Rail Car Cleaning

The Butterworth ManWay Assembly is specifically designed as a lightweight, economical approach to placing an automated tank cleaning machine into typical openings associated with rail tank cars.

Rail Tanker Car with Butterworth
ManWay Assembly in Place

Thoroughly clean a hopper rail car interior with a single automated stream impingement tank cleaning machine. No need for harsh cleaning solvents or chemicals. Avoid confined space hazards.

Hopper Cars Carry Dry Products
Such As Grain or Flour

Industrial Applications

  • Clean-in-Place (CIP) Systems
  • Rail Tanker cars
  • Rail Hopper cars

Used by: 

  • Rail car repair facilities and third party rail car cleaning stations needing to comply with EPA Transportation Equipment Cleaning Effluent Guidelines 40 CFR 442 Subpart B SIC 4741

Residues:

Ideal for use on rail tankers and
hoppers carrying:

  • Crude Oil
  • Shale Oil
  • Resins
  • Acrylics
  • Polymers
  • Monomers
  • Petroleum products
  • Additives
  • Biofuels
  • Ethanol
  • Gasoline
  • Diesel fuel
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Fruit juices
  • Concentrates
  • High fructose corn syrup
  • Dairy products
  • Cocoa liquor
  • Sugars
  • Grains
  • Flour
  • Tall oil
  • Latexes
  • Industrial and/or environmental waste
  • Dry products


Rail Tank Car Clean-in-Place Systems

Benefits:

  • Clean in less time
  • Will use less water
  • Low cost to maintain
  • Operates on air and water only
  • Reaches hard-to-clean areas
  • Reduces effluent and disposal costs
  • Minimize confined space entry
  • Single machine covers the entire tank interior

Recommended Butterworth Products:

 

For Rail Tank & Hopper Cars

  • Design
  • Assembly
  • Equipment
  • Delivery
  • Installation Supervision
  • Consulting

For new or existing systems.

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For more information on rail car cleaning equipment for rent or purchase, contact us
at 866.920.3233 or send us an email.