Columbus Supply

Applications: Non-Sparking | Non-Magnetic | Corrosion-Resistant

Non-Sparking Applications

Manufacturing Operations

• Alcohol Industries
• Ammunition, Missile & Explosives Plants
• Automotive Plants (Spray Booth)
• Bakeries
• Breweries & Distilleries
• Chemical Manufacturing
• Fabricated Metal Products
• Fertilizer Plants
• Flammable Materials Manufacturing, Handling and Warehousing
• Flour Mills
• Furniture Manufacturers (Varnish and Painting handling)
• Gas Plants & Coke By-Products
• Glass Manufacturers
• Glue Factories
• Ink Industries
• Insulation Manufacturing
• Leather Products (Tanneries)
• Liquefied Petroleum Gases (LPG)
• Mining
• Nuclear Products
• Oil & Natural Gas Drilling, Refining & Handling
• Paint, Lacquer & Varnish Products
• Paper and Pulp Mills
• Petrochemicals
• Petroleum Refining
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Pipeline Construction & Maintenance
• Plastic Manufacturing
• Rubber Processing Operations
• Sugar Mills
• Synthetic Fiber Manufacturing
• Wine Industries

Transportation Industries:

(including their Maintenance, Cleaning & Service Companies)

• Airports
• Railroads
• Shipyards
• Tankers
• Tanker Trucks
• Vessels
• Workboats

Governmental Agencies: (Local, State & Federal)

• Aircraft and Missile Plants
• Airports (Refueling & Maintenance Operations)
• Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine, Coast Guard, & Civil Support Units)
• Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear or Explosives (CBRNE) Logistical Support / Operational Equipment.
• Fire Departments (including paid, volunteer and most military bases)
• First Responders to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) including Firefighters, Public Safety Bomb Squads & Local Rescue Squads.
• Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) Handling & Clean-Up
• Munitions Depots
• Nuclear Production and Waste
• Public Utilities: Gas, Electric & Telecommunication
• Waste Management
• Water Treatment Facilities

Other Industries:

• Cleaning & Spraying Operations
• Confined Space Maintenance
• Explosives & Pyrotechnics
• Geophysical Exploration
• Grain Storage & Handling
• Hazardous Materials Handling (HAZMAT)
• Maintenance & Service Operations
• Paint Spraying, Finishing and Booth Operations
• Packing Plants
• Propane Distributors & Bulk Plants
• Warehousing of all Hazardous Materials (see your company's MSDS)

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Non-Magnetic Applications

• Aircraft Maintenance & Overhaul
• Aluminum & Other Metal Smelting
• Electronics Manufacturers (Clean Room Maintenance)
• Hospitals & Clinics Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI-Maintenance on or near)
• Mine Sweepers
• Nuclear Products & Testing Machines
• Precision Magnetic Equipment (Compasses & Electronics - Maintenance on or near)
• Public Utilities: Gas, Electric & Telecommunication
• Radar Transmission Centers

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Corrosion Resistant Applications

(in the presence of solids, liquids or gases where steel tools may experience severe corrosion rates)

• Boat Owners
• Canners
• Chemical Manufacturing
• Desalinization Plants
• Food Product Manufacturing
• Insulation Manufacturing
• Laboratories
• Paper & Pulp Mills
• Petrochemicals
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Plastic Manufacturing
• Shipyards
• Tankers, Vessels & Other Work boats
• Wine Industry

Certain chemicals such as amatol and similar liquid gases may react with copper alloys to form metalloids which would negate the non-sparking properties of the alloys. Do not use AMPCO or other high-copper-content tools in direct contact with acetylene due to the possible formation of explosive acetylides, especially in the presence of moisture.

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