Product Overview

The simplest form of the gravity eye wash: a 35 litre tank with a moulded handle on top, a yellow snap cover over the nozzles, and a pictogram label large enough to read from a couple of metres away. There is no frame, no castor and no bracket — it is set down where it is needed, or hung on a hook, and filled through the cap on the left shoulder.

The label carries the face and eyes graphic, a two-step drawing of cover-off and eyes-in, and the words EYE WASH. On a tank with no switch and no pipework, that label is the entire operating instruction.

Why 35 Litres, Why No Frame

• Carried by one person – empty it weighs little; filled it can be moved short distances by the handle without a trolley.

• Roughly three minutes – at a nominal 11.4 L/min eyewash flow, 35 L is about three minutes. Record the real figure and treat the unit as a first-response point.

• No footprint to plan – no frame legs, no castors, no wall bracket; it sits on a bench, a shelf, a vehicle floor or a pallet.

• Easy to store – the shape stacks against a wall and can be put away between campaigns.

• Cheap to deploy widely – a tank per hazard area costs less than a station per hazard area.

Construction

• 35 L green HDPE tank – moulded body with ribbed sides for stiffness.

• Carry handle – moulded into the top of the body.

• Yellow snap cover – lifts off the nozzles in one movement and starts the flow.

• Twin nozzles – set under the cover, angled for eye-level flushing.

• Front label – face and eyes pictogram, two-step use drawing, EYE WASH lettering.

• Fill cap – screw cap on the shoulder of the tank.

Technical Specifications

Setting Up and Weekly Care

1. Fill through the screw cap with clean tepid water and close it firmly.

2. Place the tank on a stable, level surface at a height where a standing person can lean into the nozzles — a bench, a shelf or a pallet, not the floor.

3. Lift the yellow cover and check both nozzles run clear and even.

4. Time how long the tank lasts and mark the figure on the body.

5. Weekly: replace the water, run the unit briefly, wipe the nozzles and cover.

6. After use: refill the tank, refit the cover and return it to its marked position.

Maintenance

• Weekly water change is the main task; standing water in a tank is where contamination starts.

• Monthly: check the cover fit, the nozzles and the cap seal.

• Quarterly: sanitise and rinse the tank; check the label is legible and the body free of cracks.

• Annually: inspect the tank for crazing around the handle and cap.

Standards and Compliance

ANSI Z358.1 asks for a fifteen-minute flush at eyewash flow; a 35 L gravity tank gives roughly three minutes, so it is a first-response unit that must lead to a plumbed station. The unit also has to be reachable within about ten seconds of the hazard, mounted or set at a workable height, filled with tepid water, changed weekly and clearly signed at the approach.

Applications

Workshops and maintenance points, spill kits and response vehicles, temporary and short-duration work, battery bays, paint mixing areas, stores and remote compounds.

Ordering

Order by model RYEW-35P-01. Please state quantity and whether spare covers are needed. The 53 L wall mounted tank, the 30 L carts, the 53 L carts with wash gun options and the 60 L cart with integral catch basin are also available.