Carbis Loadtec Group Limited products

Simple access to and exit from a tanker is provided by the Folding Stair unit. Available with a range of optional safety cages, this simple retractable stair is the primary method of tanker top access all over the world. The proven design with parking lock gives an effective method of bridging a variable gap between platform and tanker.

Safe and reliable access onto tanker tops is a subject of increasing concern to all engineers and Safety Managers involved in the area of bulk liquid transfer. The Multi Modal Access System is designed to provide drivers and operators with a flexible and safe access on to tankers of varying heights and lengths, whether to load or sample liquids or to open vents for bottom loading. The unique feature of the Multi-Modal is that each end of the cage can be tilted to match the slope of a tanker top.  The Multi-Modal is made in Galvanised steel and has Aluminium flip-up floor panels.  Galvanised floor panels can be specified if necessary. Used in conjunction with the LOADTEC range of Loading Platforms, the system can be designed to meet almost any customer requirement.

There are many tanker access situations that require the operator to have free access to the entire tanker top. Increasingly, this can mean walking along the top of a round barrel or ISO container with varying designs of walkway and manhole positions.

The majority of chemicals loaded globally are via the top of the tanker.  The reasons are fairly simple.  The tankers are effectively barrels on wheels.  They have a hole in the top to fill it and a valve outlet at the bottom to drain it. They can be used on a variety of chemicals and only need cleaning to be fit for another service.  If transport operators specialise their vehicles they reduce the potential clients who require that tanker and increase the cost of the vehicle.  Until the chemical companies relieve the pressure on transport operators to provide cheapest costs, this will remain the situation for the majority of applications.