Account for the material
The approved design provides an electronic high-level sensor for each tank, connected to an exterior audible and visual alarm near the delivery connections.
Industrial tank systems · Compliance designA different material.
Atlantic Color Corporation — Ink Storage Compliance Improvements
A different material.
A demanding tank-system challenge.
Adapting tank-system design to four existing printing-ink tanks, with secondary containment, a custom remote fill box and high-level detection suited to the material and equipment.
Shirley, New York · Completed · SCDHS final approval
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4 tanksExisting ink-storage tanks retained
Custom fill boxFour color-coded remote fill connections
High-levelDetection for each ink tank
ApprovedSuffolk County final approval
01 / Investigate & designPrinting ink brought
Printing ink brought
a different set of constraints.
The facility’s owner approached ZE for help bringing four existing ink-storage tanks into compliance with Suffolk County requirements. A regulated petroleum constituent in the ink brought the system under SCDHS Article 12.
ZE’s work included a site investigation led by Matt Zambrano, who personally evaluated the existing facility to inform the modification design.
The indoor single-wall steel tanks stored black, magenta, cyan and yellow inks. The project required secondary containment inside the facility and spill containment at the exterior delivery connections, while retaining the tanks and accommodating existing equipment.
02 / The central design challengeThick ink. Existing equipment.
HIGH-LEVEL DETECTION REMOTE FILL CONTAINMENT INTERIOR CONTAINMENT
Thick ink. Existing equipment.
A carefully coordinated sensor arrangement.
The ink had a peanut-butter-like consistency, making high-level detection a central challenge. The design had to account for that material and position the sensors without obstructing equipment already installed inside the tanks.
Adapt to the fill connections
A custom stainless-steel spill box contains four color-coded remote fill connections on the exterior wall, with coordinated piping, check valves, supports and anchorage.
Work with the existing building
An interior containment berm integrates with the existing floor and walls, with reinforced construction and sealed joints around the retained tank arrangement.
03 / Coordinate the delivery pointFour inks.
Four inks.
One custom containment arrangement.
YellowMagentaCyanBlack
The fill-box design brings the four delivery connections into a 20-gallon spill-containment enclosure. The exterior alarm provides a high-level warning at the delivery area.
ZE coordinated the box with the existing connection geometry and the piping and support details required for installation. The high-level system provides a warning; it is not described as an automatic shutoff.
04 / County review & outcomeCompleted, inspected
Completed, inspected
and approved by Suffolk County.
Suffolk County Department of Health Services, Office of Pollution Control, approved the modification plans and issued the construction permit. Its final approval confirms that the project was completed and inspected.
The project demonstrates how ZE’s tank-system experience applies beyond conventional fueling system design: understanding the stored material, adapting to existing equipment and coordinating containment and high-level detection within an established facility.
ZE prepared the modification design package using authorized existing-system reference drawings. Design certification was provided by a professional engineer licensed in New York. Installation was performed by the contractor; county approval and inspection do not represent ZE-performed construction supervision or testing.
Project details
- Location
- Shirley, New York
- Facility / industry
- Industrial printing-ink storage
- ZE role
- Existing-condition investigation and tank-system modification design for county review.
- Services represented
- Tank-system design; secondary containment; remote fill spill containment; high-level detection; compliance coordination
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