Even the best non man-entry systems will leave residual sludge for final cleaning or it may be that for operational or logistical reasons you have decided to employ man-entry techniques to desludge your tank. In any case, the emphasis should always be to minimise the time that personnel spend within the confined space. A skilled hydrodozer driver can exceed the productivity of 10 men pushing squeegees thereby reducing the number of personnel required in the confined space and shortening the timescale.
Willacy Oil Services tailors solutions to customers' specific requirements, adapting standard equipment to solve difficult problems.
For more than 20 years, Willacy Oil Services manufacturing division has designed and built a wide range of hydraulically driven sludge removal equipment. Utilising feedback from our contracting division, the systems have been continually modified and improved to their present specification.
The industry standard tank desludging system for any credible contracting company would now comprise, as a minimum, a manually driven hydrodozer, a hydraulically driven positive displacement pump and a double power pack.
Remote Control
Where conditions demand, a standard hydrodozer can be converted into a remote control dozer/dredger for use in tanks where man-entry is prohibited or online in pits and API separator bays (see online sludge removal section), whilst they remain in service.
Tradebe sites offering this service are:
