With Ragwormit is safety first

Up to now, the cutting of steel bottoms of oil storage tanks has always been performed by using oxyacetylene torches. A major disadvantages of this method are health hazards as well as environmental damage. Consider inhalation of product gasses that are released and risk of explosion to which many people are exposed during the traditional way of operating.


Ragworm is the new 'competitor'.
Ragwormis a nearly fully automated cold steel cutter operated by a bi-directional cutting robot.
The mobile system operates much faster than the traditional one, it is conform the requirements of the Operational Health and Safety Act, is very safe and saves the environment.


Cold Cutting
The steel plate is cut by means of a new Cold Cutting System. This is cold cutting of steel by the use of a high pressure water jet and an abrasive (sand).
Risk of explosion is significantly reduced since no heat and/or sparks are produced during the operation.The employers do not breath in harmful gasses and are not physically overburdened during the process.



Welding fumes and MAC values
Since the first of January 2003 a MAC value for steel, (not an alloy) has been established for welding fumes and it was reduced to 3.5 from 5 mg/m³. The new MAC-values are now in force. Therefore, cold cutting is the answer.