Air-Moving
Air-moving, or pneumatic conveyance, is a highly efficient and versatile process for removing salvageable materials or industrial waste contained in tanks, containers, surface impoundments, and/or process vessels. Using suction velocities of up to 150 mph, air-movers can convey almost any material that will fit through an eight-inch hose over a distance of up to 1,000 feet, depending on the material's weight. Material or waste is deposited into truck-mounted collector modules, drums or other intermediate containers for transportation to its ultimate disposition.

Panther's crews deal with a wide range of materials: wet, dry, non-hazardous, and hazardous. Consistency can range from fine powder to bricks. Specialty applications include the unloading and reloading of tower packing, process vessels and water treatment vessels. We also provide vessel-to-vessel transfer, drumming of accumulated materials, and associated transportation and disposal.

High Pressure Water Washing
High-pressure water washing, is a safe, cost-effective method of cleaning interior and exterior surfaces, process configurations, and other vessels. This is the most common industrial cleaning service, applications of which can be applied to just about every process plant or client facility. The process itself removes various deposits, and other built-up material by using water at varying pressures and flow rates. Panther utilizes equipment, which allows multiple angle cleaning with and without oscillation via the use of swiveled tips.

Panther's pressure washing has many other broad range applications, including the cleaning of floor grates, tank shells, masonry surfaces, steel piping and other building surfaces. The number of applications is only limited by the imagination of the technicians applying the services.

Liquid Vacuuming
Liquid vacuum trucks (conventional vacuum trucks) efficiently and cost-effectively remove and transport liquid and semi-solid waste materials, both hazardous and non-hazardous, from surface impoundments, tanks, and other vessels. They are also frequently used in spill clean-up actions and for in-plant hauling or transfer of most liquids and sludge. Many of the units used by Panther have full rear-opening doors, facilitating clean out at the conclusion of a project.

Sludge Pumping
Sludge pumping solves difficult sludge conveyance problems. Panther utilizes pumping systems that can move large volumes of highly viscous liquids with a high solids content as high as 30-percent solids. Panther uses both stand-alone, self-contained units and others that can be driven directly from the hydraulic system of an air-mover.

Steam Cleaning
Steam cleaning effectively cleans heat exchangers, removes tar or pitch from concrete, removes high paraffin oil from surfaces, and removes residues from process equipment. Steam cleaning can also maintain a specified temperature during hydrostatic testing. Cleaning pressures can range from 600 to 2,000 psi at 30-60 gpm. The temperature can range from ambient temperature to 250° F (dry steam). The addition of specialty chemicals (detergents, degreasers, mild acids, and bases) allows maximum cleaning effectiveness on individual assignments.

UST and AST Tank Cleaning
Tank cleaning involves the removal of sludge and residual products from the interior of storage tanks to allow inspection, repair, and/or product changeover. Panther offers turnkey services that will assist in meeting stringent federal, state, and local regulations. These regulations pertain to emission reductions, waste minimization and required inspection/repair intervals. Panther's services include tank emptying, extraction of solids, gas freeing, confined space entry, temporary storage of sludge, sludge processing, waste transportation, tank cleaning and recertification, as necessary.

Panther has a comprehensive mix of tank cleaning technologies and service capabilities.

Panther can clean any size tank and process the associated sludge. Tank cleaning utilizes a wide array of other service offerings including liquid vacuuming, pressure washing, steam cleaning, grit blasting, temporary storage and roll-off services, dewatering and sludge processing, and transportation. Depending on the reason for cleaning the tank, demolition and decommissioning services might also be required as in the case of facility or terminal closure. These services are later described herein.

Degassing and Odor Control
Fugitive emissions and odor control have become significant issues relating to the tank cleaning process. While this is particularly true in New Jersey, this issue is arising in other areas of the United States as well. Panther can utilize portable vapor oxidation systems (PVOS), which are completely mobile degassing and odor control systems, allowing clients to comply with air quality regulations. Additionally, Panther can utilize trailer-mounted carbon systems, carbon units, catalytic oxidizers, and mobile propane fueled flares (stack heights to 100 feet) during tank degassing operations, as necessary.

Utility Locating Services
Panther performs both surface and subsurface utility locating services using a variety of methods. The first phase of surface locating utilizes techniques and instruments developed and perfected by the geophysical prospecting industry, allowing technicians to identify the horizontal trace of the line prior to actual digging. The second phase of subsurface locating utilizes a highly specialized method of air vacuum excavation, which exposes the utility line, enabling an exact visual determination of its location, with little disruption to existing land uses or highway traffic and no damage to the utility line itself. This technology or "soft dig method" is most effective when used during the preliminary engineering phase on projects where utility conflicts are likely to occur. Panther clients benefit from these services through significantly reduced construction delays and contractor claims caused by unexpected conflicts with utilities during construction.