Inside All Chemical's Steam And Wash Services
How We Bring You Unparalleled Customer Service
Picture the scene: it’s Friday, 4 PM. We’re on the phone with a customer, and they are panicking. They need a delivery with ISO tank container steam heating services by Monday morning. Normally, they schedule ahead, but the customer sent them a last-minute order. Or, they were so busy putting out some internal fires at their own company that they forgot to book the steaming.
They’ve had this happen before on deliveries with other companies, only to be told Sorry, no rush orders. Call back during Monday business hours.
“I know this is last minute, but can we get a delivery at temp on Monday? Product has to be at 120 F.”
That Monday —after pulling their product from its place 35 back in the stack, setting it through the steam process, and delivering it on time—the customer called us.
They were ecstatic. “I’ve never had this level of service before! I can’t believe it.”
All Chemical: ISO Tank Heating Services and Rush Jobs
Look, we all know scheduling ISO tank container steam services, and really anything in general, in advance is ideal, and most of the orders we receive come with plenty of notice. But let’s be honest: sometimes, life happens. And when it does, we at All Chemical pride ourselves on offering our customers weekend and off-hour services, when most other companies can’t or won’t.
Plus, our services are a one-stop-shop kind of deal: we couple product steaming with interior tank and container washing to provide customers with the highest all-around convenience factor. Once the load has been steamed and delivered, we can bring back the tank or ISO container to the lot for a full wash.
Behind the Scenes: What’s in a Steaming?
So, how do we do it? It all starts by gathering the necessary information via a “steam sheet”: the container number, background info on the product, start and finish date, target temperature range, and the anticipated time it will take to steam the product to the specified parameters.
That time varies with ISO tank heating. Some products steam in a day, or even in a couple hours. Some need to go as high as 200 degrees F. Other products we handle require “1 bar” or low-pressure steam to avoid burning the product or overheating. This could have severe consequences both for safety as well as for the integrity of the product. Sometimes, the product has been stored for months in advance at ambient temperatures, or even stored cold in stacks on concrete pads in containment; in these cases, steaming can take longer (up to 4–6 days in some cases).
When the product has reached the right temperature, it’s ready for us to deliver.
How Are All Chemical’s ISO Container Steam Heating Services Unique?
At All Chemical, we’re knowledgeable of all the factors related to our steam services, and we coordinate for our customers from that foundation of expertise.
In addition to our overall expertise, we boast these unique options:
- Low- and high-pressure capabilities
- Steam-regulating capabilities
- Hot Water Heating (this is rare for most wash racks)
- Capability to put 50+ containers out on a steam
- Redundancy with two independent steam boilers
- 24/7/365 On-call boiler maintenance (if there’s an issue, we fix it immediately)
- 24/7 monitoring with fixed interval monitoring as required by the customer
And not only can we accommodate unique steam requests, we provide tank washing: standard chemical washes, food-grade washes, Kosher-grade and Kosher-maintenance washes, and diesel washes.
So, don’t wait till you’re panicking at the close of business day on Friday. Reach out to us today for your steam service needs.