How to handle cylinders correctly?


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2022-10-20

How to handle cylinders correctly?

Cylinders are steel cylinders for storing high-pressure oxygen, gas, liquefied petroleum gas, etc. Gas cylinders generally contain liquefied gas or mixed gas. This handling is generally operated by professional staff. We can learn about it in detail and add a knowledge point.

1. Before handling the gas cylinder, the operator must understand the name, nature and safe handling precautions of the gas in the cylinder, and prepare the corresponding equipment and protective equipment. If the medium is harmful, poisonous, corrosive, radioactive and spontaneous combustion gas, the operator should formulate corresponding measures in the aspects of organization management, technical measures, personal protection and health care.
2. When the cylinder with concave center is handled in the workshop, warehouse, construction site and loading and unloading site, it can be rolled with bare hands. That is to say, one hand holds the cap of the cylinder to tilt the cylinder, the other hand pushes the cylinder to rotate along the ground and roll with the bottom edge of the cylinder, or you can hold one cap of the cylinder in each hand to make the two cylinders roll cross in front of the chest. This should be according to the handling distance and the proficiency of the move, but not allowed to drag, anywhere flat roll, slope vertical slide or kick.
3. The gas cylinder with square base should use a specific car (a single or double bottle position, lined with a soft cushion) with a secure and labor-saving, and be fixed with an iron chain. It is strictly prohibited to carry by shoulder, back, arms, arms, lift or two persons, to avoid injury to the body and damage to the cylinder resulting in accidents.
Four, the gas cylinder should wear a bottle cap, to wear a fixed bottle cap, in order to avoid in the process of handling the valve due to the force and damage, even the bottle valve flying out of the accident,
5. After the gas cylinders are transported to the destination, the ground on which they are placed must be level. When placing the gas cylinder vertically and firmly, you can release it to prevent the gas cylinder from falling down and causing an accident:
6. When the gas cylinder needs to be lifted or lowered to the ground manually, two persons must operate at the same time, and the lifting and landing movements should be coordinated with the correct posture. It is strictly forbidden to throw or throw during lifting or lowering, or slip and fall during lowering.
7. Loading and unloading of gas cylinders should be carried out with light loading and unloading. It is strictly prohibited to load and unload gas cylinders by throwing, sliding, falling, rolling or touching, etc., in order to avoid accidents caused by rough loading and unloading;
8. It is strictly prohibited to use dump trucks, forklifts or forklifts to handle gas cylinders.

After the above introduction is it clear what should be paid attention to when handling cylinders? Zhejiang Changxing Technology Co., Ltd. is a professional manufacturer of cylinders. If you are interested, you can contact us!