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News Release from: Blacoh Fluid Control | Subject: Spill-Stop
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 16 March 2004
Cunning device avoids spills and saves
product
The patented Blacoh Spill-Stop is designed specifically to prevent costly and hazardous chemical spills caused by diaphragm failures in air-operated diaphragm pumps.
The patented Blacoh Spill-Stop is designed specifically to prevent costly and hazardous chemical spills caused by diaphragm failures in air-operated diaphragm pumps Blacoh's Spill-Stop is much more than a standard alarm or moisture sensor
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 29 Oct 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Blacoh Fluid Control recently consulted with a decontamination facility that pumped acids through a series of 15-degree spray nozzles to rinse radiation from contaminated metals.
The Spill-Stop features a patented design which captures leaked product caused by a ruptured diaphragm and pneumatically shuts off the pump automatically.
The Spill-Stop may also be equipped to trigger a warning alarm for immediate response or to automatically turn on a standby pump, minimising down-time while effectively protecting personnel from the hazards of airborne chemicals.
Its pneumatic design is also intrinsically safe, using compressed air rather than potentially dangerous, spark-producing electricity.
The Spill-Stop can pay for itself in the first few minutes the pump continues to run after diaphragm failure.
For example: a pump running at 100 gallons per minute with product valued at US $6 per gallon loses US $600 of product each minute.
Do the maths on your pumping application and decide if you can afford not to have the Spill-Stop as part of your fluid control system.
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