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The handling of bulk solids poses many challenges. One of these challenges is the enormous amount of dust that is created by conveying and processing the different products. In order not to unnecessarily strain the process and employees on site and to expose them to risks, these enormous amounts of dust get extracted.

This is the first step in the direction of fire and explosion protection, because dust clouds of flammable powders in the right mixture ratio to oxygen always represent a great danger.

As part of a digitization offensive, a petrochemical company in East Asia searched for the perfect mobile device for its access management. Ease of use, efficiency and security – the Tab-Ex® tablet series for hazardous areas from ECOM Instruments scores well on all of these criteria and helped to significantly speed up the processes.

South Korea's industry is going digital – one reason for this change are definitely the incentives provided by the South Korean government. For companies in the oil and gas industry as well as in the petrochemical industry, the challenge is to adapt the technologies required for the digitization of processes to their special requirements especially in terms of safety. The devices have to be certified for DZ1 and DZ2, to name just one challenge.

Medical environments, whether that’s the development, manufacture or packing of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment, must be monitored to the highest levels to ensure complete compliance and safety for staff and end-users. ION Science’s range of fixed PID sensors can measure VOC outputs on multiple large sites or single key areas, using world-leading gas detection technology. 

With ventilation continuing to dominate the news agenda, a leading ventilation specialist is stressing the importance of monitoring pollutants beyond just CO2.

CO2 is a widely used indicator of room occupancy and the need to ventilate, which according to Elta Fans has proved useful in encouraging more engagement with improving IAQ. However, as structures become increasingly energy efficient and airtight, there is a danger that other types of outdoor air pollution will become trapped in these spaces.

AirBench, the UK’s leading manufacturer of downdraught benches and cross-draught systems, is pleased to announce the release of VertEx VX – an ATEX rated version of the popular VertEx cross-draught system.

For the fifth year in a row, the team at Dust Safety Science has compiled and analyzed combustible dust incidents from around the world.

As of December 31, 2020, they captured almost 1000 incidents in their  incident reports along with a detailed analysis of the materials, industries and equipment involved.

Henry Cecil Booth registered the British Vacuum Cleaner Company in 1903 to exploit his patented innovation, the first mechanically-powered vacuum cleaner. Nearly 120 years later the BVC range of industrial vacuum cleaners, now manufactured by Quirepace Ltd, continues to deliver innovative and robust vacuum cleaning solutions to Industry.

BVC equipment is manufactured to meet the specific requirements of our customers; machines can be configured with many different options to meet specific demands. One of the most important sectors of the market is for ATEX rated machines capable of operating in hazardous environments.

ATEX rating has traditionally been a difficulty for many machine applications which have the requirements for operating in potentially hazardous environments, where explosive gases or dust could be present. Examples of such environments are printshops, food processing, wood- or other organic processing, car paintshops, nuclear and the petrochemical industry. 

ATEX certification on machine components has historically come at a substantial additional cost and with extended lead times and to some customers it feels like manufacturers are treating this requirement as a license to print money. 

On 16 of July 2021, the new regulation 2019/1020/EU – Market Surveillance and Compliance of Products Regulation came into effect.

It aims to strengthen the requirements for market surveillance by Member States and will lead to far more checking of technical files and self-declarations including ATEX Category 3 (and probably UKCA CAT 3 as the UK will probably follow or reciprocate the more stringent checking requirements).

On 16 of July 2021, the new regulation 2019/1020/EU – Market Surveillance and Compliance of Products Regulation came into effect.

It aims to strengthen the requirements for market surveillance by Member States and will lead to far more checking of technical files and self-declarations including ATEX Category 3 (and probably UKCA CAT 3 as the UK will probably follow or reciprocate the more stringent checking requirements).