Monthly Archives: January 2017

From the Field – Chemical spillage and a damaged air tank

Our inspectors never know what a day might bring. One inspector sent these photos taken on the job.

A typical air tank suffering from being outside in a cement plant all the time.

A typical air tank suffering from being outside in a cement plant all the time.

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This shows what a failed chemical injection pipe can do to a LWCO when the chemical spillage eats through the gaskets of the LWCO electrical box. As a result, it shorts the system and shuts off the feed water pump causing low water.