MickMoor
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- Location
- Bonsall, UK
This might sound as if it should be under a different topic, but let me finish!
I have often talked about explosion relief panels in silos, and ATEX regulations, particularly on the forum in relation to wood chip and pellet storge. So far we have only fitted them as supplied with the silo. We currentlyin re-frubishing a silo at a feed mill, the work includes supplying and fitting such panels. People ion the fringes of this business suck in their cheeks and mutter things like, "Make sure you are sitting down............."
On Tuesday I contacted a supplier of these things direct, a large international company specialising in these. I gavetheir engineer a few basic details, such as size of silo and expected contents, and yesterday evening, received a very detailed reply with recommendations, and best of all, the cost wasn't frightening! £1,600 -£1,800 for a 50 tonne 90 cubic metre silo. Somebody had previously suggested that it would cost more than the actual silo!
Why do some people use my ignorance of the regulations to frighten/impress me, when in fact they too know very little?
This episode now means that when ATEX regulations crop up again, I will be a bit more knowledgeable about the practical side, and hopefully able to help more customers. But why did I allow myself to be mislead?
I have often talked about explosion relief panels in silos, and ATEX regulations, particularly on the forum in relation to wood chip and pellet storge. So far we have only fitted them as supplied with the silo. We currentlyin re-frubishing a silo at a feed mill, the work includes supplying and fitting such panels. People ion the fringes of this business suck in their cheeks and mutter things like, "Make sure you are sitting down............."
On Tuesday I contacted a supplier of these things direct, a large international company specialising in these. I gavetheir engineer a few basic details, such as size of silo and expected contents, and yesterday evening, received a very detailed reply with recommendations, and best of all, the cost wasn't frightening! £1,600 -£1,800 for a 50 tonne 90 cubic metre silo. Somebody had previously suggested that it would cost more than the actual silo!
Why do some people use my ignorance of the regulations to frighten/impress me, when in fact they too know very little?
This episode now means that when ATEX regulations crop up again, I will be a bit more knowledgeable about the practical side, and hopefully able to help more customers. But why did I allow myself to be mislead?
