King Leo of the kingdom Miley dotes on his two daughters so much that he decides the kingdom would be better off with more girls than boys. He makes the following decree: All child-bearing couples must continue to bear children until they have a daughter!
To avoid overpopulation, he makes an additional decree: All child-bearing couples will stop having children once they have a daughter! His subjects immediately begin following his orders.
After many years, what’s the expected ratio of girls to boys in Miley? Keep in mind that the likelihood of each baby born being a girl is, of course, 50 percent.
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"Someone asked me if I were stranded on a desert island, what book would I bring...'How To Build A Boat'"
Steven Wright
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Dry Bulk Containment System
Bolted, field welded, shop welded or
hybrid tank construction?
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A quality, dry bulk storage tank is no small investment. While standard storage tanks and design parameters may work for some applications, do they address the unique requirements of your application?
For a functional, efficient storage tank system that performs per your requirements, we can help you understand and address basic considerations for dry bulk silos:
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- How much material, in tons/cubic feet, do you need to store?
- Does your stored material have any unique characteristics?
- What materials of construction are most appropriate?
- What product density should you use for volume and design calculation?
- Is material degradation a concern?
- Is material segregation a concern?
- What type of material discharge pattern is preferred or required for your application? (funnel flow, mass flow, expanded flow, etc.)
- Is a hopper flow aid device required for reliable discharge?
- Should a “flow specialist” test your material ?
- Do you need a reliable performance guarantee from the silo supplier?
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Tank Connection is a single source supplier of storage containment systems. They design, fabricate and install all types of steel storage systems - RTP (rolled, tapered, panel), field weld, shop weld and hybrid tank construction.
Design parameters for each application include the correct variables of hopper slope, outlet size, outlet configurations, materials of construction and surface finish, active flow-aid devices, passive flow-aid devices, internal and external coatings systems, applicable codes and the correct flow type required for reliable material flow.
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TC's proprietary coating systems, DRY Fusion 5500 FBE™ and LIQ Fusion 8000 FBE™ exceed the competition in durability, performance and cost-effectiveness.
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Storage tank applications requiring a storage volume of less than 10,000 cubic feet of dry bulk material generally utilize a shop-welded or smoothwall bolted storage tank. The total installed costs (material + freight + field installation) are comparable between both products.
Large volume storage applications typically use bolted storage tanks, field-welded storage tanks, concrete storage tanks and hybrid storage tanks. All four designs are common in the power industry. The most cost efficient storage solution for industrial markets utilize bolted or hybrid tank construction. Both field-welded tank and concrete storage tank construction require extended field installation leading to higher installed cost.
Materials of Construction
Bolted storage tanks, shop-welded storage tanks, and field-weld storage silos are available in coated carbon steel, stainless steel and aluminum construction. All storage tanks and storage silos are customized for the application and are available for installation at grade level or elevated.
Available Accessories
- Manway accesses
- Level control nozzles
- Maintenance access platforms
- Agitators
- Heaters
- Insulation
- Caged ladders
- Spiral stairways
- Perimeter guardrails
- and more
For years of trouble free containment, your TEC Engineer, along with the Tank Connection team, can work to properly design and configure a reliable storage tank system for your application.
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Watch a Tank Connection crew use a synchronized jacking process to install a bolted tank.
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Steven Duke
Birmingham, AL
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Harvey Kinsey
Atlanta, GA
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