WATCO HIGH VISIBILITY PAINT HELPS YOU SEE THE HAZARDS

High Visability PaintAccidents are unusual, but when they happen they tend to be slips and trips. Hazards presented by kerbs or steps can be reduced by the use of Watco High Visibility Paint.  Its special fluorescent pigments offer excellent visibility, and the paint can be used on concrete, stone, brick, masonry or asphalt and similar porous surfaces.
Applied by brush or roller, Watco High Visibility Paint can be applied to damp surfaces and only one coat is normally required.

The product is also ideal for line marking, walkways and playgrounds, and offers excellent resistance to UV and weathering.

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Maintenance-free, low cost gas detection for up to 120 days with new Draeger X-am 1100 Personal Air

x-am 1100Ideal for short term or routine applications such as industrial shutdowns, the new Draeger X-am 1100 Personal Air Monitor provides up to 120-days detection of explosive gases and vapours, including diesel fumes, as well as oxygen (O2), carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen sulphide (H2S).  Offering a cost effective, more convenient alternative to a rental device, this lightweight instrument eliminates the problems often associated with damage or loss and can simply be disposed of after use.

Completely maintenance-free and no larger than a mobile phone, the pre-calibrated X-am 1100 is easy to use.  Designed for intuitive operation and featuring a practical two-key control panel and straightforward menu guidance system, it also benefits from a large liquid crystal display which provides all readings at a glance.

 

Incorporating the latest miniaturised XXS generation of powerful electrochemical DraegerSensors, the inclusion of a catalytic Ex sensor, calibrated to methane, also means that it can provide improved safety when facing unknown hazards. 

Health & Safety For The Plastics Sector

Health & Saftety LegislationThe BPF is a key source of expertise and information on Health and Safety issues as they relate to the plastics sector. The Federation is dedicated to ensuring that Health and Safety within the plastics industry shows continuing improvement and that employees are appropriately protected:

The BPF Health and Safety Committee devises and holds regular

The BPF conducts ab Annual Accident Survey - the personalised survey results are distributed to member companies, enabling them to benchmark their own health & safety performance with the industry average.

seminars to update industry H&S Practitioners from the member community.

A Call to Keep Workers Safer When Transferring Flammable and Combustible Liquids

By Nancy Westcott, President of GoatThroat Pumps

Every day industrial workers transfer potentially hazardous chemicals, such as solvents, acetones, lubricants, cleansers, and acids, from large drums into smaller containers, or into machinery.  Traditionally, such potentially flammable or combustible liquids have been tipped and poured.  Today such spill-prone, VOC emitting methods are no longer considered acceptable, safe, or compliant – not when a fire or explosion can result. 

RICHTER PFA LININGS AID SAFE TRANSPORT OF HAZARDOUS LIQUIDS

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PFA lined pumps and valves fixed to road and rail tankers and wagons are helping to ensure the safety of European roads, railways and waterways as the amount of dangerous liquids being carried increases.

Tuffa Tanks: Your Chemical Storage Solutions Partner

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Tuffa chemical storage tanks are a one piece manufactured tank (no seams or welded joints) supplied to customer specifications using a variety of Tuffa's fittings and accessories and provide a true alternative to glass fibre reinforced (GRP), welded, and traditional lined metal vessels for the storage of corrosive solutions.

IPS Flow Systems technical websites help designers and installers of industrial thermoplastic piping systems

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Industrial thermoplastic piping systems

Industrial thermoplastic piping systems are now firmly established in a wide range of applications since their introduction over forty years ago. The intervening years have seen dramatic growth in the choice of piping materials, diversity of products, dimensions available and the development of manufacturing standards.

EMERSON’S NEW TANK GAUGING SYSTEM APPROVED BY NMI AND TÜV FOR COMPLIANCE WITH PERFORMANCE AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

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Additional approvals certify custody transfer accuracy and overfill prevention of Emerson’s Rosemount® Raptor tank gauging system

The Dutch Metrological Institute NMi, has approved Emerson Process Management’s Rosemount® Raptor tank gauging system for custody transfer accuracy, and the German DIBt / TÜV Nord has tested and approved the system in accordance with the rules for overfill prevention. These national standards with traceability to international standards are essential for customer confidence in the performance and safety of automation equipment like tank gauging.

Filling & Emptying Drums of Toxic Liquids

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If you are handling any of these or other toxic or corrosive liquids you need DCS Liquid:

Waste toxic liquids,  Calcium Hypochloride,  Benzyl Sulphonyl Chloride,  Propionyl Acetyl Chloride,
MED,  DICI,  EMCA, Toluene,  CH2CI,  HCI,  TMCS,  Methylenchloride,  Acetone,  Methylacetate,  Pyridine,  BSTFA, Methanol,  IMS,  Dioxane,  Acetonitrile,  MD,  Heptane,  Methylchlorformiate

DURAPIPE INSTALLED AT GLOBAL CEILING FACTORY

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Durapipe’s specialist dual contained pipework system, Guardian, has been installed at a new Amstrong World Industries factory in Gateshead.

Armstrong World Industries is a global manufacturer of ceiling and floor products and commissioned ProMinent, experts in Chem-feed and water treatment, to source a pipework solution for its ceiling tile production process at its new factory.