Safety Solution
Abrasive blasting the conventional way is a dangerous job. People are hurt every year doing this job, whether it be from slipping or falling, hearing damage, or long-time lung damage. Several people have even lost their lives doing water tank refurbishment.
We believe that this should never happen again!
Some of the Dangers Attributed to the Job Are:
Abrasive Dust & Epoxy Fumes
- When inhaled, the abrasive media that is used can cause severe lung damage, including silicosis and, eventually, cancer.
- The dust fills the inside of the water tank, obscuring vision and creating a very slick work environment. Injury from falling is all too common.
- Fumes from the epoxy are toxic and should never be inhaled.
Sound
- Abrasive blasting inside a water tank can produce up to 130 Decibels or more all day long
- The best blasting hoods are good for up to 120 Decibels of sound for 5 hours per day.
Other Dangers
- Most towers are between 120-160 ft high, with the interior of the tanks being 40-50 ft deep. Accessible by ladders and man lifts.
- Slipping and falling from these heights result in injury and death.
- All materials must be hoisted up on cables or by the worker on a ladder or man lifts.
- The merry-go-round systems and modular platforms used to get around in the tank are shaky and difficult to walk on.
- It's pitch black inside the tank while blasting.
- The Blast hoods get covered in dust and grime, further obscuring vision.
The Blaster is the Solution for You
Nobody in the Water Tank!
- Higher standards of safety in an easier-to-operate system.
- The best and safest solution is to get the person out of the tank.
- After the initial setup of The Blaster, the worker leaves the tank and operates the device from the command center outside.
- See everything you're doing from the safety of the command center on the ground. View the whole job on a monitor as it is recorded by the 7 high-definition cameras and high-powered lights mounted on The Blaster.
- No more dealing with deafening sounds, black-out conditions, and suffocating dust and fumes.
Our Mobile Crane Hoists Itself!
- Our patent-pending Mobile San-Crane lifts itself to the top of the tower, pulling the pieces of The Blaster up one by one and lowering them into the tank to be assembled.
- Once assembled, the operator leaves the tank and only returns to reposition the Blaster until the job is completed.
- When the job is completed, the crane then lowers the pieces one by one and safely lowers itself to complete the job.
No More Risk of Falling on the Job
- No longer will you be precariously perched on shaky merry-go-round systems or wobbly modular platforms.
- The Blaster's basket can hold up to 300 lbs in case you need to manually do any finishing touches on the tank.
- With the mounted safety harness, it's easy to strap in and stay safe when manually operating The Blaster.
- It is also a man-lift so that you can paint or touch up out of the basket.