Tank Talk Blog

Field fabrication - a portion of the work takes place in our Springfield, Missouri facility . The material is preprocessed in our shop, meaning it is sheared to the correct shape and size, then...

They are metallic megaliths, towering 100 feet or more. Fully loaded, they can weigh 3-4 million pounds. Their stainless steel plate walls can be up to 1/2” thick and withstand...

Tank supports must be engineered to hold the weight of the tank, its components (such as mixers and gear motors), and its contents when full. SFI Engineers perform the analysis...

Grate designs vary to suit customer requirements. They can be anything from vertical bars as shown in the photo to a pattern of small squares. Grates can be adapted...

The program provides the apprentice with full-time work, on-the-job training and benefits. The apprentice works alongside experienced craftsmen...

The most common reason tanks are field erected is that they are simply too large to ship but large size isn’t the only reason tanks are built on-site...

We are proud to say, Stainless Fabrication Inc. is very real. After 35 years in business, we still have the same philosophy… our customers and vendors are important to us and we...

Since 1985, SFI has been building custom stainless steel vessels from a few gallons up to 750,000 gallons for customers in industries including...

Two tanks in one... This is the kind of work that requires master craftsmen tank fabricators. It's big and heavy and requires a great deal of skill to lay it out and build it correctly.