In
Late 2001, Jetcut Field was called
in for what was, yet again, a rather specialised
job. 30m Diameter Tanks, 10m high with a wall
thickness of 6mm+, these tanks neede to be shipped
from Norseman (inland Western Australia) to Tanzania
in South Africa!
In
order to ship the tanks, it was obvious that they
required disassembly. What made the job somewhat
unique were several things:
Firstly,
the lining on the inside of the tank was a unique
resin paint, that could not be damaged by heat.
The resin paint was an inhibitor against diesel,
which is what the tanks were used to store.
Secondly,
the diesel itself. While the tanks were obviously
empty, no heat or spark could be used which might
ignite traces of diesel remaining on the interior
walls.
Thirdly,
the tanks themselves could not be damaged by heat
either. With Oxy or Plasma, the walls could buckle
or warp, even destroy the properties of the steel
itself, rendering the disassembled tanks effectively
useless.
Cold-cutting
technology was the order of the day, and so Jetcut
Field went in and did what they do best!
