New product to prevent “oil” spills at factories and other facilities during floods

is a flood prevention tool for ironworks with cooling oil tanks for quenching processes and factories that use machine oil in their manufacturing facilities, etc. A sheet-like “membrane surface” is formed along the outer wall of the facility to prevent oil floating in water from spilling into the surrounding area.
The sheet-type “membrane surface” is made of chemical fiber coated with vinyl chloride resin, etc. (Supplemental: A multi-layer type with an oil-absorbing layer attached to the inside of the “membrane surface” can also be supplied according to your plans). The size of each sheet is small enough to be carried by one person, and is connected to the adjacent “membrane surface” with Velcro or other means to form a large area.
These “membrane surfaces” are folded and stored in a compact state during normal times, and are deployed in the event of an emergency and suspended from wires or other devices installed on the exterior walls of the building in advance in preparation for flooding.
The “Oil Fence for Onshore Use” was conceived as a preparation for disasters that have occurred frequently in recent years, such as the oil spill accident caused by the torrential rainfall in Saga last August, and a patent application was filed and commercialized in March this year.

We have developed a wide variety of flood prevention products, including ” Concrete Canvas,” which was used in the temporary restoration of a river in Mabi-cho, Okayama Prefecture after the torrential rain disaster in western Japan (2018), ” Maxwall,” a continuous box-shaped steel frame that is used at restoration sites after tsunami disasters, and ” Deltatube (triangular water bottle), ” a flood prevention tool developed to replace sandbags. We have developed a wide variety of flood prevention products, such as the “Delta Tube,” which was developed as a flood prevention tool to replace sandbags.

Taiyo Kogyo will continue to support the disaster preparedness efforts of companies and municipalities in terms of both hardware and software, with the aim of realizing a society in which people can live with peace of mind.

 

Detailed information on the commercialized “Oil Fence for Onshore Use” is as follows.

Product name	Onshore Oil Fence
■ Applications	In the event of flooding due to heavy rains, etc., it prevents oil from spreading into the surrounding area.
■Facilities covered	Ironworks with oil tanks for cooling in the quenching process, factories that use machine oil in their manufacturing facilities, etc.
■Materials used	Material = Membrane material made of chemical fiber coated with vinyl chloride resin, etc. (Depending on the plan, a double-layer type with an oil adsorption layer attached to the facility side surface can also be supplied.)
■Specifications	The upper edge of the membrane has a “suspension member” that is attached to a wire installed inside the building, and a weight is attached to the bottom of the membrane to prevent it from lifting during flooding. In addition, Velcro is used to connect the membrane surfaces.

 

Taiyo Kogyo has a wide variety of flood prevention products, including “Concrete Canvas,” which was used for temporary river restoration work in Mabi-cho, Okayama Prefecture after the torrential rainstorm in western Japan (2018), “Maxwall,” a continuous box-shaped steel frame used at restoration sites after tsunami disasters, and “Deltatube,” a triangular water bottle developed as a flood prevention tool to replace sandbags. We have developed a wide variety of flood prevention products, including the “Concrete Canvas,” which is used in the construction of concrete canvases.

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