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Vacuum Vessels

We manufacture  Vacuum Vessels or Vacuum Receivers for use in packaging plant, general vacuum  storage, medical and hospital, general industry process plant and scientific research, etc. Also called vacuum tanks by some! 

vacuum vessel with saddle plate

Vacuum Vessels can be designed with bespoke saddle plates as shown here to support the pump.

Design Codes

Our standard vessels are designed to BS 5169; however PD5500 Cat 2/3 or ASME is also available.

Design Pressure

Designed to operate from Zero bar to Full Vacuum OR  1bar negative This video is what can happen if the tank isn’t designed to cope with a vacuum: YouTube Video of Tank Imploding

Design Temperature

As required

Vacuum Receiver, Medical use, welded, carbon steel, Design and manufacture, fabricated
Finish

Standard vessels coated in primer with the option for gloss paint. Paint finish (internal and external) is available to meet your requirements.

 Certification

Abbott Vacuum Receivers come Full CE marked; PED compliant. Option of Legs or Brackets. Other Pressure Vessel design code info. can be found with the links below PD5500EN286DNVASMELLOYDS97/23/ECEN1344587/404/EEC2009/105/ECABSBS5169