Routine task, hidden ignition risk

Moving, opening and pumping from a closed drum may seem like a simple routine task. Yet this is exactly where an explosion risk can arise.

With flammable, low-conductivity liquids, potential differences can develop during transport, opening and pumping. Without demonstrable equipotential bonding, even a small electrostatic discharge can be enough to ignite a vapour-air mixture.

Exquintia assesses not only the pump or the fixed installation, but the entire work sequence: drum, floor, transport equipment, hose, liquid, filling opening and working method.

It is precisely between logistics and process operations that underestimated ATEX risks often arise.

Have your transfer and pumping operations independently assessed before a routine task becomes an ignition scenario.