Our floating roofs are used by all major oil companies as well as oil storage and pipeline companies because they are safer more cost effective and more environmentally friendly than other floating roof systems.
Floating roof system.
It consists of an open topped cylindrical steel shell equipped with a roof that floats on the surface of the stored liquid.
The floating roofs can be either external i e with open top tanks or internal i e inside fixed roof tanks.
Sandborn roofs manufactures the patented sandborn full contact internal floating roof system ifr.
Floating roof systems floating roofs were designed more than 100 years ago as a safety precaution to keep explosive gasses from building up between the roof of a tank and its petroleum contents.
Today the emphasis is on controlling atmospheric pollution as well as on safety.
As opposed to a fixed roof tank there is no vapor space in the floating roof tank except for very low liquid level situations.
Allentech is a privately held manufacturer and erector of internal floating roofs and perimeter seal systems for above ground storage tanks and covers for api separator basins.