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Code Digest and Grease Production Sizing

Review IPC Chapter 10 – Grease interceptor code. Compare hydromechanical vs gravity grease interceptors. Examine the two methods for sizing grease interceptors allowed by code. Analyze the Grease Production Sizing Method in sizing grease interceptors. Discuss the benefits of a properly sized grease interceptor.

Tyler Ismert is a Territory Manager for a Kansas based manufacturer Schier Products. Schier Products manufactures and specializes in grease interceptors. Since he was a kid, he has been in the plumbing environment. He grew up in his father’s plumbing supply house he started in Kansas City in 1980. From sweeping floors in the warehouse to making deliveries and selling plumbing products on the parts counter throughout high school. He graduated from the University of Missouri, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing. While attending college in Columbia, MO, he took his wholesale experience to Plumb Supply Company, a local plumbing wholesaler and worked part time in the commercial sales office submitting and quoting local jobs. His job at Schier allows him to create partnerships with engineers, contractors, distributors, end users and authorities having jurisdiction. He has extensive experience with grease interceptors, the standards that govern them and the codes that adopt those standards.

His overall focus at Schier is creating solutions for the restaurant industry by correctly sizing grease interceptors based upon flow rate and grease production sizing. Managing and expanding distribution across the U.S. and Canada. Expanding markets with personal calls to distributors, engineers, contractors, restaurant owners and municipalities. Managing plumbing sales representative organizations throughout the U.S. and Canada to help support local customers.