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Stockport based Hughes Safety Showers, is celebrating 45 years in business. It is now Europe's largest manufacturer of Emergency Safety Showers, Eyebaths and Decontamination Systems. The Company started as a small fabricator working for local customers and is now a major international player in the safety industry with its sights set on continued growth.

From the headquarters and manufacturing centre in Bredbury, Hughes supplies engineering contractors and industrial customers around the world. The Company has subsidiaries and sales offices in North America, the Middle East and Germany, and a network of Distributors covering more than 160 countries.  

CML is pleased to announce that following UKAS accreditation as a certification body (No.8175) we have now been appointed under the ATEX Directive 94/9/EC and became a Notified Body (No.2503) on 5th September 2013.  Our first ATEX EC-Type Examination certificate was issued within 3 working days!

We are open for business and have the capacity to pick up your certification project straight away.

With a complete scope we can deliver all certification work covered by the ATEX directive.

We can:

• Issue the relevant certificates for all Categories (1, 2, 3, M1 and M2).
• Certify all electrical and non-electrical equipment, components, assemblies, safety-related devices and protective systems.
• Carry out the production audits and issue Quality Assurance Notifications.
• Help you create Category 2 and 3 technical files or accept your own files for storage or review.
• Arrange seamless IECEx, USA and Canadian certification via one of our selected partners.

Equipment and products operating in hazardous areas are required to meet stringent criteria. They must be 'protected' to avoid the possibility of them becoming a source of ignition. Weighing systems are often an integral part of a process within the hazardous area and therefore must have suitable protection

Many industries face major challenges when defining a zone as hazardous and this can have major implications for your business operation should you fail to meet the required legislative standards.

METTLER TOLEDO's simple and easy-to-read poster provides a comprehensive introduction to hazardous-area classifications, types of protection and how this information is reflected in the labeling of electrical equipment for hazardous areas.

Order your free poster and learn more about:

• Electrical equipment labeling according to IECEx, ATEX and FM standards
• Classification of hazardous areas
• Types of ignition protection

KEMPER Reveals Completely New Product Portfolio

• New products, new colours , new exhibition stand
• Innovative products with unique dust extraction
• Portfolio for all applications and budgets

Vreden / Essen, 17/09/2013 – When the curtain fell, everything had changed. Since the opening of the exhibition, KEMPER GmbH has been showing welding and cutting in a new guise. What appears at first glance to be a new colour scheme, logo or website, on closer (Read More) 

Shipyard Handling Solutions From J D Neuhaus

With nearly 270 years of hoisting technology experience, the J D Neuhaus company have pioneered many substantial innovations in the field of air powered handling equipment and are now acknowledged as global market leaders utilising this technology.

Their impressive range of hoists, covering lift capacities from 250kg up to a full 100 tonnes, are used worldwide within many heavy-industry applications including shipbuilding (Read More)

IS Loop Powered 4/20mA Set Point Station Reduces Cost

BEKA associates have introduced a new intrinsically safe panel mounting loop-powered 4/20mA Set Point Station [set point generator], which is ATEX and IECEx certified for use in all gas and dust hazardous areas.

Enabling manual set point adjustment from within a hazardous process area, it incorporates a bold five digit display which may be calibrated to show the engineering variable represented by the 4/20mA (Read More)

E2S Launches New Family Of GRP Explosion Proof Sounders And Loudspeakers

E2S, one of the world’s leading warning signalling manufacturers, has announced its new GNExS1 (117 dB@1m) and GNExS2 (123 dB@1m) explosion proof horns and loudspeakers.

Manufactured from lightweight and cost effective glass-reinforced polyester (GRP), the GNEx family offers outstanding corrosion resistance for use in the harshest environments both offshore and onshore. (Read More)

World’s 1st Apparatus Certified, Intrinsically Safe RF Isolator

Extronics, a leading designer and manufacturer of intrinsically safe and explosion proof equipment, has recently announced the launch of the world’s first associated apparatus certified intrinsically safe Radio Frequency galvanic isolator, the iSOLATE500.

Resulting from four years of research and development by the UK based specialists; the iSOLATE500 is a major breakthrough in hazardous area wireless networking.  Featuring a unique (Read More) 

FUME AND DUST EXTRACTION IN THE WORKPLACE by VODEX LTD

Health & Safety is paramount in the workplace and investing in proper fume and dust extraction systems should be a key focus to protect operators from inhaling dangerous particulates and fumes.

Under HSG258 COSHH Regulations employers must carry out risk assessments to identify or areas where LEV (Local Exhaust Ventilation) is required or controls over ignition sources are needed (Read More)

CAMFIL APC EXPANDS LINE OF INTEGRATED SAFETY MONITORING FILTERS

Dust Collector Filters Also Function as Flame Arrestors

Jonesboro, Ark., summer 2013 – Camfil Air Pollution Control (APC) has expanded its line of integrated safety monitoring filters (SMF) for Farr Gold Series® cartridge dust extractors. In addition to the current HEPA filters available for critical applications, the company now offers ASHRAE-grade filters where a more economical option is needed. (Read More)