Tank Coil Designs

A big part of extraction is heat exchange. Tank coils allow you to control the temperature of the solvent before extraction begins.

Prior to these designs, there was the option of buying a “jacketed” tank, or putting your “non-jacketed” tank in a big bucket with dry ice. Jacketed tanks can be very costly, and putting the tank in a bucket of dry ice was a “band-aid” solution. Tank coils used with “non-jacketed” tanks remove the need for a big dry ice bucket, and tank coils used with “jacketed” tanks make them even more efficient.

I created a coil to be paired with our smaller 25lb solvent tanks.

Example of a 25lb tank with a solvent tank coil

I created a coil to be paired with our intermediate 50lb solvent tanks.

Example of a 50lb tank with a solvent tank coil

Example of a 50lb jacketed tank with a solvent tank coil

Why were these designs needed?

To help cool solvent tanks
Increase the cooling capacity of solvent tanks
Removes the need for a “jacketed section”

What design skills were used in this project?

Designing around existing constraints
3D sketching and creating custom planes
Volumetric calculations
Creating configurations based on length and spacing
Creating products that reference other parts
Sketching and modeling helix shapes
Render multiple views while maintaining scaling and scene settings
Sectional renders of products
Producing manufacturer 2D drawings
Supplier evaluations and edits
Sourcing existing products suitable for the design
Working around manufacturer’s limitations
Coil research
Compared differing coil wrapping techniques