[Nhcoll-l] Stainless steel tanks for wet collections

Mon Oct 12 15:46:44 EDT 2020

Thanks, everyone! This is very helpful.
Rebecca
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On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 1:57 PM Paul R Sweet <sweet at amnh.org> wrote:

> Thanks for the info. I will take a look and see how mine are faring.
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> *From:* Bentley, Andrew Charles <abentley at ku.edu>
> *Sent:* Monday, October 12, 2020 2:41 PM
> *To:* Paul R Sweet <sweet at amnh.org>
> *Cc:* Rebecca Newberry <rnewberry at smm.org>; NHCOLL-L <
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> Paul
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> I will temper my comments with the caveat that we have not ordered from
> them in some time (years) due to the issues we found.  Maybe things have
> changed.  There were three main issues that we encountered at the time –
> inferior clasps that kept coming loose from the tank over time, buckling in
> the sidewalls of the large 36” tanks and issues with dolly wheels and decks
> failing, rusting and not rolling well.  It was not every tank but we had
> issues with enough to make us consider a switch to Delta.  We have had no
> similar issues with their tanks.
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> Andy
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> *From: *Paul R Sweet <sweet at amnh.org>
> *Date: *Monday, October 12, 2020 at 1:36 PM
> *To: *Andrew Bentley <abentley at ku.edu>
> *Cc: *Rebecca Newberry <rnewberry at smm.org>, "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" <
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> *Subject: *Re: [Nhcoll-l] Stainless steel tanks for wet collections
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> Andy
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> Curious to know what issues you had with the Steel Fixtures tanks? So far
> I’ve been happy with ours.
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> Paul
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> Paul Sweet | Department of Ornithology | American Museum of Natural
> History | Central Park West @ 79th St | NY 10024 | Tel 212 769 5780 | Mob
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> On Oct 12, 2020, at 2:18 PM, Bentley, Andrew Charles <abentley at ku.edu>
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> Rebecca
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> We have found that the tanks from Delta Designs are of superior quality to
> those from Steel Fixtures – see attached.  Prices may be a little
> outdated.
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> Biodiversity Institute
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> Dyche Hall
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> Email: abentley at ku.edu
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> *From: *Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Paul R
> Sweet <sweet at amnh.org>
> *Date: *Monday, October 12, 2020 at 11:57 AM
> *To: *Rebecca Newberry <rnewberry at smm.org>
> *Cc: *"nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
> *Subject: *Re: [Nhcoll-l] Stainless steel tanks for wet collections
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> I’ve bought from
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> Roger Emperley
> sales at steelfixture.com
> 1-800-342-9180
> www.steelfixture.com
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> Paul Sweet | Department of Ornithology | American Museum of Natural
> History | Central Park West @ 79th St | NY 10024 | Tel 212 769 5780 | Mob
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> On Oct 12, 2020, at 12:48 PM, Rebecca Newberry <rnewberry at smm.org> wrote:
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> Hi there,
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> Would you please share your preferred North American vendors for stainless
> steel tanks to store wet collections?
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> Thank you!
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> Rebecca
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> <Delta Designs specimens tank series 70.pdf>
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> <Delta Designs specimens tank series 35.pdf>
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> <Delta Designs specimens tank series 18.pdf>
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> <Delta Designs tank pricing.pdf>
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