FIBC’s can also be classified with respect to their Antistatic properties in case of usage in statically hazardous environments.

The use of FIBCs has increased enormously throughout manufacturing industries where large quantities of powdered, granular or pelleted materials are handled. Many processes, for which big bags are used, may contain sensitive flammable media such as solvent vapours or dust clouds with low ignition energy. The fact that these bags which are traditionally manufactured from woven polypropylene can generate high levels of static electricity when filling and discharging is now well recognised and as a consequence efforts have been made by ISBIR to design bags, which are inherently antistatic.

ATEX directive 137, on minimum requirements for improving protection of workers potentially at risk from explosive atmospheres, was required to be implemented by member states of the EU by the end of June 2003. Since part of this directive is the avoidance of the ignition of explosive atmospheres, compliance with ATEX requires the use of an effective 'antistatic' FIBC in operations where flammable atmospheres cannot be ruled out.

ISBIR complies with the industry needs and most of our FIBC and liner ranges are also available with such properties in order to offer the ANTISTATIC FIBC’ s, in case of requirements.

Conductive FIBC – Type C – I.CON:

• Made of specially designed Conductive fabrics with interwoven conductive yarns.

• Ground able FIBC with grounding tabs, to be earthed in order to dissipate the static electricity built up from Big Bag to the ground.

Self Dissipative FIBC – TypeD – I.STAT:

• Made of specially designed yarns, coating and construction for dissipating the static electricity built up from Big Bag to the atmosphere

• Doesn’t need to be grounded, which eliminates the risk of explosions in case of misused (un grounded) Type-C FIBC

Type D antistatic FIBCs are designed to be static safe from the point of view of electrostatic discharges from the fabric surface even when used unearthed. It is appreciated, however, that if a sensitive flammable atmosphere exists the FIBC itself is only one potential source of electrostatic ignition and full antistatic precautions should be taken on all materials within the atmosphere.

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