Latest Technical Guides
Please find below ATCM Technical guides providing advice as to the design requirements of tanks and cisterns. You can use the search bar below.
Tank Level Switches
Tank Level Switches and all that Jazz! As greater monitoring and sophistication becomes a normal requirement of ‘building management systems’ so also does this lead to tanks and cisterns being fitted [...]
Sparge Pipes
Sparge Pipes - Their Ins and Outs A Sparge Pipe - a device used to achieve optimum circulation of water stored within a tank or cistern. Its application is generally reserved [...]
Vortex Inhibitors
Vortex Inhibitors - What are they and who needs them? As the name suggests this specialised pipefitting prevents initiation of vortices within a tank when the contained liquid is being [...]
Cistern and Tank Ventilation
For safety's sake, give your Tank some air Cistern and Tank Ventilation - The need to allow all cisterns and non-pressurised tanks to breath is paramount. Specialised fittings are [...]
Float Operated Inlet Control Valves
Their Ins and Outs How often are you confronted with problems associated with Float Operated Level Control Valves? Many tank operational difficulties arise as a result of the inappropriate selection, sizing [...]
Bellmouth Overflows and Raised Float Valve Housings
Maximising a Tank's Capacity Regulations Maximising the actual holding capacity of any cistern or tank has to be beneficial both in space saving and overall cost. Bellmouth Overflow and Raised [...]
Optimum design parameters for Screened Overflow or Warning Pipe Fittings
Optimum design parameters for Screened Overflow or Warning Pipe Fittings Regulations Screening Mesh The screening mesh, which must not have apertures greater than 0.65 mm (Regulation 16.2), is available in [...]
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