Description
Built for cool, slow fermentations
White wine and fruit wine spend most of their fermentation between 12 and 18 °C, and that temperature has to hold for two to three weeks. A jacketed tank does this without turning the whole cellar into a cold room. We build these vessels in 1000L, 2000L, 3000L and 3500L working volumes, with a dimple or channel jacket on the shell and, when the process calls for it, a second jacket on the cone or dish bottom.
Materials and fabrication
Standard construction is SUS304 with a 3 mm shell and 2 mm jacket. SUS316L is available for high-acid musts or for cellars that CIP with chlorinated caustic. Interior welds are ground and passivated; wetted surfaces are polished to Ra ≤ 0.8 µm, and we mirror-polish the bottom so lees release cleanly during racking. Each tank is hydro-tested at 1.5× design pressure, and the jacket is tested separately — a weeping jacket is far more irritating to fix than a weeping tank.
Fittings that matter day to day
Top manway, 100 mm cleaning/dry-hop port, racking arm on the cone, sample valve, CIP spray ball on its own line, and 1.5 in. tri-clamp connections for glycol in and out. Working pressure runs 0.2–0.3 MPa with a 0.4 MPa test, and every unit ships with a 0.3 MPa safety valve and pressure gauge.
| Model | Working volume | Cooling area | Dimensions (D × H) |
|---|---|---|---|
| FV-1000 | 1000 L | 1.5 m² | 1100 × 2200 mm |
| FV-2000 | 2000 L | 2.8 m² | 1400 × 2600 mm |
| FV-3000 | 3000 L | 4.0 m² | 1600 × 2900 mm |
| FV-3500 | 3500 L | 4.6 m² | 1700 × 3100 mm |
Questions we get before quoting
How do I pick a volume? Size to your largest single batch, not annual output. A 3000L tank filled to 80% holds 2400L of must, and you lose another 5–8% to lees.
Conical bottom or not? Above roughly 2000L, manual racking off a flat bottom gets awkward and conical pays for itself.
How much jacket area? Plan on 0.5–1.0 m² per 1000L for a 10 °C pull-down in 24 hours. Glycol temperature and ambient conditions change that number, so send us both.
Can it be cleaned in place? Yes — spray ball plus a return line to the pump, no manway entry needed.
Tell us your batch size, fruit or grape variety, number of tanks and available ceiling height. We can recommend the tank volume, cooling area and configuration for your cellar.
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