Liquid handling applications

Our Solutions

Franklen Equipment supports blending, truck and rail load/unload, and batching applications with the existing service paths below.

Blending

Franklen Equipment and our partners bring experience and expertise to any number of blending applications.

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Truck & Rail Load/Unload

Franklen Equipment is a provider of total solutions for customers needing to transfer or store liquids in bulk.

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Batching

A batching system is an economical way to add liquids in a precise amount. There are two basic types; mechanical and electronic.

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Liquid handling applications

Blending

Franklen Equipment and our partners bring experience and expertise to any number of blending applications. We can provide skid built units or individual components to support batch or sequential blending, ratio controlled blends or wild stream operations.

Systems can be manual, microprocessor-controlled or PLC-based depending on your application.

Blending methods

Blending application paths

The diagrams below organize Franklen's blending methods into clear application paths for sequential, ratio, hybrid, and side stream blending.

Injectors / Additive

Small-dose additive injection

Additive injectors are designed to inject small amounts of additive or other liquid into a main stream of product. They have a very high degree of accuracy and can inject small doses such as 1 ounce per 50 gallons.

Typical applications

Truck & Rail

Truck & Rail Load/Unload

Franklen Equipment is a provider of total solutions for customers needing to transfer or store liquids in bulk.

We can provide you with complete solutions for truck loading and unloading. From tank truck systems and API couplers to loading arms and safety access equipment, we have solutions for almost every application.

Tank truck loading equipment

Franklen Equipment can also provide and install a variety of loading arms and gantry access equipment for the top and bottom loading of rail cars. We serve the petroleum, chemical and food industries providing effective loading and unloading systems for the safe and efficient handling of all types of liquid. We work closely with you to design the best system for your application.

Bottom loading

Bottom Loading Benefits

Bottom loading systems can improve safety, speed, vapor recovery, and loading efficiency for liquid transfer operations.

Top loading

Top Loading

Top Loading railcars and trucks systems should have sufficient horizontal range to reach the farthest compartment without re-spotting the vehicle. Sufficient vertical movement and drop-pipe lengths are also necessary to service vehicles of varying heights. A properly designed top loading system can achieve these requirements.

Top loading can also be used for tight-fill and vapor recovery applications when used with specially designed and engineered components, such as vapor plates, and tapered hatch plugs. Special top loading designs can also be supplied with a wide range of valves, fittings, and instrumentation equipment.

LYNX Series Bottom-Loading Coupler

LYNX Series Bottom-Loading Coupler

LYNX Series Bottom-Loading Coupler

LYNX is optimized to bring your liquid terminals and tank trucks the very best in dry-break API technology. From its ultra-durable stainless-steel collar to its ability to protect your loading-arm connection even when facing surge pressures up to 500 psi, you can count on LYNX for years of service and to help minimize fluid loss.

Fast Disassembly, Less Downtime
If you have 30 seconds and a screwdriver, you can disassemble LYNX. Thanks to a U-pin design, loading-arm operators can perform coupler maintenance without special tools and do it quickly.

Liquid handling applications

Batching

A batching system is an economical way to add liquids in a precise amount. There are two basic types: mechanical and electronic.