Spread the cost of quench tanks from £8,000 to £120,000+ with flexible finance options. HP, lease or refinance; compare rates from 40+ lenders.
Yes, quench tanks are financed as a standard asset purchase, usually on hire purchase or a lease, with the machine itself acting as the security. UK prices typically run £8,000 to £120,000, and most deals are written over 12–84 months with a deposit of around 10–20%. Decisions typically take 24–48 hours. Used machines are financeable too, usually with a shorter term.
Typical Cost
£8k – £120k
Approval Speed
24–48 hours
Same-day for < £100k
Rates From
4.5% APR
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Check EligibilityOn a purchase price of £30,000: a 10% deposit of £3,000, then 48 monthly payments of £633 at 5.9% APR representative (fixed). Total amount payable £33,384, including the deposit. The rate you are offered depends on your business and the asset.
Guide prices for sizing a finance agreement, not quotes. Manufacturers in this market mostly price on application, so where a current UK list price could not be confirmed the row describes a specification class rather than naming a model. Your supplier quote is what the agreement is written against.
| Machine or specification | Guide price | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Static oil quench tank, small capacity | £8,000 – £25,000 | Static Quench Tank (specification class) |
| Agitated oil or polymer quench tank with cooling | £25,000 – £65,000 | Agitated Quench Tank (specification class) |
| Integrated quench system with filtration and fire suppression | £65,000 – £120,000 | Integrated Quench System (specification class) |
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Check EligibilityQuench tanks qualify for Annual Investment Allowance (AIA), letting you deduct the full cost from taxable profits in the year of purchase, up to £1,000,000 for qualifying plant and machinery. HP agreements let you claim capital allowances on the asset; lease payments are generally deducted as an operating expense.
Quench tanks are bought alongside a heat treatment furnace as the cooling stage of a hardening process, using oil, polymer or water depending on the material and specification required. Furnaces and heat treatment plant are heavy, need a significant electrical supply, and often require planning or environmental permitting for emissions before the site can operate the equipment. Installation and commissioning, including the electrical infeed, foundations and any flue or abatement work, is frequently a large share of the total project cost, and is not always financeable on the same agreement as the equipment itself. A quench tank itself is a smaller purchase than the furnace it serves, but agitation, cooling and fire suppression systems add to both cost and installation complexity on a larger system, and quench oil handling has its own site safety and storage considerations. Buyers finance a quench tank most often as part of the same agreement as the furnace it works with, since the two are bought together as one hardening line; standalone quench tank purchases are usually a replacement or an upgrade to agitation and cooling on an existing furnace. Replacement is typically driven by needing more consistent agitation for repeatable hardness results, or upgrading fire suppression and filtration to meet insurer or site requirements, rather than the tank itself failing, since a steel tank has a very long service life if the quenchant is properly maintained and filtered.
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