Methods and apparatus for lining process tanks
OwnerCurtis Goadinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are exemplary embodiments of linings, liners, and methods of providing a liner or lining for a tank. An exemplary embodiment includes a method of providing a liner or lining for a tank. In this exemplary embodiment, the method includes extrusion welding a pair of sheets together by infusing a molten thermoplastic material along an interface and within a gap between the pair of sheets. The method also includes extrusion welding the pair of sheets to a bottom sheet by infusing the molten thermoplastic material along and between the pair of sheets and the bottom sheet.
Claims25
A tank liner comprising a shell and a plurality of sheets coupled to the shell and defining an internal volume usable for storage of materials, wherein extrusion weld material is infused within a first gap defined by and/or adjacent at least one wall of the shell, and wherein a pair of adjacent sheets of the plurality of sheets is joined by extrusion weld material infused within a second gap along an interface between the pair of adjacent sheets.
A method of providing a tank liner that includes a shell and a plurality of sheets defining an internal volume usable for storage of materials, the method comprising infusing extrusion weld material within a first gap defined by and/or adjacent at least one wall of the shell and within a second gap along an interface between a pair of adjacent sheets of the plurality of sheets, whereby the pair of adjacent sheets are joined by the extrusion weld material infused within the second gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.