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Project Profile – Flammable Solvent Unloading
In the world of specialty chemicals, safety, efficiency, and product integrity are non-negotiable. A prominent chemical company in the Southeastern United States recently faced a significant challenge: unloading eight distinct flammable solvents from tank trucks while maintaining the highest safety standards and eliminating the risk of product cross-contamination. At the outset, the company’s objective was…
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OSHA Fines Texas Metal Stamping Company for Safety Violations
Category: Loading ArmsThe U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fined a Texas-based metal stamping company a total of $412,750 after an employee’s two fingers were severed while working with a 500-ton machine (hydraulic press) at their facility. The entity previously established a reputation for violating workplace safety regulations aimed at protecting employees from the risks of moving machine parts. In a…
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Why Bottom-Loading Tank Trucks are Better
Category: Loading ArmsAs far as loading systems are concerned, nobody wants to be left behind. We all want the quickest operations for loading and unloading. The commercial benefit is worthwhile in terms of all of the financial factors, as well as the costs involved with using and sustaining the gas pumping business. Security is essential, and prevention of…
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What are the Different Types of Swivel Joints?
Category: Swivel JointsApplication-wise, our goal is to highlight the continuous development of swivel joints. This persistent commitment to improving swivel fittings and assemblies through technology, manufacturing, and marketing activities is our primary interest. We desire to have an extensive line of goods and maintain a standard of high-quality swivels for our customers’ intended industrial purposes. Its utilization…
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Considerations When Selecting Fall Protection Equipment For Bulk Loading Vehicles
Category: Loading ArmsWhen operators are required to access tall vehicles such as isotainers, tanker trucks, and railcars in loading and unloading bulk products, it’s important to assure two things: operator safety. including fall protection, and sufficient vehicle access. Falling is perhaps the most obvious operator risk, as a fall from atop one of these vehicles—which may be…
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Things to Know When Ordering From Swivel Joints
Category: Swivel JointsTypically, we ship 2-3 days after the receipt of your order. Overnight shipping is available if an order is placed by 12 noon and the product is available. If you require expedited shipping, please call us after sending us your order by fax or email. Our website is secure, and you should feel comfortable purchasing…
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Loading Arms for Trucks, Railcars and Drums
Category: Loading ArmsWhen you need custom-designed loading arms for a specific application, we can assist you with that at SafeRack. But if one of our already fabricated loading arms will work, you’ll be happy to know we have a large inventory that can help you with any of your truck loading, railcar loading, and bulk loading needs. Our…
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Ordering the Right OPW Swivel Joints
Category: Swivel JointsYou should be able to tell just by our name alone that we’re the place to come when you need the right OPW swivel joints for whatever application you have. We provide charts on our website that provide you with extensive information about all of the OPW swivel joints that we carry including dimensions, approximate weights of the various…
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Seeing is Believing with Sight Flow Indicators
Category: Sight Flow IndicatorsWhen you need to closely monitor your industrial process line, seeing really is believe when you put our sight flow indicators to use. You can monitor and verify liquid flow through the intake and outtake pumping, filtering, heating, and cooling, to name just a few applications. Lubricant and cooling lines are critical to monitor in…
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When Nothing but Truck Loading Arms Will Do
Category: Loading ArmsWe sell the most complete line of loading arms and loading rack equipment available to meet today’s bulk loading and unloading requirements. Our equipment is used to efficiently load and unload petroleum products, chemicals, liquefied gases, asphalt, solvents, or hazardous, corrosive chemicals. When an application requires a longer reach to a vehicle, whether a truck…
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Our Kamvalok Couplers are Top of the Line
Category: CouplersWhen you’re looking for the finest couplers come to Swivel Joints where we have the most popular top of the line Kamvalok couplers to provide you with. When you have an application where you need to be assured of no spillage occurring, these couplers are the way to go. Used by manufacturers of lacquers, adhesives, inks, paint pharmaceuticals,…
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An Interlocking Handle On Drylok Couplings Prevents Spills
Category: CouplersIf your company is transferring chemicals of any type it’s important that you take whatever precautions necessary to avoid any spillage of liquids. It could be quite expensive for your company and it’s extremely hazardous as well. It’s imperative to be using high-quality Drylok couplings in order to have successful dry transfers. Nobody wants to discover…
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Dry Connect Couplings Perfect for Quality, Safety, and Ease of Use.
Category: CouplersYou can spend hours searching on the Internet for the lowest priced couplings and disconnect fittings but when it comes right down to it, don’t you want to buy a product that is the industry standard for quality, safety, and ease of use? The OPW Kamlok fittings that you’ll get from us at SwivelJoints are just that as well…
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Swivel Joints Engineering Considerations
Category: Swivel JointsSwivel joints technology and manufacturing continue to improve. The hose and joints can fail if there isn’t sufficient allowance for motion. Swivel joints allow the hoses and pipes to adjust, reducing bending, stretching, kinking and even failure. That explains one end of this swivel spectrum. In the opposite end are swivel joints which transmit fluid…
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Why It’s Important For Industrial Vehicles To Be Maintained
Category: Swivel JointsGetting stranded in the middle of nowhere is probably one of our worst fears – and with good reason. Imagine hearing your engine knock and break down before you could reach an important meeting or, even worse, a much-awaited date. We want our engines to purr like a cat, don’t you? Maintaining your vehicle doesn’t…
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OPW’s New High-Flow Loop System
OPW Retail Fueling announces its new High-Flow Loop System. OPW’s High-Flow Loop System is an extension of their FlexWorks Loop System, which is a new prefabricated, “plug-and-play” fueling system for retail fueling sites. “Market dynamics are always evolving and this growth in the number of high-volume fueling sites in the U.S. and Canada created the…
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OPW’s New High-Flow Loop System
Category: Swivel JointsOPW Retail Fueling announces its new High-Flow Loop System. OPW’s High-Flow Loop System is an extension of their FlexWorks Loop System, a new pre-fabricated, “plug-and-play” fueling system for retail fueling sites. “Market dynamics are always evolving, and this growth in the number of high-volume fueling sites in the U.S. and Canada created the perfect opportunity…
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What Makes Swivel Joints Vital Components of Industrial Machinery
Category: CouplersIf you are new to the complex world of industrial machinery, one of the first components you should know about are swivels. A swivel joint is a device that connects two parts so that one or both can pivot freely (in the form of a pin or bolt). You Will Find Them Everywhere Swivel joints…
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Understanding The Mechanics of a Water Hose Reel
Category: CouplersFrom pressure washing to wash-downs – a water hose reel system comes in handy for almost any sort of application. The use of a water hose reel isn’t limited to cleaning purposes alone, and it can also be used for volume transfer in either a portable or non-portable state. From agricultural needs to washing needs…
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A Guide to Selecting the Best Air Hose Reel
Category: CouplersA prevalent problem in industries lately is the lack of awareness about air hose reels and their beneficial functionality. There are more factors that allow the hose to work to its full potential than just its mobility. Sometimes you need more supply of hose than the standard, and what makes loose hoses problematic is that…
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4 Reasons Why Hose Reels Are Essential In Petroleum and Gas Handling
Category: CouplersLife without energy seems impossible. Whether your customers need to get to school or work, oil and gas are essential for their daily lives. However, fuel is not only necessary for transportation, it is also important for electricity, production, manufacturing, and more. As an oil and gas supplier, it is your job to make sure…
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4 Reasons Why Hose Reels Are Essential in Petroleum and Gas Handling
Category: Swivel JointsLife without energy seems impossible. Whether your customers need to get to school or work, oil and gas are essential for their daily lives. However, fuel is not only necessary for transportation; it is also important for electricity, production, manufacturing, and more. As an oil and gas supplier, it is your job to make sure…
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Bottom Loading Arm LNG
Category: Loading ArmsThis bottom loading arm is specifically designed to load Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) products. It can be used for bottom loading
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Tank Car Loading and Unloading Best Practices
Category: Grounding (Earthing)Best practices and guidelines to aid plant personnel in eliminating non-accident releases. By following these guidelines for the proper securement of tank cars, shippers, and receivers of hazardous materials can help reduce NARs (Non-Accident Releases). The majority of this information is based on the BOE pamphlet 34 on best industry practices. This article will cover…
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Tank Car Loading and Unloading Best Practices
Category: Swivel JointsBest practices and guidelines to aid plant personnel in eliminating non-accident releases. Following these guidelines for properly securing tank cars, shippers, and receivers of hazardous materials can help reduce NARs (Non-Accident Releases). This information is based on the BOE pamphlet 34 on best industry practices. This article will cover the recommended methods for safely loading…
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OPW SWIVEL JOINTS FROM OPW ENGINEERED SYSTEMS
Category: Grounding (Earthing)FLEXIBILITY IS THE KEY TO OPW ENGINEERED SYSTEMS SWIVEL JOINTS. They make it achievable for you to use rigid metal piping for loading and unloading caustic or hazardous chemicals, petroleum, liquids, dry products such as grains, cement, and other material, under pressure or vacuum, without the difficulty or danger of handling heavy, cumbersome hoses. For…
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Swivel joints from OPW Engineered Systems.
Category: Swivel JointsFLEXIBILITY IS THE KEY TO OPW ENGINEERED SYSTEMS SWIVEL JOINTS. They make it achievable for you to use rigid metal piping for loading and unloading caustic or hazardous chemicals, petroleum, liquids, dry products such as grains, cement, and other material, under pressure or vacuum, without the difficulty or danger of handling heavy, cumbersome hoses. For…
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The Changing Face of Loading Technology
Category: Grounding (Earthing)This day and age, everyone wants to do more with less. It’s the only way to keep afloat in an industry as competitive as crude oil transfer. You’re only as good as your inbound and outbound lanes, and if you can’t efficiently get your raw material in and out, your business will be dead in the…
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The 43 Degrees of Liquid Sulfur
Category: Grounding (Earthing)How to stay safe when loading and unloading liquid sulfur Sulfur is the 10th most abundant element in the universe. It accounts for almost 3 percent of our planet’s entire mass. Or to put it more contextually: If you combined all the sulfur that exists on Earth, you’d have enough to make two additional moons.…
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SafeRack Helps Chemical Company Create Safe Access with Track Mounted Gangway on Time and on Budget
Category: Grounding (Earthing)In an industry where the handling of hazardous materials is routine, safe and accessible transport is paramount. A chemical manufacturing company sought out our assistance in creating a custom access solution to allow workers to spot bottom loading tanker trucks with access across multiple hatches. SafeRack reps made a site visit to assess the unique aspects of the project…