Product Overview

A 30 litre cart on a bright stainless steel frame with no paint on it: two uprights, cross members, a deck for the crate, castors underneath. The tank is yellow HDPE, the cover over the nozzles is green with the eye pictogram, and the crate below is open so the runoff level can be seen at a glance.

Leaving the frame unpainted is a deliberate choice, not an omission. Paint is the part of a steel cart that fails first — it chips at the castor mounts and along the deck, then holds moisture against the metal underneath.

Why a Bare Stainless Frame

• No coating to fail – nothing to chip, blister or trap water against the substrate; the surface that is exposed is the surface that resists corrosion.

• Cleanable with anything – chlorinated sanitisers, caustic wash-down and descaling agents that would strip paint can be used on stainless.

• Inspectable – a wipe with a cloth shows whether the frame is clean; a painted frame hides residue in scratches.

• No colour to maintain – no touch-up painting after knocks, no fading in sunlight.

• Trade-offs stated – bare metal shows water marks and fingerprints, and reflects high-bay lighting; where a uniform yellow fleet matters, the coated version is the better fit.

30 Litres, Stated Honestly

• At a nominal 11.4 L/min eyewash flow, 30 L gives roughly two and a half minutes of flushing.

• That is a first-response duration, not the fifteen-minute facility the standard describes; measure the real figure and mark it on the cart.

• A full tank is light enough to wheel between areas with one hand.

Construction

• 30 L yellow HDPE tank – moulded body with fill cap and carry handle.

• Green cover – eye pictogram and two-step drawing, lifts to start the flow.

• Twin nozzles – set under the cover at eye height.

• Bare stainless twin-post frame – unpainted uprights with cross members, castors all round.

• Open crate – lifts off the deck for emptying and rinsing.

Technical Specifications

Setting Up and Weekly Care

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

2. Wheel the cart to the hazard, on level ground, brake the castors.

3. Lift the green cover and check both nozzles run clear.

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

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

6. After use: empty the crate, refill the tank, close the cover, return the cart to position.

Maintenance

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

• Monthly: check castors, cross members and fixings; wipe the frame down.

• Quarterly: sanitise and rinse tank and crate; clean the frame with a stainless-safe cleaner and rinse thoroughly.

• Annually: inspect welds and castor mounts for tea-staining or pitting; treat with a stainless cleaner if chlorides have been in contact.

Standards and Compliance

ANSI Z358.1 calls for a fifteen-minute flush. A 30 L gravity cart delivers a fraction of that at eyewash flow, so it is a first-response unit that must lead to a plumbed station — measure and mark the duration, change the water weekly, keep it tepid where the standard requires it, and keep the cart within about ten seconds of the hazard with a clear approach. Collected runoff should be disposed of under the site's chemical rules.

Applications

Food and beverage production, pharmaceutical and cosmetics rooms, wash-down bays, laboratories, coastal sites, and plants that would rather inspect bare metal than maintain paint.

Ordering

Order by model XM2302F. Please state quantity and whether spare crates or covers are needed. The powder-coated stainless version, the carbon steel twin-post version, the all-yellow lidded version, and the 53 L cart with wash gun options are also available.