs to meet all technical and mechanical industry standards.

Bendel Corporation has developed our Quality Assurance Program around the requirements of the ASME Code (Section VIII, Division I) for the design and fabrication of shop built Tanks, Pressure Vessels and Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers.

The Program is documented in the Bendel Quality Control Manual and is reviewed annually to ensure compliance with all of the latest revisions of the ASME Code.

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.

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

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 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!

 

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Pressure Vessel Fabricators – The Science Behind Pressure Vessels

We received some great comments and feedback from our article on the “science behind Heat Exchangers” that we posted on our blog a week ago…so we’re going to discuss about the “science behind pressure vessels” this week!

A sealed container that is intended to hold liquids or gases at a different pressure from the atmosphere around it is known as a pressure vessel. Contemporary boiler pressure vessels are typically composed of steel. Older boiler vessels were composed of wrought iron, copper or cast iron, and held together by rivets.

All Bendel Pressure Vessels and Reactors are designed and fabricated in strict accordance with ASME (Section VIII, Division I). ASME vessels can be fabricated from Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel or Nickel Alloy materials.

Boiler pressure vessels, if punctured or flawed, can cause serious and even fatal accidents. This is a result of the difference in the pressure levels between the substance inside the container and the substance outside the container. If breached, the danger lies in the reaction, as the substance inside the container regulates to the same pressure as the atmosphere outside the vessel.

If the substance inside is compressed, and stored at a higher pressure than the air outside, the substance will rush outwards if the vessel is punctured, creating an explosion. If the substance inside is at a lower pressure, it will create a suction effect if punctured. Pressurized containers can also create explosions if exposed to excessive heat, or other adverse conditions.

As a result of these hazards, extensive laws govern pressure vessels. The laws that regulate pressure vessels are carefully enforced by engineering authorities for the safety of operators, as well as the general public. These laws regulate the design and manufacture, as well as the operation, of pressure vessels.

Boiler pressure vessels are used to produce power by creating and utilizing the energy provided by the creation of pressurized steam. In order to create this reaction, a source of heat is applied to the boiler. The boiler is kept partially filled with water. As the water evaporates and becomes steam, pressure within the boiler vessel rises. The highly heated and pressurized steam provides energy for a number of applications, including early locomotive trains and steam ships.

If you would like to know more information about our Bendel pressure vessels, please call us at 866.596.5112!

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Bendel Supports the ASME Vancouver 2010 Engineer's Conference on Including Clean Fuel and Green Fuels!

Bendel Corporation supports the ASME and their wonderful efforts of promoting clean energy as industrial nations look for ways to become more energy efficient, engineers and technology leaders will convene in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to discuss topics related to climate change, sustainable processes, alternative energy and fuel cell technology during proceedings of the 2010 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nov. 12-18.

Set against the backdrop of one of the world’s greenest and most energy efficient urban centers, the ASME Congress will gather engineers and scientists at the Vancouver Convention and Exposition Centre to assess new advances in energy production and utilization and the role of these technologies in pollution control and environmental sustainability.

The ASME Congress, the Society’s largest technical conference, will devote a full track of technical presentations focused on energy systems and sustainability. Sixteen technical sessions in the track will cover the state of the art in engineering research and applications and feature presenters from leading academic institutions, corporations and engineering consulting firms.

Topics will include hydrogen energy, solar and wind power, bio-fuels, energy conversion, and emerging technologies.

In addition, the 2010 Congress will include a tour of the Clean Energy Research Centre (CERC) and National Research Council Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation (NRC-IFCI) at the University of British Columbia. Both organizations lead research in clean energy technology, with NRC-IFCI focused on building collaborations with Canadian universities, companies, and government agencies to promote the growing hydrogen and fuel cell businesses.

In addition to energy, the multidisciplinary technical program of the ASME Congress will address the latest advancements in aerospace technology, manufacturing, dynamic systems, safety engineering, and transportation, among other subjects.

The seven-day conference also will include an exposition and poster session featuring advanced research and applications in micro devices and nanotechnology. A highlight of the Congress will be the ASME Honors Assembly, “A Celebration of Engineering,” a tribute to distinguished service and outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering.

About Bendel

Bendel specializes in the design and shop fabrication of Pressure Vessels, Reactors, Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers and Storage Tanks up to 75,000 gallons. Our custom fabricated products are built to nationally recognized standards which include UL, NFPA, API, ASME & TEMA and are available in Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel and Nickel Alloy materials of construction.

We serve the Chemical, Petrochemical, Pulp & Paper, Textile, Paint, Water/Wastewater Treatment, and Pharmaceuticalmarketsto name a few.

About ASME

ASME helps the global engineering community develop solutions to real world challenges. Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME is a not-for-profit professional organization that enables collaboration, knowledge sharing and skill development across all engineering disciplines, while promoting the vital role of the engineer in society. ASME codes and standards, publications, conferences, continuing education and professional development programs provide a foundation for advancing technical knowledge and a safer world.

(Source for article: ASME, August 2010)