Steel reinforced tanks

Our company always played a leading role in cutting-edge plastic constructions technology. One of these innovations is the development, design and construction of larger storage tanks for chemicals. Sometimes they are so big that even massive walls of plastic wouldn’t be strong enough to contain the required amount of solution. Teblick developed a tank strengthened with an internal perforated steel structure.

To protect the steel structure from outside influences and to promote a strong adhesion of the inner lining, the tank is wrapped with a glass-fibre reinforced resin, and finished with a UV-protective top layer. This results in a 3D sandwich structure, which combines the following major advantages: mechanical strength, chemical resistance and UV protection.

This now frequently applied construction method holds major cost saving benefits, especially when the chemicals involved require an expensive chemical-resistant plastic (e.g. PFA or ECTFE). The perforated steel structure will act as the tank’s backbone, while the rather thin plastic layer will fulfil the role for which it has been designed: guarantee chemical resistance towards the solution.

The standard structure of a steel reinforced tank consists in:

1. Plastic sheet (PVC, PE, PP, PVDF, ECTFE, PFA, ...)
2. Glass-fibre reinforced resin
3. Perforated steel
4. Glass-fibre reinforced resin
5. UV-protective top layer

If required, we can offer you a complete installation with tanks, pumps, valves, piping, electrical cabinets, control panels, leak detection, level monitoring, heading system, etc.