Chemical service truck

In addition to toxic, incendiary, and smoke ammunition and bombs, as well as chemical warfare offensive weapons and equipment, the CWS was responsible for the procurement of a variety of service equipment. The latter included a truck mounted with a swinging boom crane, a chemical service truck, a chemical service trailer, a unit for mixing toxic and incendiary agents in the field, and a set for maintaining and repairing chemical warfare equipment in the field. Several of these items presented unusual problems of development and procurement. Table 8)... 

In addition to the laboratory facilities in the United States the CWS had field laboratories in operation overseas. The chemical laboratory companies and laboratory sections of chemical service companies, whose mission was the surveillance of CWS materiel and examination of enemy agents and equipment, were initially supplied with a field laboratory designated as model Ml, standardized in 1936 and in service until the latter part of 1943. Its 21,000 pounds of equipment, comprising 88 footlockers, 20 boxes, and 15 crates of laboratory materials, as well as a truck-mounted machine shop, had to be transported on seven 1 VS-ton trucks. Edgewood manufactured eleven Ml laboratories before the model was discarded in 1943. 

CAS Number - Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number A CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service) Registry Number is a unique identifier that tells you, for example, that aeetone and dimethyl ketone are actually the same substance. The Chemical Abstracts Service is a division of the American Chemical Society. OSHA only requires certain items on an MSDS and a CAS number is not one of them. However, authors of MSDS s are allowed to add additional information, such as the CAS number, if they desire. The numbers you see on trucks on the highway are not CAS Numbers, butU.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) codes, which are not necessarily specific to each chemical. Their aim is to assist emergency responders. 

Service company wastes such as empty drums, drum rinsate, vacuum truck rinsate, sandblast media, spent solvents, spilled chemicals, and waste acids... 

Managing the life cycle of chemicals for a customer, instead of just supplying their needs, is proving to be a very successful business model. There are major cost savings to be made by the user as it is estimated that for every 1 spent on chemicals, between 1 and 10 are spent on managing the acquisition, inventory and disposal. A specialist company is in a much better position to carry out these tasks cost-effectively than the end-user. This approach is widely used in the automotive sector where a surprising number of chemicals are used. About three-quarters of the main car and truck manufacturers use chemical management services. 

A good example is the relationship between GM at their truck and bus plant in Janesville Wisconsin, and one of their Tier 1 suppliers BetzDearborn. The agreement covers water treatment chemicals, paint, lubricants, commodity chemicals and solvents. For a fixed fee per vehicle manufactured, plus some additional service fees, BetzDearborn provides the following services ... 

The most common applications for ball valves in refineries and chemical plants at present are for loading valves on both tank car and truck racks, utility air service connections, utility water service connections, gas bleed-off valves, sample connection valves, low pressure steam service connections, fire systems, etc. 

Chemical hoses must be designed for a specific service. Hoses are required to convey compressed gases, slurries, petroleum products, solvents, bulk chemicals, such as acids and caustics, and a full array of other chemicals that may exhibit flammable, toxic, corrosive, cryogenic, or other harsh properties. Chemical hoses are used for loading and unloading trucks, tank cars, barges, and ships. They may also operate to bypass equipment that has been taken out of service. 

FUSA Chemical Section, devoted maximum attention to supply and to the needs of the chemical mortar battalions. It also meant the provision of supply support and tactical advice for the smoke generator units which were heavily employed by TUSA, especially in its river crossings. As a result of experience in these tasks, the TUSA Chemical Section found that the one chemical depot company attached could not handle all supply requirements. It recommended that two such companies be assigned, and more important still, that CWS should have far more transportation for the depot company, the smoke generator, and the mortar units. The CWS could not operate its own supply system, which it did with very little help from other supply services, and at the same time shift men and equipment in a fast-moving war without greatly Increased transportation. The chemical section suggested addition of a truck company to the Army for CWS... 

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