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STORAGE OF PLANT PROTECTION
PRODUCTS AND MINERAL FERTILIZERS
Ventilation: air changes
10 times per hour
Storage containers for storing plant protection products have an emergency ventilation system,
which is activated from the outside and inside of the warehouse, provides at least 10 times the air
exchange per hour, and a continuous ventilation system is activated from the outside of the
container, one hour before starting work, ensuring at least 3 air changes per hour.
It is possible to provide full automation in such a container by setting continuous ventilation
AUTOMATION in a 3 or 5 exchange mode permanently without the need to start ventilation every day before
starting work.
The container has an airtight fl oor made of steel
sheet, it is protected with chemical-resistant paints
and additionally equipped with a chemical-resistant
insert made of high-quality PE (polyethylene), the
wema grate is made of acid-resistant steel.
The container has a sump built into the fl oor, which will
stop the leakage inside the container in the event of
a substance spillage. Leakage should be cleaned up
and neutralized with agents / device intended for this
purpose.
The storage container can be additionally equipped
with windows with panes limiting the infl uence of
sunlight.
The electrical installation in the warehouse is
explosion-proof (gas- and dust-tight).
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