Spark Resistant Drum Handling Parts

Get your drum handling equipment made for the environment you work in. Spark resistant drum handlers are made using steel components and spark resistant material for certain areas that can cause your drum's contents to ignite.

"Spark resistant parts" are designed to reduce the possibility of mechanical sparks as a possible source of ignition. These parts are not a substitute for grounding and bonding for preventing static electricity discharges.

Metals such as Monel are used in the drum holder bands and at the lifting eyes. Stainless steel chain is used instead of carbon alloy steel chain across the front of the drum. Some models that include pull chains for the tilt-control drive have brass chain substituted for the steel chain.

• Monel is an alloy consisting mostly of nickel and copper
• It is considered non-ferrous (very little iron) and therefore is considered spark resistant
• Nozzles on gasoline pumps are made of Monel
• Brass is non-ferrous
• Stainless steel, though not ferrous, has a lower iron content and is considered less prone to sparking than steel alloy chain