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Chapter 5- Equipment Decontamination
Procedures
Prior to return to Clean Earth Technology, Inc., all equipment must be thoroughly cleaned and
decontaminated. Please follow your organization’s prescribed decontamination procedures,
and also carefully observe each step of the following procedure. During decontamination, make
sure personnel are wearing the appropriate protective clothing and observing all safety
precautions.
Please Note:
CET reserves the right to add a fee of $500.00 to the repair or rental invoice of
any equipment or parts not decontaminated to the satisfaction of CET.
1. Use the Spill Buddy to pump through a good quantity of a cleaning fluid compatible with
the product it was used to recover. Make sure that the discharge tube is clipped to an
appropriate container, and that the petcock is open.
2. After it is apparent that you have flushed out any product remaining in the tubing, purge
the tubing by turning the PUMP ON switch on and off repeatedly until as much product
as possible has been removed. Then hold the Spill Buddy on its side and turn on the
PUMP ON switch a few more times to continue purging.
3. Remove the pump assembly from the probe as described on page 16.
4. With the petcock open, apply pressurized air to the petcock end of the discharge tubing.
Use LOW pressure (less than 20 lbs. psi) to blow out excess product. Make sure that
the Probe end is in a discharge container
and that the pump assembly has been
removed
before turning on the air.
5. Clean the Probe as described on page 14, washing it thoroughly to remove
contamination while taking care not to damage the sensor bands by avoiding the use of
sharp tools or stiff brushes.
6. Lubricate the pump by turning it upside down such that the intake hole is up and
spraying a
non-flammable
commercially available lubricant such as 3-in-One® oil into
the intake hole. Also squirt lubricant into the product discharge nipple of the pump.
7. You may then either replace the pump into the Probe (see page 19) or place the pump
inside a sealed plastic bag to send with the Spill Buddy.
8. If you have not already done so, call CET at (802) 425-3710 to request an RMA number
AND an RMA form, if needed.
9.
Completely
fill out the RMA form (page 31). If at all possible, fax the form to us or scan
it to attach to an email so that our service department has it ahead of y
our equipment’s
arrival. Make sure to include a copy with your return- preferably in a packing slip pouch
on the outside of the box, or else placed inside the box.
10. Pack the equipment with care to ship to CET. If possible, use the original box and
packing material that came with the system; otherwise use a sturdy box and a
generous
amount of packing material. MAKE SURE that the RMA number is clearly written on the
outside of all boxes.
CET reserves the right to refuse delivery of any equipment
without a CET RMA number clearly displayed on the exterior of the package(s).
Envirotecnics
Tel: +34 872 080 542
envirotecnics@envirote
cnics.com
www.envirotecnics.com
