Lightning is beautiful, unpredictable, and damaging!
Direct lightning strikes and their secondary effects are the most harmful natural occurrences because they can occur anywhere and hit any object. For many companies, the effects of even one direct strike are too much to bear and can result in the loss of tens of millions of dollars. The potential lightning damage and losses lead many businesses to assess and manage their risks with comprehensive lightning, surge, and grounding protection services and products.
- Accidents involving the release of hazardous materials (including oil spills)
- Storage tanks containing flammable substances are at risk of a fire or explosion hazard.
- Lightning can disrupt control systems and electrical circuitry
- Direct lightning strikes can severely damage structures due to thermal heating.
In most cases, simple lightning protection measures, such as grounding or lightning rods, are implemented to reduce the risk of a lightning strike. However, several accidents suggest that these measures may not be sufficient to retain the structural integrity of equipment.
Let Lightning Eliminators help you.
The protection of industrial sites from lightning is a necessary endeavour. The equipment used for lightning rod protection at a typical industrial site is varied and available in different configurations depending upon the need at the site.
Advantages of installing lightning protection systems to minimize lightning damage
- Protection of Personnel, data, and Assets
- Minimization of Production Downtime
- Fire Prevention
- Compliance with Safety Standards
- Insurance Premium Reduction
Protecting your facility from lightning damage requires two strategies: a certified lightning protection system and surge protection.
DAS is a Charge Transfer System (CTS) based on physics and state-of-the-art engineering principles specifically designed to stop a lightning strike from terminating where it is not wanted in a designated “area of protection.” It is the only type of system where the lightning impulse is not encouraged but discouraged.
We oversee the manufacturing, design, and implementation of customized lightning protection systems tailored to the specific needs of facilities. These systems include lightning rods, surge protectors, and grounding networks, providing comprehensive protection.
To date, LEC has installed over 3000 solutions in over 69 countries and throughout the United States, providing protection from lightning damage to companies in the petrochemical, oil and gas, biochemical, information technology, nuclear energy, utilities, and manufacturing industries.