Sand bucket specs

The bucket should be well labeled, and the sand must be cleaned of all flammable material and completely dry. Fire buckets made of heavy gauge G.I, 9/10 Ltrs capacity with round bottom hanging type duly painted with white enamel inside and red enamel outside of the bucket and letters FIRE in 75mm type stamped on the body of the bucket. Buckets must have suitable lids to keep closed and thereby avoiding dirt and dust accumulation. This will also avoid men throwing waste into these buckets. However keep one bucket at the end empty. Frequently pour the sand from the second bucket to empty one and continue to empty till the one at other end is emptied. Next time repeat the exercise from the other end. This is to ensure that caking is avoided and sand is kept free flowing all the time. Often moisture in the atmosphere causes the caking effect and hence this exercise is advised. If you can otherwise ensure that the sand is free flowing, then you need not resort to this exercise.

MANUFACTURE 1.Body the body shall be in two halves which shall be joined together
by butt welding. The top rim of the body shall be wired and uniformly beaded. The beading shall be fully formed without gaps. The thickness of body shall be 1 mm and diameter of beading wire 3.55 mm. 2.Bottom The bottom shall be dished and shall be joined to the body by butt welding so that there is no raw edge or crevice on the inside of the bucket. The thickness of the bottom sheet shall be 1 mm . 3.Ears The ears shall be made of mild steel sheet and shall be fitted to the body at the top by means of welding with the flat head on the side. The thickness of sheet for ears shall be 2.8 mm. 4.Top Handle the top handle shall be of mild steel rod of 10 mm in diameter with its ends bent up. 5. Bottom Handle the bottom handle shall be of mild steel rod of 10 mm in diameter and it shall be joined to the bottom by welding . The grip shall have no sharp edges. 6. General all gas welds shall be free from porosity, blow holes and brittleness.

5. FINISH 5.1 All parts of the bucket shall be finished smooth and sharp edges
rounded off. 5.2 The bucket shall be galvanized after manufacture as per BS 729: 1971 or/and ASTM A386-73(hot dipped galvanized steel) (for Mild steel or Hot Rolled steel as per BS 1449: Part 1: 1983 specification with Epoxy coating) (for Pre-galvanized steel as per BS 2989: 1982 specification). The thickness of coating of zinc conforming to BS 729: 1971 Specification for

zinc for galvanizing on any portion shall be not less than 0.06 g/cm2 (both sides inclusive thus its mean 0.03g/cm2 = 300g/m2 each side). Alternately, it may also be galvanized of lead tin alloy to a thickness of not less than 0.012 mm. 5.3 Bucket shall, in addition to galvanizing, be painted with two coats of red paint on the inside and outside. The handles and the ears shall be painted with two coats of black paint. 5.3.1 The word FIRE shall be painted in white centrally on the outside; its letters shall be 75mm high and approximately 12 mm thick.