subject: How To Use Absorbent For Oil Spills [print this page] It proves to be very labor intensive putting it down and sweeping up requiring a lot of brushing and shoveling, it also sticks to shoes and spreads all over your clean site and can also be considered a slip hazard and make the place look generally dirty. The Absorbent Stations are fully customizable for your needs and can fit a mixture of pads, socks, rolls and even non woven wiper rolls the answer was Oil absorbent pads, socks and mats first designed around 1985.
The advantages of the absorbent socks, pads and rolls over granules are:
- Quickly absorbs oil, water, coolants and solvents
- Floor gripping fibers hold mat in place to help reduce slips and falls
- Dark colors hide grime, so your site looks cleaner longer
- Multiple bonded layers add strength
- Perforations on the pads and rolls let you use only what you need to reduce waste
- Can be incinerated to reduce waste
- Use them anywhere you want to soak up leaks or drips
- Flexible and versatile, a sock fits round machines and in tight spaces
- Each pad can absorb up to 1 liter of fluid
- Each sock can absorb up to 3 liters of fluid
One initiative created by Guardian Environment is the Absorbent Station. Most people admit that oil absorbent socks, pads and rolls are a great idea but if you can't find them or they are not to hand when there is a spill they ultimately can't do the job there designed to do Guardian Environment. In the past throwing a handful of granules (similar to cat litter) or even sand on the spill was seen as a good way to solve the problem. There had to be a better, cleaner, cheaper and more efficient way of dealing with these leaks and spills. A natural follow on from the absorbent sock was the absorbent pad. These days the socks are made from a more technical material of Polyester spun bonded fabric outer, filled with a cellulose, viscose & polyester soak up fiber. These were then placed around the base of the leaking machinery to absorb the oil as it came out. In most cases the pad is usually a spun bond layer top and bottom with the Melt Blown Polypropylene absorbent fiber in the centre. The fact is these granules get into your machines and working parts causing damage and also contaminates coolant and oils. In its most basic form the absorbent pad is a square pad usually 40cm x 50cm of Melt Blown Polypropylene fiber. The basic principle of the Absorbent Station is simple:
All your absorbents
In the right place
At the right time
All of the time the absorbent roll is the same material and design as an absorbent pad but comes on a perforated roll. One of the first absorbent socks ever designed was a basic prototype made from a pair of tights filled with tiny bits of rag inside. If you are ever unlucky enough to encounter or even cause a Oil spill at your place of work or in the garage at home there are a few things you can do to help clear up the mess. One way round this is the Absorbent Station.
