Help! Problems with the roof platform of a spherical storage tank with a diameter of 24 meters and a height of 16 meters!
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Seeking help: For a sulfuric acid storage tank that is 16 meters high and has a diameter of 24 meters, how should a platform be constructed on the top of the tank? The purpose of this platform is for instrument maintenance or inventory management! Also, with 10 such tanks, how can a ladder be made, and how can the tops of the tanks be connected together to facilitate maintenance by personnel? Thank you
This seems like a pretty big problem – didn’t you hire a design firm to handle it?
Hehe, our company specializes in manufacturing fiberglass platforms. We design and select materials based on your specific requirements; the entire platform is made of fiberglass, which is corrosion-resistant and does not rust. It requires no maintenance over time. We can discuss this further if you’d like. Thank you.
For a ladder on such a large tank, it would be better to make it a spiral staircase, allowing one to reach the top of the tank where it can serve as steps for operation. I’ve never worked on a combined platform with a tank roof; I hope experts can give some advice :)
Oh, I’m a beginner. You’ve come to learn * here :) Thank you so much to the original poster for sharing this with us all
The roof of this structure is a lightweight grid system, right? A working ladder is installed on it, and load-bearing capacity per floor is indeed an issue. Looking forward to a better answer.
The operation can be carried out along the edge of the tank top for a full circumference or 3/4 of it, to inspect the platform. The width of such a platform can be around 600 mm; it is supported by steel sections on top of the tank roof, for reference purposes.