Hello everybody,
I am facing a unexpected problem and do not know how to solve it in a quick and economical way.
I work for an EPC company and one of our tanks vendors has designed and fabricated a 4.3m diameter and 8m high SS shop fabricated tank. The problem comes because they assumed that tank was going to be transported in vertical conditions but due to it svelteness we find it dangerous and unstable, so we want to do it in horizontal position . They provided lifting lugs made from plates welded perpendicular to the tank shell, so that are not designed to withstand the horizontal loads that would appear during tilting the tank, additionally, there is not provision for tailing lug. The thing is now, that the tank is already hidrotested so that welding is not allowed. Am I right? Or can we weld trunions and tailing lugs? If not.. any suggestion to lift and tilt the tank?
Many thanks in advance.
I am facing a unexpected problem and do not know how to solve it in a quick and economical way.
I work for an EPC company and one of our tanks vendors has designed and fabricated a 4.3m diameter and 8m high SS shop fabricated tank. The problem comes because they assumed that tank was going to be transported in vertical conditions but due to it svelteness we find it dangerous and unstable, so we want to do it in horizontal position . They provided lifting lugs made from plates welded perpendicular to the tank shell, so that are not designed to withstand the horizontal loads that would appear during tilting the tank, additionally, there is not provision for tailing lug. The thing is now, that the tank is already hidrotested so that welding is not allowed. Am I right? Or can we weld trunions and tailing lugs? If not.. any suggestion to lift and tilt the tank?
Many thanks in advance.