Aviation Fuel Floating Suction Unit

Jet fuel has to leave the storage tank free of water and sediment, which is why airport and depot tanks draw from the top of the product rather than the bottom. The Vens aviation fuel floating suction unit is built for this duty, with aluminium or stainless steel wetted parts and no copper, zinc or cadmium-plated parts in contact with the fuel.
Swivel joints are sealed and lubricated with an aviation-grade grease, grease nipples are replaced with stainless plugs, and non-metallic pads protect the tank lining. The unit can be supplied with a check cable, an outside position indicator and sample lines at set heights.
Jet A-1 receipt and storage tanks at airports
Aviation fuel depots and hydrant systems
Military and helicopter refuelling installations
Tell us the standard or client specification your installation follows and we will build to it.
Download our floating suction enquiry data sheet (PDF), fill in what you know and send it with your tank drawing.
Product datasheet: Vens floating suction units (PDF).
Vens has more than 10,000 installations. Every unit is designed by engineers who studied at MIT, Stanford, Cornell, the IITs, Arizona State University and the University of Cincinnati and have worked in the industries that use this equipment, so it is sized for the job, built in the right materials and designed to proper factors of safety.