Earthing System

NFPA 77 “Recommended Practice on Static Electricity” highlights Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBC) as being capable of accumulating electrostatic charge during product transfer operations.

NFPA 77 16.6.3 states “FIBCs should be tested in accordance with the requirements and test procedures specified in IEC 61340-4-4* and in accordance with their intended use before being used in hazardous environments.”

NFPA 77 also states that Type C FIBC should be grounded during bag filling and emptying operations.

The Earth-Rite II FIBC is a grounding system for Type C bags that are manufactured in accordance with IEC 61340-4-4. It consists of a grounding system and a pair of grounding clamps.

The Bond-Rite EZ is a flexible device that bonds two conductive metal objects at risk of static charge accumulation.

When the Bond-Rite EZ establishes a 10 Ohms or less resistance between both conductive objects the green LED indicator illuminates, pulsing continuously.

Once connected the Bond-Rite EZ continuously monitors the resistance between both metal objects.

In addition to bonding, the Bond-Rite EZ can be used by competent electrical personnel to ground objects at risk of electrostatic charging. 

The Bond-Rite Remote indicator station houses the ground loop monitoring circuit and a bright green LED which pulses continuously when it detects that the resistance between the conductive metal equipment to be grounded and the site’s verified earth ground (e.g. copper tape) is 10 Ohms or less.

Once connected the Bond-Rite REMOTE continuously monitors the loop resistance of the circuit between the equipment and the verified ground point (e.g. wall-mounted bus bar).

The pulsing green LED provides process operators with a continuous visual reference point that enables them to monitor the ground status of conductive metal equipment capable of accumulating static electricity.

The Earth-Rite II RTR is designed to ground a road tanker during loading and unloading operations in order to dissipate any static electricity which could accumulate on a road tanker during these processes.

NFPA 77 “Recommended Practice on Static Electricity” highlights tank trucks as being capable of accumulating electrostatic charge during product transfer operations.

To mitigate against the accumulation of static on the body of the road tanker, it recommends that trucks be grounded during the transfer procedure.

The Earth-Rite II RTR static grounding system is designed to provide grounding of tank trucks to mitigate against static discharges from the main body of truck.

The system consists of a red/green LED ground status indicator and dry contacts that can be interlocked with the process or an additional strobe light.

Continuous ground loop earthing system with resistance moniitoring feature for upto 8 channels.MULTI CHANNEL EARTH MONITOR solves these problems by ensuring that all parts of the equipment are connected together and to ground by using a unique Intrinsically Safe Monitoring System