New Product - Francis Ward's IBC Testing and Repair Service
21 January 2005
New Product – Francis Ward’s IBC Testing and Repair Serice
Francis Ward is launching its new IBC Testing and Repair (ITR) service for existing customers and all new customers. Legislation has long been in place to have IBC’s tested periodically every 2.5 and 5 years. However, Francis Ward only offered a form of servicing, with customers sending IBC back to its Bradford site for re-bottling or refurbishment. Now Francis Ward will offer a comprehensive testing and repair service offering the choice of returning the IBC’s to its Bradford site or having its trained engineers on the road visiting customer sites.
Francis Ward understands that there is numerous companies offering testing and repair of IBC’s. Nevertheless Francis Ward believes it has a real alternative to offer its customers.
Firstly, with experience and knowledge of their products Francis Ward believes there is no one better in the market place to service the IBC’s they manufacture.
Secondly, the company is promoting the ITR service on openness and honesty to the customer. With a comprehensive knowledge of the legislation governing IBC’s, the company states that it will advise customers of what work needs to be done. It will not use legislation to mislead customers to carry out unnecessary work. The customer will approve full costs of any work before Francis Ward will proceed. Work will not be rushed or corners cut. Francis Ward places emphasis on ensuring customers IBC’s are safe and legal throughout their service life.
Francis Ward’s ITR service is a professional UN testing and repair service to keep your IBC fleet on the road. The company will examine your IBC’s to ensure that they are safe for use. It will replace any worn parts and then re-certify customer IBC’s to enable a speedy return to fleet.
Francis Ward stocks all the appropriate parts and its engineers are fully trained to repair and test the IBC back to original specification. Francis Ward is able, (due to change of company names and company owners), to service IBC manufactured under the names Tanks and Drums, T&D, T&D Bison, Bison IBC Systems and Francis Ward. Also, due to expect knowledge of the market, Francis Ward will also service other manufacturers IBC, when requested by customers.
In addition, the Safety Air Feed, which was launched last year, has seen a high demand. Currently, Francis Ward is experiencing a high demand to retrofit the Safety Air Feed to existing pressure discharge IBC’s and to have them fitted to all new pressure discharge IBC’s. For those who are unaware, the Safety Air Feed now allows the air hose to be coupled to the container at chest height, preventing the need to work on top of the container. The Safety Air Feed improves the health and safety regulations for working at heights, but also speeds up the process of delivering chemicals.
