NEW PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT: TRANSPORT SAFETY LOADING DEVICES

  Over the last year Kenilworth Combustion has been working on expanding their product line beyond their successful Process Heater Modules and into safety devices. We have seen the advancement of safety in the Oil and Gas Industry; as a result, Kenilworth has developed a small device that is making a big difference.

In the summer of 2014, Kenilworth began looking at the safety issue of fluid transfer spills when loading and unloading fluid from tankers. For years this has been accepted as a cost of doing business

Unfortunately these incidents have a major impact on business in the form of Severe Personal Injury, Environmental Damages and Economic Losses (related to lost production, and clean up). The problem seemed simple enough, there needed to be some sort of device that eliminated the risk of disconnecting before the valve was fully closed.

The “Patent Pending” Gate Valve Safety Device (GVSD) was developed to address this issue. The GVSD is a universal device that mounts to the existing gate valves on site that are used for fluid transfer. This device makes it impossible to disconnect while the gate valve is open.  Installation is simple and efficient, only taking a few minutes, meaning no down time on site and minimal installation cost. 

The results of the GVSD have been huge, currently there are approximately 1000 of these units in service and as a result there have been zero reports of failure or lost time incidents because of spills. Looking at the big picture this is substantial when you consider the total cost savings of cleaning up a spill and getting things back into production mode.

During the field trials and installation of the GVSD, it was noticed that several tanks had ball valves on load lines. Seeing this prompted the development of the Ball Valve Safety Device (BVSD). Just like the GVSD these units were field tested and designed to be universal.

                                                                                                

 

                   

Step by Step GVSD

     

         

Step by Step BVSD

                             

For more information or a product demonstration, please feel free to contact us at info@kenilworth.ca or look us up online at www.kenilworth.ca where you will find spec sheets, technical drawings and a short video presentation for the GVSD and BVSD, along with our full line of innovative products.