As we are all aware, controlling dust in the workplace is imperative to maintain a safe working environment. It is important to understand that dust may be hazardous in two completely different, but not mutually exclusive ways.
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3M, the science-based technology company, has unveiled its Versaflo IS Powered Air Respirator TR-800 Series, a powered air respirator that is comfortable, easy-to-use and provides the highest levels of protection for workers operating in potentially explosive environments.
Specifically designed for carrying out water pressure permeability tests (‘packer tests’) in boreholes, the packer system has been built in line with BS EN ISO 22282-3 industry standards and houses all water flow, pneumatic and data logging controls, including water supply surge suppression, compressed gas supply, flowmeters and data loggers.
Straightpoint (SP), a Crosby Group company, has launched the Subsea Link, a standard product for applications up to 2,000m (6,562 feet) beneath the water’s surface.
The product can be rigged with Crosby’s remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) shackles (tested to the same depths) and the company’s Trawlex shackle range, amongst others. The IP68 / NEMA 6P-rated Subsea Link also boasts components from SubConn, a specialist manufacturer of pluggable electrical connectors to the demanding underwater industry.
Hellberg Safety specialist PPE products include highly advanced hearing protection products, face protection and communication solutions for personal wellbeing on site.
Hellberg’s SAFE face protection range offers visor solutions to suit a variety of different internal and external work environments. With a standard product design across all the products, the visors and carriers can be combined with hearing protectors and safety helmets for more complete solutions, or be used as individual visor solutions.
Leading where others follow, Snickers Workwear stretch fabrics deliver unrivalled comfort and close quarter mobility on site.
Snickers Workwear’s hi-tech fabrics and body-mapping designs give plenty of scope for every professional craftsman and woman to stretch their performance on site comfortably. Designed for a wide variety of jobs on site, these LiteWork 4-way stretch work trousers are the ideal choice if you’re working hard in warmer weather.
Subsea technology and services company, Cortez Subsea, enjoys success in the global inspection market thanks to its 3D technology. In the last 12 months, the company has penned myriad contracts in the sector with the accumulative value of more than £1.5million.
Explore Plant and Transport Solutions – one of the UK’s fastest-growing transport and plant hire services – is using Intelligent Fingerprinting’s innovative fingerprint drug testing method to help meet its industry Drug Policy requirements.
Barrier Ex Ltd, the Wallsend-based supplier of hazardous area solutions, has been awarded another six-figure grant to develop a new floodlight that can transmit wireless networking signals within hazardous areas.
WELTEC BIOPOWER to Present Solutions for Climate-Neutral Energy Generation at IFAT
At this year's IFAT, the world's leading trade fair for environmental technologies, which will be held in Munich, Germany, from 4 to 8 May, biogas plant manufacturer WELTEC BIOPOWER will again present its anaerobic digestion plants for industrial and municipal use. In Hall A4, at Booth 508, the internationally renowned biogas specialists will provide information on all topics concerning the use of organic waste and sludge for the production of energy.