Monday, 10 November 2014

Spill Containment Berms Of Many Styles

By Christa Jarvis


For practically any kind of business, especially those that have interactions with materials that pose any type of hazardous threat, safety is a top priority. This stems from the fact that they are responsible for protecting their employees, have a need to safeguard their investments and are required to minimize damage to the environment. Various styles of spill containment berms are often used as a means by which they complete this mission.

A berm is basically an object that is used to create a wall, or barrier, to hold an undesirable substance within a confined area until proper abatement procedures can be enacted. These items come in many different styles including inflatable tubing, tarps, shelves, triangular sectionals, boxes and many other designs. Some are for general use, while others are more specialized.

Items of this sort are used in a wide range of situations. Some of these circumstances may be routine and the products used as precautionary measures to prevent problems and excessive clean up. At other times, the necessity may come as a result of an emergency spillage or a disastrous act of nature.

A style known as a Throw-N-Go is among the simplest barrier designs available, and they are very well named since all it take to set them up is to unfold them in the location. They start out flattened and the sides will inflate automatically whenever the need arises. Two accessories generally used with this type of berm are track mats and ground tarps.

A lot of warehouses and job sites that house barrels, boxes or bags containing potentially hazardous materials often choose to store these on specially designed pallets. They are raised platforms that have cups or gratings in their top sides that allow the substances to flow inside and remain restrained until removal. This is a highly effective precaution against leaks and spills.

Triangular barriers are available in a variety of heights, thicknesses and lengths that make it easy to build a wall that can withstand many substances. They may be set up singularly or joined together to create an extended blockade. They are commonly used for purposes such as keeping fluid or granular materials from spreading beyond boundaries, to hold back flowing water, or to retaining gravel and rock within a confined space.

L-shaped sectional pieces are yet another product of this sort from which wall are constructed. They are hinged so that they can be folded flat for easier storage, and quickly joined together when in the open position to make a rigid barrier. These items are generally only a few inches high and used for low flowing substances.

Tarps are often used with these products to protect the ground beneath the containers that might leak and cause contamination. The examples given are just a small sampling of all the varieties available as many situations require specially designed barriers to deal with certain types of terrain or matter. Construction materials are going to vary depending on what type of substance the item is intended to restrain.




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