Flange Guards

Around 2.9 billion workers across the world are exposed to harmful risks at their workplaces. More than 80% of world's workers reside in the developing world and these countries share the global burden of occupational disease and injuries disproportionately. The situation in India is also in a similar horizon with an additional liability of exponential industrial growth with an inadequate health care delivery system, lack of sanitation and prevalence of infectious diseases. India contributed 1.9 million cases (17%) out of 11 million occupational disease cases and 0.12 (17%) million deaths out of 0.7 million deaths in the world. There are about 3,61,994 registered factories in India as per 2014 estimation. Out of this five states have more than 53 percent of India’s factories. With Tamil Nadu leading the race followed by Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. As per 2011 census, India has a strong 482 million labor workforce. Out of this, only 16% workers are employed in organized sectors. One of the major plights of the labor workforce working in Industries like pharma, chemical, dyes, power plants, oil-gas & petroleum refineries is the risk of violent spray outs. These industries have a huge network of the piping system carrying hazardous chemicals at high temperature and pressure. Due to constant mechanical vibrations and stress, the piping system joints are susceptible to constant failure which results in violent spray outs of hazardous fluids like acids, oils, steam etc at high temperature. Flange Leak The average radius of the spray out is over 15 meters. imagine the number of workers that will be present in a 15-meter radius. Imagine the plight of an innocent labor who gets hit by such corrosive spray outs. This generally results in lifetime injury or death in more severe cases. In the last decade alone, over 30 million workers globally have been affected by a spray out. To protect from such a life-threatening spray out, flange guards & safety spray shields are installed on flanges and other pipe joints. These Flange Guards or Safety Spray Shields are used in Industries to prevent spillage of Hazardous Fluid on workers and costly equipment. These safety shields are designed to contain a spray out from a flange or a Joint Leak (Valves, Elbows & Bends). Back in 2004 - 2005, Imported heavy duty flange guards at ridiculously high price were the only source of spray protection. It did not make much of sense for small industries to purchase an expensive heavy duty flange guard for a less stressful environment. This was a major cost burden for the industries and spray protection took a back seat in the majority of industries. Vishal Agarwal, Director of Indana Steel Pvt Ltd, had been a witness to a couple of spray related accidents during the same time and was deeply moved by the plight of the workers who have to work under constant risk of chemical or steam exposure. Vishal was quick enough to understand that where an oil industry cannot do without an expensive heavy duty guard, a dairy, dye or a water treatment plant can do with a much less effective guard. Vishal immediately established an R&D team and came up with multiple designs of flange guards for different industries and its requirement. This provided the industry with a range of affordable pp flange guards. During the same time, a lot of government regulations such as Directive 402 Gazette J8Il.15,1987(partI-L 13.3) came into effect which made the use of Flange Guards compulsory. This led to increased awareness and acceptance of flange guards and safety spray shields. These days, spray related incidents have gone down and the workers are more relaxed. Indana flange guards are used by almost all the process industries. Last year alone, Indana Flange Guards had protected over 10 lakh workers in India and another Subsequently, Indana came out with more designs of spray shields and flange guard which had found international acceptance. Indana has been manufacturing flange guards for over a decade and takes pride in the impeccable quality of its Flange Spray Shields which are guaranteed for 24 months. At INDANA STEEL PVT LTD, We Believe In Providing Impeccable Customer Service & Experience To Our Clients At The Best Prices. We Are Not Selling A Product, We Are Selling An Experience Delivered Through Our Services. This is the only reason why industries across the globe are trusting us to protect their lives & properties.