CIMC HONGTU has the design and fabrication capability of large ASME codes spherical tanks and owns 5 sets of large hydraulic pressing machine. The maximum pressing capacity for spherical shell plate is 80mm. Besides, HONGTU can also construct the spherical tanks made of special steel such as stainless steel, stainless steel clad carbon steel plate, 9Ni steel and etc., and owns relevant project references.

Design Code: ASME BPVC VIII-1/VIII-2, GB/T 12337, JB/T 4732
Capacity: 50m3~10000m3 Liquid Gas Spherical Tank, 200m³~20000m³ Gas Spherical Tank
Main Material: SA516, SA537 CL1, SA537 CL2, Q370R
ASME Standard | |||||||
Capacity (m3) | 600 | 1500 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 6000 | 8000 |
Fluid | LPG | ||||||
Main Material | SA516 | SA516 | SA537 CL1 | SA537 CL1 | SA537 CL2 | A537CL2 | A537CL2 |
Filling Ratio | 0.9 | 0.85 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
Tank Net Weight (KG) | 84395 | 258610 | 288617 | 431223 | 636868 | 732400 | 893620 |
Design Pressure (MPa) | 1 | 1.77 | 1.77 | 1.77 | 1.8 | 1.77 | 1.42 |
Working Pressure (MPa) | 0.8 | 1.57 | 1.4 | 1.57 | 1.7 | 1.57 | 1.2 |
Design Temperature (ºC) | -52/35 | -20/50 | -20/50 | -20/50 | -40/50 | 50 | -30/50 |
Working Temperature (ºC) | -18/40 | 35 | -15/40 | -35/40 | 40 | -15/40 | |
Corrosion Allowance (mm) | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
Wind Pressure (Pa) | 1035 | 1500 | 1500 | 2000 | 1500 | 3200 | |
Snow Pressure (Pa) | -- | -- | -- | 300 | -- | -- | |
Seismic Intensity | 6 degree | 7 degree | 7 degree | 7 degree | 8 degree | 8 degree | 8 degree |
Chinese GB Standard | |||||||
Capacity (m3) | 750 | 1500 | 2000 | 3000 | 4000 | 5000 | 6000 |
Fluid | LPG | ||||||
Main Material | Q370R | Q370R | Q370R | Q370R | Q370R | Q370R | Q370R |
Filling Ratio | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.85 | 0.9 |
Tank Net Weight (KG) | 106673 | 205128 | 286054 | 438842 | 535775 | 676712 | 792404 |
Design Pressure (MPa) | 1.77 | 1.77 | 1.77 | 1.77 | 1.77 | 1.77 | 1.77 |
Working Pressure (MPa) | 1.57 | 1.57 | 1.71 | 1.77 | 1.57 | 1.2 | 1.57 |
Design Temperature (ºC) | -20/50 | -20/50 | -15/50 | -19/50 | 50 | 50 | -19/50 |
Working Temperature (ºC) | 40 | 40 | 40 | -10/45 | 0/40 | 17/40 | -15/45 |
Corrosion Allowance (mm) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
Wind Pressure (Pa) | 600 | 600 | 500 | 450 | 750 | 890 | 700 |
Snow Pressure (Pa) | 600 | 600 | 450 | 400 | 350 | -- | 400 |
Seismic Intensity | 7 degree | 7 degree | 8 degree | 7 degree | 7 degree | 7 degree | 7 degree |
*Please contact for more different kinds of tanks with different capacity and standard.


CIMC ENRIC. Jingmen Hongtu Special Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Jingmen Hongtu Special Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Ltd (hereinafter called CIMC HONGTU) is a wholly owned enterprise of CIMC ENRIC Holding Co., Ltd(CIMC ENRIC)., a listed company in Hong Kong. It was founded in 1971, formerly known as Hongtu Aircraft Factory(HONGTU), affiliated to the Aviation Industry Corporation of China(the Third Ministry of Machine Building Industry). With a history of 40 years of pressure vessel manufacturing and an investment of CNY 1.3 Billion in Jingmen City, CIMC HONGTU has become the largest production base of energy and chemical equipment in the central and western regions of China. It is mainly devoted to the manufacturing of high-end equipment for the energy and chemical industry.
With the subject of scientific and technological innovation and the core of intelligent manufacturing and green manufacturing, focusing on manufacturing of high-end energy and chemical transportation and storage equipment. The main products are LPG road tankers, LNG cryogenic liquid road tankers, large scale spherical tanks, cryogenic flat-bottom storage tanks, large scale special chemical vessels, marine "oil to gas" fuel tanks and supporting equipment for energy and chemical systems. The company can provide one-stop integrated solutions for customers such as the storage stations, peak-shaving stations, refilling stations of energy and chemical gas and natural gas.
The production and sales of LPG road tankers of CIMC HONGTU has ranked No.1 for the last 40+ consecutive years in China, and the spherical tank production and sales has ranked No.1 in domestic market. CIMC HONGTU's products have been exported to 50 plus countries and regions in Europe, Middle East, North & South America, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, Mid-Asia and Africa.
01 Powerful R&D Capability
Department and Quality Control Department.
The company has around 100 valid patents (including 18 invention patents, 1 appearance patent).
02 Strong Production Capacity
The company has various manufacturing equipment over 2,300 sets.
The total area of the company is 130,000m³, of which, the total area of the workshop is 103,641m³. There are 6 manufacturing workshops, including LPG tanker and vessel manufacturing workshop, spherical shell prefabrication workshop, LNG and cryogenic liquefied gas tanker and vessel manufacturing workshop, household LPG storage tank manufacturing workshop, petrochemical equipment manufacturing workshop and chassis manufacturing workshop.
The company ranks No.1 in production capacity & efficiency of the LPG vessels in China.
The company ranks No.1 in working capacity & efficiency of the spherical shell prefabrication line in China, with annual capacity of 70000 tons.
The company owns the first intelligent production line for household LPG storage tanks in China, with annual capacity of 12000 units/shift.
03 Scientific and Rigorous Quality Assurance System
The whole process of product quality control from design to delivery needs to pass 115 quality control points, 192 quality control procedures, with 66 QC documents to support and to be followed.
The annual number of X-ray film is more than 500,000 pcs, and the quality file of each product is archived throughout its life cycle, and each weld can be traced back.
Hongtu owns a special quality control center, which obtains grade 3 certificate for national defense metrology and has inspection capacity of length, hardness, pressure, temperature, metallographic, electromagnetic, chemical and mechanical, covering all the inspection of outsourced material and process tests.
04 Fast and Efficient After-sales Services
The company has 30 plus professionals engaged in after-sales services, and it has its own customer service center, always dedicated to providing the best on-site after-sales service and online after-sales technical support.
With strong technique, manufacturing, testing and other capabilities, Hongtu is committed to providing excellent service in the whole product life cycle.