SKOLNIK Wine Barrel allows Hoop Placement

Recently, one of our wine-manufacturing customers contacted us to inquire about the possibility of moving or reducing the number of rolling hoops in the side of our wine barrels. Skolnik manufacturers wine barrels from 5 to 55 US gallon capacities, but the 55 gallon is, by far, the most sought after. As the manufacturing process does offer flexibility, we were able to accommodate the requests of this customer with either off-set hoops or removing them completely. It appears that he was utilizing a racking system in which the conventional hoop configurations did not fit the horizontal contour. While we believe that using the conventional hoop locations does yield the greatest variety of rack usage, we were glad that a simple alteration was able to resolve our customers’ processing problem. (Jason Snow)

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SKOLNIK Closure Instructions for Steel Drums

What was once a common-sense 55 gallon steel drum art has now become a scientific process that is very difficult to define and repeat. Closure Instructions are required to accompany all sales of hazardous materials packagings and DOT expects the closure process be followed with exacting detail. Though some manufacturers are loath to write a competent instruction, it is required by DOT for all fillers and transporters to have proper instructions. Since the steel drum is not a finely tooled product, the closure system – while capable of amazing security - can be influenced by elevation, temperature, humidity, compression and, of course, the “human element.” The in-field record of HazMat packaging failures in the US is very low, but, the lack of clarity and inaccurate procedures can yield an incomplete closure. In the case of steel drums, make sure that the Closure Instructions are accurately followed including the use of required tools. Specific to each manufacturer, view the current Skolnik instruction at: http://www.skolnik.com/ClosureInstructions092506.pdf. (Matthew Dick)

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Skolnik Steel Drum Blog and Industry News

For nearly 10 years, Skolnik Industries has published a monthly Newsletter. Manufacturing more then just 55 gallon steel drums, we have been informing users from the hazmat, chemical, and dangerous goods communities of new regulations, trends and occurrences that impact the way we do business.
We also manufacture barrels and drums for wine and spirits manufacturing and processing.

Taking this information and turning it into a living tool, Skolnik now introduces the Skolniknews Blog.
This is the first posting and I welcome a topic or a question to discuss or research. You can see our products and the vast resource center at www.skolnik.com.

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