Description
Fruit wine and grape fermenters between 1000L and 5000L sit where most producers stop working with plastic and start caring about temperature control. We build them as single-wall or glycol-jacketed vessels, sized around the batch you run in a normal week, not the batch you hope for in a good year.
Shell, finish and welds
1000L and 1500L shells are normally 3mm SUS304; 3000L and 5000L go to 4mm so the wall does not oil-can when the tank is chilled or pulled under vacuum. High-acid must such as kiwi, pineapple or passion fruit usually goes to 316L, especially when the wine sits on lees for months. Inner seams are argon-purged TIG, then ground, pickled and passivated. Interior is 2B mill finish for red fermenters and mirror polish to Ra 0.8 micron or better for tanks cleaned by a CIP spray ball.
Jacket and pressure
Dimple jackets on the cone and lower cylinder, with 50-80mm polyurethane insulation under 304 cladding, give roughly 3-5 C per hour pull-down using glycol at -5 C in a 25 C room. Vessels rated to 0.2-0.3 bar working pressure carry a 0.5 bar safety valve and a 400mm top manway. Anything above that needs a different closure, and we will tell you that before quoting rather than after.
Common sizes
| Model | Total volume | Working volume | Inner diameter | Shell thickness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000L | 1200L | 1000L | 1000mm | 3mm |
| 1500L | 1750L | 1500L | 1100mm | 3mm |
| 2000L | 2300L | 2000L | 1200mm | 3mm |
| 3000L | 3400L | 3000L | 1400mm | 4mm |
| 5000L | 5600L | 5000L | 1700mm | 4mm |
Where they end up
Fruit wine plants, small wineries, cideries, kombucha and hard seltzer producers, and distilleries running fruit mash. Contract bottlers often order matched pairs so one batch can be split across two yeast strains.
Before you ask for a price
Do I need a conical bottom? Only if you dump lees or yeast regularly and want to do it without racking. Flat-bottom tanks cost less and fit under a low ceiling.
How is cleaning handled? A rotating spray ball in the top manway, a 1.5 inch tri-clamp drain, and a racking port about 200mm above the cone weld. We add a separate CIP port if you clean in place without opening the tank.
What else do you need from us? Glycol in and out, sample valve, thermowell, airlock or blow-off, and the position of your pump. Port heights are fixed at drawing stage; moving them later costs more than moving them now.
Send us your batch size, the fruit or grape variety, how many tanks you need and the ceiling height in the room. We will come back with tank volume, jacket area, port layout and a realistic lead time.
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