SBS prepares modular tank components in identifiable order kits before dispatch. Separate final checks assess technical suitability and quantity completeness, while packing lists, delivery documents and project-specific inspection records support installation planning and receiving.
Imagine an installation crew arriving at a project site, ready to assemble a steel water tank. The foundation is prepared. The equipment and team are in place. Then the boxes and bundled components are opened. Included inside that shipment must be; the right steel wall panels, a protected liner, structural parts, connections, fasteners and all the smaller items the installation depends on.
For bolted steel water tanks, the moment of unpacking is where a great deal of prior factory effort becomes visible. A well-prepared kit helps installers identify the parts intended for the structure. That is why Boxing & Kitting at SBS Tanks play a more interesting and critical role than simply putting products into boxes.
By the time an order reaches its final preparation stage, different parts of the factory have already contributed. Rolling has prepared the curved steel wall panels. Liner Manufacturing has made and protected the liner. Fabrication has produced the required structural and functional assemblies. Stores has the relevant loose materials and specified bought-out items.
Parts are not all the same material shape or size. A roof component, a rolled panel and a small gasket seal look as though they belong to different worlds. Yet they must be brought together for the same tank configuration.
In designated project areas, the team can consolidate the relevant components and organise them for packing and handover. It is here that the abstract idea of a ‘tank order’ turns into actual groups of materials ready for installation.
A visitor to an SBS Tank site might gravitate towards the largest steel components and walk straight past the fasteners. But consider what an installer sees: many pieces that may look similar at first glance, each needed in the configuration and quantity specified for the tank.
Boxing & Kitting brings together appropriate fittings and fasteners, prepares tank-body and liner boxes and identifies packages for the receiving team. Correct identification helps installers understand what belongs where, particularly when the overall order contains numerous different assemblies and loose components. Correctness and clarity of labels is a daily priority for the SBS Tanks team.
The thinking behind the packaging is simple: a component should be useful and identifiable to the person who receives it, not merely accounted for by the person who packed it.
One of the most educational parts of the SBS final order process is that it poses two different questions. First: are the parts technically correct for the order? Second: are the required quantities present? Different quality representatives carry out these final checks.
The technical check covers whether the ordered requirements correspond with the supplied components. Imagine a nozzle with the expected general appearance correct, but a different size to the specified configuration. Counting that nozzle as ‘one’ would not make it technically correct.
The separate quantity-completeness check, known internally as the Tea Party check, asks whether the scheduled items are present in the required numbers and sizes. A box may contain the correct type of component but not enough of them to complete the intended order. Accuracy and attention to detail are vital.
These questions are related, but they are not interchangeable. A technically suitable component is not much help if it is missing from the kit; a complete count is not sufficient if a component does not match the specification.
All manufacturing departments check the input work relevant to the components they make and verify these. Final order verification is concerned with how the manufactured and supplied pieces have come together for the specific tank order. This shifts the question from ‘Has this component been produced?’ to ‘Have the right components been prepared together?’
The final preparation stage also brings together the documentation required for the tank order, including packing lists, delivery notes, applicable manufacturing records and project-specific quality documentation. Where required, orders can undergo pre-shipment inspections by clients or independent third-party inspection and verification agencies, with the relevant inspection reports or certificates of conformity issued according to the agreed project requirements. This provides an additional opportunity to verify the complete order before dispatch
Return to the installation crew opening the shipment. To them, the factory is far away. They do not see the rolling machine or the liner workshop. What they see is a collection of components in boxes, bundles and loose pipework and the information that helps them identify what they need to do the construction of the SBS Tank.
That is the value of thoughtful Boxing & Kitting. It connects the work of different factory departments to the practical requirements of installation, ensuring that components are correctly identified, organised and prepared for their journey to site and the ultimate construction.
Because a missing fitting, an incorrect component or incomplete documentation can delay installation, disrupt contractors and create additional costs on site. Our final verification, packing and documentation processes are designed to reduce these risks, giving customers greater confidence that their order is complete, correctly specified and ready for installation.
The final achievement of manufacturing is therefore not simply a packed crate. It is a carefully prepared collection of engineered components, supported by the appropriate and corresponding documentation, ready to become a working water storage tank.
It consolidates and identifies the specified wall panels, liner, structural assemblies, fittings and fasteners for the order.
No. One asks whether components meet specification; the other asks whether the required items and quantities are present.
Customer or independent pre-shipment inspections can be arranged where required by the project contract.
No. Receiving, erection and acceptance checks remain part of the installation process.
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