150 Years

of Pressure Vessel design & manufacture

We design & manufacture Pressure Vessels for use in different industries including Process, Medical, Water, Steam, HVAC, Air, Thermal storage/Heat transfer, Petrochemical & biofuel to name just a few. Choose from standard designs or get the bespoke vessel you need.

Abbott & Co. Pressure Vessels

What We Do

Pressure Vessels

We’ve been Pressure Vessel Manufacturers for 150 years and continue to supply standard stock and Special Pressure Vessels to some of the worlds most prestigious companies. We can design and manufacture from receipt of basic instruction – with ISO9001 and PED approval for a broad range of Pressure Vessels.

Design

Our design office will generate a CAD drawing for your approval (emailed  as DXF or DWG). We can handle all 3rd party approval and certification for pressure vessel manufacture.

Design Codes

Vessels can be designed, fabricated and inspected to a variety of codes, including: BS EN 13445, PD5500, BS5169, ASME, EN286 (Part 1), Lloyds Class 1, 2/2 & 3, Bureau Veritas, Det Norske Veritas (DNV), American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), EN13445, A D Merkblatter, GOST, and most other well known specifications. For use in EC vessels can conform with 97/23/EC Pressure Equipment Directive or 87/404/EEC Simple Pressure Vessels Directive. Guidance on the PED (Pressure Equipment Directive) can be seen here and here.

Manufacture
Using a broad range of weld approvals and skills, with inter-process QA, high quality levels are maintained. Reliable deliveries are secured by using a bespoke production control system.
Testing
Materials, Processes, and Final Products are tested in a variety of ways, including: X-Ray, Tensile Tests, Vickers Hardness Tests, Dye Penetration, Hydrostatic, Radiographic etc.
Inspection
Inspection Authorities and Insurance Company Surveyors welcome Arrangements made for specimen weld testing, and independent materials inspection. Click ISO9001 – Quality System Certificate to see document.
Finish
With in house Blast Cleaning and Paint Spray facilities, Internal and External finishes to specific BS/EN/ISO standards are common practice. Galvanising, Epoxy Resin, DWI approved paint, and other finishes at your request.
Documentation
Full Certification can be supplied: – Certificates of Conformity, Hydraulic tests, weld procedures, weld tests, material certificates, pressure gauges, relief valves etc. upon your request.
ISO 9001