Stainless Steel Water Softener Tanks
A softener tank has to accept a standard control valve and stand up straight on a plant room floor for years. Ours are threaded to the common sizes, based on a welded ring, and polished.
What Softener Tanks are for
Softener tanks hold the resin bed that pulls hardness out of the water, so the vessel has to mate cleanly with the control valve at the top and sit stable under a full bed of resin and water.
We build them with a 2-1/2 in. #8 thread as standard, with a 4 in. #8 thread available, and set them on a vertical ring base rather than individual legs so the load spreads evenly on the floor.
The exterior gets a high-luster machine polish. That is partly appearance — these often sit in a visible mechanical room — and partly practical, since a smooth surface stays clean and shows problems early.
Typical applications
- Commercial and industrial water softening
- Boiler feedwater pretreatment
- Food and beverage process water
- Multi-tank softener trains
Get a price on this tank
Stock size or custom — send what you have and we will quote it. Consultations are free.
Construction
How we build it
Every specification below is what Swhift actually publishes for this product line.
- 2-1/2 in. #8 thread standard
- 4 in. #8 thread available as an option
- Vertical ring base
- High-luster machine polish
- Made in the U.S.A.
Options
What you can change
Stock or custom sizing is available across the range. These are the options most often specified.
- Diameter and height built to your resin volume
- Optional 4 in. #8 threaded opening
- Additional ports for distributor, drain and sample connections
- Built as a pressure vessel where the service requires it
- Finish options if high luster is not what you want
Softener Tanks we have built
Photographs from our shop and from installations. Every image on this site is our own work — there is no stock photography anywhere on it.
Industries that use this tank
- Water & WastewaterContact vessels, softener tanks and storage for drinking water, process water and wastewater treatment.
- Food & RestaurantFood-grade tanks, custom components and one-off stainless work for production kitchens and food manufacturers.
- Beer & WineProcess and utility vessels for brewing and winemaking, including chilled water and glycol buffer tanks.
Softener Tanks: common questions
What thread do the tanks come with?
2-1/2 in. #8 thread is standard. A 4 in. #8 thread is available as an option. Tell us which control valve you are using and we will confirm the opening matches before we build.
Why a ring base instead of legs?
A softener tank full of resin and water is heavy and the load is continuous. A welded vertical ring spreads that load around the full circumference of the tank onto the floor, rather than concentrating it at three or four leg pads.
Can you size the tank to a specific resin volume?
Yes. Give us the cubic feet of resin and the freeboard your valve manufacturer requires, and we will build the vessel to suit. If you would rather work in dimensions, send those instead.
Do these hold pressure?
Softener vessels normally run at line pressure, so tell us the working pressure on your quote request. We will build and test the tank as a pressure vessel where the service calls for it.
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Ready to quote your softener tanks?
Send dimensions, a completed layout sheet, or a description of the job. If a stock size fits, we will point you at it rather than quoting a custom build.
Consultations are free. Every project is managed by a single production manager, so you talk to the person who knows your job.