Silicon implant boosts drum

Specialist fibre drum manufacturers and distributors Fibre Drum Limited of Haydock, St Helens, Merseyside has introduced a fibre drum lined with silicon.

The company says: "The new lined fibre drum pack is no mere cosmetic improvement. Instead, the silicon lining is designed to facilitate the storage, transportation and use of bitumen or adhesives." The bitumen or adhesive is poured into the new silicon-lined drum at a very high temperature of around 120 degrees centigrade then, when released as a solid block, emerges cleanly without any residue due to the silicon's excellent release properties.

The lined drum technology is designed to provide customers with the best of both worlds by combining high performance and low cost.