Read All About: Vessels

What is a Vessel?

A vessel is often referred to as a tank.  It is a unit that is used for mixing chemicals and other liquids or just for storage. A mixing tank is a container that is used to blend several components together. In most manufacturing facilities, a mixing tank is used to prepare materials that will be used in production.

Large containers of raw materials are placed into a large mixing tank and are blended into a smooth mix that can be used to produce a plethora of materials. In a bakery environment, a mixing vessel will contain flour, yeast and water, all of which are taken in specific amounts from various supply systems and placed into the larger vessel to be mixed. 

Pfaudler Model VD500 Type 9125 Receiver Vessel
Perry Stock # L1009-21

The common characteristics of a vessel include vertical orientation or horizontal orientation, rating for high pressure or atmospheric pressure, agitated for mixing or purely storage. They can be glass-lined for harsh, corrosive chemical storage or mixing. Glass-lined tanks are used to store or mix chemicals that corrode alloy surfaces.

The material that a mixing tank is manufactured from can range from polymers to steel of all types. Typically, within the manufacturing industry, the steel material used is stainless steel. In certain applications fiberglass/fiberglass reinforced plastic, plastic, aluminium, metal alloys as well as glass-lined can be used. Stainless steel is often used in the creation of a mixing tank due to the ease of clean-up as well as the smooth surface of the product. Copper is sometimes used in the making of a mixing tank, however, due to copper's tendency to react adversely to certain chemicals it is used only in specific applications. 

Vessels at Perry:

NEWS: We have recently purchased lots of high quality Vessels from two Global Pharmaceutical Manufacturers based in Europe.

Perry Process Equipment stock a wide range of Tanks, Vessels and Receivers on site ranging from 5 Litres to 300,000 Litres, including horizontal and vertical, glass lined and jacketed and agitated tanks. You can find 100s of high quality tanks at our Newton Aycliffe site, from manufacturers including Alfa Laval, APV, DeDietrich, Faudi, Grundy, Lampart, Pfaudler, Websters and Welch.

We offer a large inventory of used and unused stainless steel tanks and glass lined storage tanks for the food, dairy, beverage, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries. Our tanks are available in horizontal or vertical orientation, in many diameters, dimensions and capacities. Spherical tanks and high pressure tanks are also available.

Additional style tanks to meet different applications are available. Including: sloped bottom stainless tanks; dished bottom tanks; concave bottom and cone bottom stainless steel and glass lined tanks; reverse dished bottoms; and cone bottom tanks to accommodate liquid, viscous and/or semisolid materials. We stock Tanks constructed of aluminum, carbon steel, fiberglass, stainless steel, nickel and many more materials. We also have tanks available that are lined with rubber, glass and so forth.

Call us now on: +44 (0) 1325 315 111 and we will answer your process queries or you can view our inventory online.