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Silos, Tanks & Vessels

Byford Equipment is one of the industry leaders in the design and fabrication of atmospheric storage tanks, process vessels and pressure vessels for leaders of the Australian Dairy, Wine & Olive, Food and Beverage, Petroleum and Chemical Industries. Byford Equipment has cemented our place as a leading manufacturer of stainless steel storage vessels for milk, wine, water, chemicals, liquid fertilise, grain, gypsum, stockfeed and more.

Innovative solutions for your unique needs: Byford Equipment can fabricate your specialty equipment from supplied engineered drawings or to our in house designs. From a small customized job to large proprietary equipment our fabrication capabilities will deliver the highest quality equipment, on time and on budget.

Transport and Relocation Services: At Byford equipment, we transport what we make and can install your silo, vessel or tank on site. Byford Equipment has the experience and equipment to offer a relocation service for your existing silos, vessels and tanks. We can also perform on site equipment inspections and reporting.

Byford Equipments world leading production facility in Echuca Moama has the capacity to fabricate silos up to 25.4 metres high and up to 6.0 metres in diameter. Fabricating silos, vessels and tanks in materials such as Carbon Steel, standard austenitic grades such as 304 and 316 through to super austenitic grades such as SAF2205 and 904L. Our tanks are fabricated using our semi automated MIG and TIG welding equipment to maximize weld consistency, quality and appearance.

Stress free, scratch free and perfectly symmetrical dishes: Byford Equipment fabricate all our dished heads on site using a hydrostatic expansion technique. Dished heads, Torispherical heads, Flat heads and cones are available from 1.6mm thick to 8mm thick and up to 6.0 metres diameter. All dished heads are available with range of external knuckle radii.

Storage and Process Vessels for the Dairy, Wine and Food Industry:

  • Byford Equipment can fabricate vessels and silos specific to your requirements from 200 litres up to 500,000 litres.
  • Vessels and silos of this size are built at our purpose built facility in Moama and transported to site; vessels and silos above 500,000 litres are built at your site.

Byford Equipment Wine Fermenters and Storage Tanks:

Servicing the exacting standards of the wine industry.

  • Wine storage tanks vary in capacity from 1,000 litres to 1.1million litres
  • Fermenting tanks vary in capacity from 20,000 litres to 278,000 litres. We manufacturer a range of fermenters specific to your requirements with various capacities including:
    • Static Red Fermenter
    • Sweep Arm Fermenter

At Byford Equipment we are extending our wine product range into manufacturing grape receival bins and other wine equipment.

Horizontal Storage Vessels

  • Byford Equipment can design and fabricate horizontal storage vessels, suitable for any food products unique to your needs.

Byford Equipment Tank, Silo and Vessel Fabrication Capabilities:

  • Factory built tanks ranging from 500 litre - 400,000 litre capacity
  • Factory built equipment up to 25.4 metres high and up to 7.0 metres in diameter
  • Site built tanks up to 1,000,000 litre capacity
  • Available in grades 304, 316 or Duplex stainless steels including LDX 2101, SAF 2205 and 904L
  • Flat sloping, domed or conical bases on concrete plinth, skirt or legs to suit your drainage and access requirements
  • Full range of access manholes, valves and fittings
  • Spot welded dimple plate/cavity wrap to manage temperature in low (1,300kPa), or high (2,250kPa) pressure ratings
  • Agitation to suit individual needs
  • On-ground or elevated installation
  • Vertical or horizontal orientation

Byford Equipment Dairy Industry Tank Silo & Vessel Options:

  • Buffer, balance and sludge tanks
  • Yoghurt blending, Batching and fermentation tanks
  • Milk and raw product storage tanks (vertical and horizontal)
  • CIP and treated water tanks
  • Bag filters
  • Powder silos

Byford Equipment Wine & Olive Industry Tank, Silo & Vessel Options:

  • Buffer, balance and sludge tanks
  • Wine storage tanks
  • Oil storage tanks
  • Static, Sweeper arm and open top fermenters
  • Rectangular tipping fermenters
  • Grape receival hoppers
  • Olive Malaxers

Byford Equipment Food and Beverage Industry Tank, Silo & Vessel Options:

  • Powder Silos
  • Water and product storage Silos
  • Oil storage silos
  • Bag filters

Byford Equipment Petroleum and Chemical Industry Tank, Silo & Vessel Options:

  • Biodiesel Production tanks and Vessels
  • Biodiesel Storage Tanks
  • Chemical dosing tanks
  • Chemical storage tanks

Services

• Road Tankers
• Hose Reels
• Silos, Tanks & Vessels
• Repairs
• Hose & Spare Parts
• Tippers

"…Byford’s advantage"

"I am an independent contract engineer working predominantly in the Dairy Industry. I have worked with Byford Equipment for approximately 12 years, most recently when I was called as first response to a catastrophic silo failure in Tasmania. The event caused a total damage bill of approximately $5 million to four silos and related infrastructure. The base dropped out of a silo holding 300 tonne of fluid which also caused a wall failure at the base of the barrel. The silo fell and extensively damaged the neighbouring silo before the wreckage crashed into the third creating a wave that sucked the side of the silo in. The fourth silo was unaffected by the incident but was found to have the same structural design fault as the first silo that had failed. These silos were all 250 and 300 m3 capacities representing some of the larger hygienic milk silos in Australia"

"We went to market and competitively tendered the work for two new silos and the replacement barrels for repair of two silos. Byford Equipment won the contract on their merits, price and delivery times. Byford Equipment achieved the requisite rapid turn around - the failure occurred in early April and the silos were back on line by mid July. This was despite the transport challenges Tasmania presents with relatively small ferries and large silos. Byford’s advantage in this respect was that they own the silo transport trailer allowing them to beat competitors on price and timelines."

"The other attractive feature of Byford Equipment is they have a long standing history of engaging structural engineers to do finite element analysis of high stress points in their silo design. Finite element analysis ensures the design, welding techniques and material selections are appropriate in the critical highly stressed zones of a silo. As our Root Cause Analysis proved a stress failure had lead to the Tasmanian event, Byford’s history of this practice stood them in good stead."