Technology, keeping you cool has come a very long ways

Date 06-08-2010 19:31 Edited 06-08-2010 19:39

From a cooling vest like this here which I use well not the vest just the vortec tube http://www.vortexair.biz/Cooling/Mancooling/mancooling.html

to Miller has come out with this now http://www.millerwelds.com/products/welding_protection/heatstress/coolbelt/]

http://www.arc-zone.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=233_1888&products_id=8846]
Pretty nice these products can be used in pretty much any condition wheather you are on the pipeline or in a refinery to keep you cool.

Dam I sound salesman lol

Just thought I'd pass this along, I thought the miller headband thing was pretty cool

By dbigkahunna (****)

Date 06-09-2010 11:36

"Pretty nice these products can be used in pretty much any condition wheather you are on the pipeline or in a refinery to keep you cool."
Dont see that attached to a pancake any time soon.
True about comfort. Tank cleaners use the vest. I have seen homemade ones using the blue ice you get a wally world. In a 140 degree tank they last about 15 minutes. Takes a ice chest per entrant and still have to come out every 15 minutes. They make it where you can walk out the gate in the evening instead of crawling.

By Metarinka (****)

Date 06-09-2010 14:41

I've seen pictures of guys using the water cooled and air cooled vests. They supposedly work well, but limit your portability as you have a tether. I was a mascot in highschool and we wore the ice pack vests under the suits. It lasted a good hour or so, and the condensation felt nice.

By dbigkahunna (****)

Date 06-09-2010 23:34

Worked in a place where FRC was mandatory. Tank cleaners had to wear the FRC, Yellow Tyvek, and a rain suit. Even with the ice vest 10 minutes and they had to come out. Location would not let the crew work at night and temp inside the tank would hit 150F by 3 pm.Crew would be in 10 out 10 in 10 and out 30. Would change the ice packs after the second come out. It was so hot outside the tank during rest periods the guys would keep the vest on.
Safety was stupid on this job. I was the entry supervisor and me and the shift safety got cross threaded because he wanted the guys to remove the vest during the 30 minute rest period. Got with the plant safety manager and got this straightened out. Pure, Plain, Miserable
The tethered ones don't work so pretty good for tank cleaning.

By chris2698 (****)

Date 06-09-2010 20:04

I'm sure there is a way you can do it for a pancake, give it a little time it'll happen, hell you coem up with it and retire?? or maybe I should