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Dealing With Dust: The Effects Of Particulate Exposure

In a facility with many obvious industrial hazards, such as heavy plant and machinery, a bit of dust can seem innocuous.

It may be mandated that you wear some form of PPE to guard against this, but for many people it is still an irritant more than an active risk. As a result, protections against it can fall by the wayside and be ignored or improperly applied.

But while the impact of dust is not quite so obvious as a crush injury or amputation, the long term side effects can be severe. Silica dust, cleaning products and a variety of industrial chemicals can all impact on the condition of the lungs, causing permanent respiratory damage and an estimated 12,000 related deaths every year. Controlling this risk is simpler than you might think, and could save money as well as lives. (Read More)

Marstair and Ex-Machinery Explosion Proof Equipment Sign Partnership to Provide ATEX Air Conditioners for even the Harshest Environments

Ex-Machinery from the Netherlands and U.K. based Marstair, team up to serve the marine and oil & gas market with entirely new HVAC & refrigeration products.

Product release ATEX zone 1 condenser (Read More)

Corrosive Fume Extraction in the Water Treatment Process

To provide water that is safe for human consumption, there are a number of processes that the water treatment industry use.

Coagulation and flocculation are often the first steps in water treatment. Chemicals with a positive charge are added to the water. The positive charge of these chemicals neutralises the negative charge of dirt and other dissolved particles in the water. When this occurs, the particles bind with the chemicals  (Read More)

Manual Powder Processing Ignites Dust Cloud

A huge range of industrial processes are susceptible to electrostatic charge generation, creating a risk of fires and explosions in hazardous areas.

In one case a manual powder processing operation resulted in the ignition of a dust cloud, caused by the accumulation of static electricity, as evidenced by the results of a thorough investigation, summarised here. (Read More)

Empteezy Endeavour To Protect Remote Workers

With a variety of roles being carried out in the great outdoors involving fuels, lubricants, chemicals and agrochemicals, spill control and containment specialist Empteezy have expanded their range of portable eyewash solutions designed to protect those working without day-to-day facilities.

The need to have fast access to the right equipment to safeguard employees and the environment they are working in (Read More)

Hazardous Area Ex Personnel Competencies - All Described In IEC Standards

Hazardous area industries require competent people being active in all levels. Competency has to be shown both on theoretical and practical level. Competency is not just one-time exercise, it has to be refreshed in every 5 years to comply latest industry regulations and trends. Hazardous area competency (HAC) shall be the basis for both electrical and non-electrical explosion protection. HAC is an add on to one’s basic knowledge of being electrician or mechanical fitter (Read More)

Zone 1 Tablets - Android and Windows

The requirements of modern sites has seen a huge upturn in the demand for safe and reliable technology which can be taken into operational hazardous areas for the purpose of inspection or modification.

Many project and maintenance schedules now demand work to be done whilst processes are still live where possible with many sites no longer having traditional shutdown and overhaul periods. (Read More)

New Methods Of Free Explosion Pressure Relief

Intelligent explosion safety does not necessarily have to be expensive or complicated. An innovative technology makes it possible to divert the shock wave and flames of an explosion in a controlled manner. The result being that the required safety area is reduced, and spaces that are freely available are increased. People and machines are protected in the best possible way. (Read More)

AUMA launches explosion-proof variable speed actuators

Electric actuator manufacturer AUMA has launched explosion-proof variable speed valve actuators for use in potentially hazardous environment.

The new SAVEx actuators for open-close duty and SARVEx multi-turn actuators for modulating duty, combined with intelligent ACVEx actuator controls, provide full control of the motor speed at any time. (Read More)

How to avoid to become an Ex manufacturer?

In any possible hazardous environment you may find Ex certified devices, installations or even systems. The formula is kind of simple – as long as we do install, operate, maintain and repair as it should be, device is still Ex, and there shall be not any modification even in terms of legal considerations.

What is an Ex product?

• There is a manufacturer
• Product is Ex certified either by 3rd party (ATEX Notified Body, etc.) or manufacturer
• In case of ATEX Category 2 non-electrical devices there you might find a retention of documentation
• There is a manual focusing on Ex integrity
• List of Ex accaessories has been added
• Declaration of Conformity (Read More)