The Maintenance Manager looked Wolf Safety’s UK Sales Manager Matthew Mear right in the eye. “Look,” he said, “we like your rechargeable ATEX Worklights. They do a great job for us and take whatever we throw at them.
“But sometimes we need something lighter in weight that’s easier to carry round the site, up and down ladders and through tight spaces.
“Don’t change the beam, it’s perfect and the charge seems to last forever. It’s got to be battery powered, with no heavy cables to carry around or trip over and no transformers to set up; we don’t have time for that. We want to walk in, turn the lamp on, do what we have to do and get out – job done! So what can you do for us?”
In response, following 12 months of intensive development, Wolf Safety is now introducing the WL-50, a rechargeable ATEX and IECEx certified Mini-Worklite™. At just over 9kgs it is less than half the weight of the larger Wolf Worklite making it highly portable, though it’s just as strong and robust.
It’s also fitted with the same 18 LED lamp panel and emits the same 3,100 lumens – a level of lighting found to be ideal for smaller, confined spaces. The piercing spot beam and flood of lower level fringe light can be directed exactly where needed.
“We ask our customers what they need our products to deliver and know that, for work in hazardous areas, we’ve got to get it right,” says Michael Morley, Wolf’s Technical Director.
“With a smaller battery and die-cast aluminium body the WL-50 is much lighter to carry around though it’s very stable and has lost none of the light output performance.
“This makes it ideal for use in smaller spaces such as storage tanks or vessel holds in the marine, oil and gas, petrochemical and other hazardous area industries where inspection, maintenance or repair tasks need to be carried out quickly and safely.”
The WL-50 is CE marked to the ATEX Directive for safe use in Zones 1, 2, 21 and 22 potentially explosive gas, vapour, mist and dust atmospheres, where a T4 temperature class permits. A high temperature version allows the lamp to be used in ambient temperatures up to 50°C.
For technical details visit: www.wolfsafety.com
