Static control that fits your existing earthing procedure
When flammable solvents, alcohols or fine powders are filled or discharged, the movement of the material against the liner wall builds up static charge. If that charge is allowed to collect, it can jump as a spark inside a headspace full of vapour.
This is a safety decision, not a purchase decision. Where a plant has had a near-miss, or where an insurer or auditor has raised static as a finding, the case is already made.
The liner is bonded to the same earth point the drum already uses.
A conductive drum liner carries the charge safely away to earth through the drum. The liner is made from conductive or static-dissipative film and is supplied with a defined grounding arrangement, so it fits into your existing earthing procedure without any change.
Our work has focused on combining static control with barrier performance in one liner. A plant that needs both usually double-lines, which is slow and expensive. We can supply a single conductive aluminium construction that does both jobs.
We will bring the grounding arrangement drawing to the first technical discussion.
Every one of these can be changed for your application, and a sample is supplied for trial fitment before bulk production.
Questions
Whenever flammable solvents, alcohols or fine powders are filled or discharged. Material moving against the liner wall builds static charge, and if that charge is allowed to collect it can jump as a spark inside a headspace full of vapour. A conductive liner gives the charge a path to earth instead. One ignition event costs more than a lifetime of liner supply.
Through a grounding tab, whose type and position are specified per order so the liner fits the earthing procedure your plant already follows. The intention is that operators carry on doing exactly what they do now — the liner adapts to the procedure rather than the procedure being rewritten around the liner. Film type and resistivity class are specified alongside it.
Yes. A plant needing both usually double-lines, which is slow, awkward on the filling line and more expensive per drum. GI PackTech supplies a single conductive aluminium construction that does both jobs in one liner — combining static control with barrier performance has been the specific focus of our development work on this product.
Solvents, alcohol and brewery products, flammable chemicals, fine powders and pharmaceutical intermediates — anywhere a hazardous-area classification applies to the filling or discharge point. If your process safety assessment identifies an electrostatic ignition risk at the drum, the liner is part of the control measure rather than an accessory to it.
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Every product we make is built to order, so the conversation starts with your specification rather than with our price list. Sample liners and trial covers are supplied for fitment before bulk production begins.
