ASME Cold Pressing Ellipsoidal Head 2250×16 Cryogenic Tanker Dished Head

Henan Guojiang is a benchmark manufacturer in China's precision pressure vessel component industry, with over 12 years of experience in R&D, production and customisation of dished heads. Its products are exported to more than 10 countries worldwide. In the field of core components for cryogenic tankers, ASME standards have always served as the foundation, with strict adherence to reliability and precision requirements, and providing solutions that meet the demanding working conditions of the global cryogenic transportation industry.

• Dimensions: With an inner diameter of 2250mm and a thickness of 16mm, it is specially designed for the main tank of medium-to-large cryogenic tankers, accurately adapting to the storage needs of low-temperature media such as liquid nitrogen (-196℃), liquid oxygen (-183℃), and liquefied natural gas (-162℃). High-precision CNC machining is employed, with a diameter deviation of ≤ ±0.8mm, ensuring a seamless connection with the tanker body and significantly reducing the risk of cold loss leakage.
• Design Basis: Developed based on the working pressure of 1.0MPa-2.0MPa of cryogenic tankers and the thermal expansion and contraction characteristics in ultra-low temperature environments, the 16mm thickness ensures the structure's resistance to low-temperature stress while avoiding material redundancy, balancing the load-bearing and lightweight requirements of the tank.
• Material Selection: ASME-certified 304L stainless steel is selected, all from top suppliers with complete Material Test Certificates (MTC). This material contains 18% chromium and 8% nickel, which can not only form a stable oxide film to resist corrosion from low-temperature media but also maintain excellent toughness in ultra-low temperature environments, eliminating the risk of brittle fracture.

Cold pressing is the core process of this dish head, fully complying with the requirements of ASME BPVC Sec.VIII Div. 1. Aiming at the characteristics of 304L material, the cold pressing process can avoid the damage of high temperature to the low-temperature mechanical properties of the material, completely retaining the ductility and welding stability of the dished head. In production, 12 sets of 1200-ton hydraulic presses are used for precise shaping, strictly following the 2:1 major-to-minor axis ratio, ensuring uniform stress distribution of the dished head during the transportation of low-temperature media and eliminating structural damage caused by local stress concentration.

• Full-Process Inspection: 100% full inspection is implemented for key performance indicators. Ultrasonic Testing (UT) is used to detect internal hidden cracks, Liquid Penetrant Testing (PT) is used to detect surface defects, and 3D laser scanning is used to verify dimensional accuracy. Each dish head meets ASME standards and cryogenic tanker safety requirements.
• Multi-Standard Compliance: In addition to complying with ASME standards, it also meets China's GB/T 25198-2010 and Europe's PED 2014/68/EU standards, and can smoothly enter major global cryogenic transportation markets.
• Authoritative Certification Support: Holding ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System, ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System certifications and ASME "U" Stamp approval, providing authoritative endorsement for product quality.

As a core pressure-bearing component of cryogenic tankers, this dished head is mainly used in three scenarios:

• LNG Transport Tankers: Used for storing liquefied natural gas at -162℃, ensuring no gas leakage and no energy loss during long-distance transportation with excellent sealing performance, suitable for trunk line logistics and terminal distribution scenarios.
• Industrial Cryogenic Gas Tankers: Transporting liquid nitrogen, liquid oxygen and liquid argon for metallurgy, semiconductor and pharmaceutical industries, maintaining the full-process low-temperature stability of media to meet high-precision production needs.
• Biomedical Cryogenic Tankers: Used for ultra-low temperature transportation of biological products such as vaccines and stem cells, which can maintain a low-temperature environment of -196℃ throughout the process, avoiding the failure of bioactive substances due to temperature fluctuations.

• Professional Packaging: Single-dish heads are packaged in export-grade fumigated wooden crates, and bulk orders use steel pallets with a load capacity of ≥1500kg. All packaging is equipped with shock-absorbing foam and waterproof membranes to prevent precision deviations caused by collision and moisture during transportation.
• Customization Services: ASME standard customization with inner diameter of 60mm-10000mm and thickness of 1mm-300mm is supported, which can adapt to different models of cryogenic tankers; free technical services such as Finite Element Analysis (FEA) stress simulation for low-temperature working conditions and 2D/3D drawing design are provided; 3-5 samples can be delivered within 20 working days for low-temperature performance testing.

• A 24-hour ASME standard technical consultation hotline is provided to answer questions about the installation, welding and maintenance of the dished head in low-temperature environments at any time.
• Domestic customers can enjoy on-site troubleshooting services within 72 hours, and overseas customers receive technical support and solutions within 5 working days.

• ASME-Grade Low-Temperature Resistance: Combined with the cold pressing process and 304L material, it maintains stable performance in an ultra-low temperature environment of -196℃, significantly reducing the risk of leakage and deformation.
• Strong Corrosion Resistance and Hygiene: The surface finish reaches Ra ≤ 0.8μm, combined with corrosion-resistant materials, meeting food-grade and pharmaceutical-grade hygiene standards and eliminating medium contamination.
• High Cost-Efficiency: The 16mm thickness is optimally designed according to ASME standards, which not only reduces material costs and tanker load but also extends service life and reduces long-term maintenance expenses.
• Global Adaptability: With multi-standard compliance and authoritative certification, it can be seamlessly integrated into the global cryogenic tanker manufacturing supply chain without additional adaptation adjustments.