Holden 19211989 engineer, technical services bureau of explosives association of american railroads uncle roy was a pioneer in the development of tank car damage. Inventory management system by endress and hauser with the revolutionary webbased tankvision technology. These gauge tables show outage volumes volumes of air or vapour above the surface of a liquid as of the effective date indicated on the gauge table. The systems consist of two important circuitry that is for sensing. Commonly used in cars, these may also be used for any tank including underground storage tanks. Hinged and bolted manway side view top view hinge handle. Checking the valves and fittings used in unloading the. Side safety rail bottom outlet valve a end reporting mark. Grasp quickstick by handle lower in tank car placing back against collar of hatch, bringing the. This distance is from bottom of the fittings nozzle for most tank cars. On some applications, there will be a top spring item 9 positioned on the guide tube. After the drop, the tank car valve should be opened slowly all the way and loadingunloading continued. Mgm does not recommend welding of guide tube to the bottom tank car bracket. Employee must identify the tank to be purchased and identify an additional tank on the battery.
When going up or down tank steps do not run, step on each tread, and keep at least one hand on the railing. American railroads manual of standards and recommended. High accuracy automatic tank gauging used worldwide. The brass gauging bob is not a sufficient grounding device. Fleet composition of rail tank cars carrying flammable liquids. Gauging devices to measure the amount of liquid contained in the tank car, a gauging device is mounted on the manway cover. Under no circumstances, is an employee allowed on the roof of a tank. Oiml r 801 road and rail tankers with level gauging. Uncle roy was a pioneer in the development of tank car damage assessment. Side impact test and analyses of a dot117 tank car rosa p. Future tank cars that carry crude oil and ethanol were proposed to the u.
Grasp quickstick by handle lower in tank car placing back against collar of hatch, bringing the measurement catch up against the top of tank car shell. Shell innage the depth of the product in the tank car measured from the bottom of the tank up to the liquid level of the product, dimension b. Shell full capacity the amount of product in a tank car when the tank shell is completely filled. Automatic tank gauging radar level gauge transmitter. Gauging stick does not enter into product operating instructions. Anticipated number of rail tank cars meeting new safety standard. Once the shellfull capacity of a tank is determined by water gauging, a gauge table is assigned to each tank car. This would mean a 414inch radius from the centerline of the gauging device for a 712inch float. Field guide to tank cars is dedicated to the memory of.
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