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Overview
At Mid America Service Solutions, we provide comprehensive industrial tank cleaning services for both routine maintenance and special projects. Whether your facility requires a scheduled cleaning to maintain efficiency or an emergency cleanout, our experienced team is ready to handle the job.
Our process begins with an in-depth assessment, where we go over the condition of your tank and determine the best approach for waste disposal or material recovery. We develop a customized tank cleaning service plan that prioritizes safety, environmental responsibility, and efficiency while minimizing downtime to keep your operations running smoothly.
We specialize in servicing highly regulated industries that demand strict adherence to safety standards. Our team follows strict OSHA and industry-specific regulations, ensuring compliance and best practices for tank cleaning. As a leader among industrial tank cleaning companies, we serve a variety of industries, including:
- Automotive Manufacturing
- Chemical Processing
- Food & Beverage
- Wastewater Treatment
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Automotive & Manufacturing
Automotive & Manufacturing: The automotive manufacturing process creates debris that can leave behind residues, sludge, and hardened deposits that may require specialized oil tank cleaning services to keep from interrupting your facilities day to day operations. Over time, these materials can impact efficiency and product quality. Our tank cleaning services help prevent contamination, equipment failure, and costly downtime by ensuring your tanks remain clean and free from harmful buildup. We ensure thorough cleaning to maintain operational efficiency and meet environmental standards.
Chemical Processing
The chemical industry requires special chemical tank cleaning services to prevent cross-contamination, corrosion, and hazardous buildup. Improper cleaning can result in contamination, chemical reactions, and regulatory violations, making it crucial to work with experienced professionals. We use specialized cleaning methods, neutralizing agents, and advanced containment strategies to ensure tanks are thoroughly cleaned without risk to personnel or the environment. Our team is trained to safely clean and neutralize tanks that store acids, solvents, and other chemicals, reducing the risk of unexpected failures.
Food & Beverage
Food and beverage processing facilities require rigorous sanitation standards to maintain product integrity and compliance with FDA and USDA regulations. Tanks used for ingredient storage, dairy processing, brewing, and fermentation can accumulate residues, bacterial growth, and cross-contaminants if not properly maintained. Our tank cleaning services use food-safe, non-toxic cleaning solutions that remove residues without compromising safety. We ensure your tanks are sanitized and compliant with industry requirements, helping you maintain high-quality production standards.
Wastewater Treatment
Wastewater treatment plants rely on clarifiers, sludge digesters, and sedimentation tanks to process and filter water efficiently. Over time, sludge, sediment, and biological deposits build up, reducing capacity and hindering treatment effectiveness. Regular industrial tank cleaning is essential for keeping equipment operational, preventing blockages, and ensuring compliance with environmental discharge regulations. Our team specializes in safe and efficient clarifier cleanouts, using advanced removal techniques that minimize downtime while maintaining system performance.
What Types Of Tanks Do You Clean?
Mid America Service Solutions can provide professional industrial tank cleaning & restoration services for companies in the following industries
- Automotive
- Agriculture
- Chemical
- Ethanol
- Food processing
- Manufacturing
- Marine
- Municipality
- Oil and gas
- Paper
- Pharmaceutical
- Power Generation Industries
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
In short, both! The pressures on our industrial grade high powered pressure washers can be adjusted for the type of tank cleaning job to make it non-abrasive or abrasive, depending on the job you need done.
If you’ve got a really tough project, we can even use slurry blasting. To make a slurry, we can add an environmentally safe aggregate to our water to increase its overall abrasive power so we can remove what you need us to.
No matter which method we employ to get your job done, we always make sure that we are environmentally friendly.
Because many safety issues can arise with an interior tank cleaning, we are diligent to follow safety standards and protocols that are highly regulated by our industry. While an interior tank cleaning process may take longer, we will do quality work as fast as we can – we want you up and running again too!
When you call us and we discuss your tank cleaning project, we will be able to give you a better time estimate. Reach us by phone at 888-568-2847, we’re happy to discuss your specific situation to give you a time & cost estimate. We serve companies all over the United States.
Whether you need cleaning for routine maintenance or something more extensive, we are knowledgeable about the industrial tank cleaning process. After we’ve had our consultation with you, we will get the specific equipment that we need ready for the job site. If you need an exterior cleaning, we will use our exterior power washing & blasting services to get that job done for you.
For an interior washout, the tank cleaning process is more involved. Once you empty your tank for an interior washout, then we will bring our equipment to your site.
First, we make sure it’s safe for entry into the confined space of the tank and our tank cleaner has his safety equipment in place. Then our cleaner will go inside and use the high pressure machine and water to clean the interior and the pipes. This is called hydrojetting.
Once we vacuum up any remaining residue, we will make sure to follow proper waste removal and disposal procedures that follow our industry standards and environmental regulations.
When you hire us to clean your tank, rest assured that safety is our top priority. We are confined space entry certified and our technicians are constantly monitoring the cleaning through the use of safety checks.
Part of our safety gear includes a harness so our technicians can be removed at a moment’s notice. Our technicians who go into confined spaces wear an oxygen mask so the air is always safe for them to breathe.
We will pay attention to conditions in the field that may pose a risk for a weather related emergency response, such as extreme weather or lightning, especially when dealing with a chemical that is flammable.
We will also be mindful of extreme heat, especially for a water tank cleaner who is involved in a confined space entry. We are also mindful of nearby fire stations and hospital emergency rooms to get help if we need it.
