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Trans-Loading Road Tanker/Railcar Transfers to IBC/Tote/Drum
(using a ground monitoring system and portable bonding assembly)
When working in hazardous areas, specialized trucks and service vehicles are typically equipped with simple bonding lines to provide a
means of grounding the vehicle to the plant equipment (pipeline, reactor, tank. etc.). However, the provision of such bonding lines does
not verify that they are used correctly and that they are in a satisfactory working condition. For this reason, many organizations in in-
dustrial and emergency response situations use self-testing bonding and grounding systems like Bond-Rite® to add an important safety
check to their operations.
These type of systems are intrinsically safe monitoring equipment that tests the bond either between the vehicle and the plant equip-
ment or back to a verified ground point.
•API 2219 (5.3) states "Even when using conductive hose, vacuum truck operators should both ground and bond their trucks when
practical to reduce the possibility of electrostatic charges."
•NFPA77 (8.7) recommends use of conductive or semi-conductive hose and/or bonding of all conductive components and grounding
the truck.
Bond-Rite® Self Testing Clamps
The Bond-Rite® range of self testing clamps enables personnel handling flammable and combustible products to confirm that equipment
subjected to electrostatic charge accumulation is capable of dissipating the static charge safely and effectively.
•FM, ATEX, CSA International approved
•If the green LED light flashes continuously once the clamp is connected, the operator running the process can proceed knowing that
hazardous electrostatic charges will not accumulate on the equipment.
•Once connected the Bond-Rite® clamps continuously monitor the resistance of the circuit between the equipment and the verified
ground point.
•If a resistance greater than 10 ohms is detected in the circuit the LED will Stop Flashing warning the operator of a potential static
hazard.
•Grounding conductive containers, drums, IBCs and vessels engaged in a wide range
of potentially hazardous processes including filling, mixing and blending operations
carried out in potentially flammable or combustible atmospheres.
•grounding vacuum trucks engaged in hazardous material recovery operations
•bonding vehicles and pump skids transferring flammable product into containers, IBCs
and drums
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