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Free app from Link Instruments boosts productivity by calculating fire extinguisher fill levels

Field service technicians can benefit from a new app that calculates the liquid level in fire extinguishers. Using knowledge of the fill weight, the app indicates the fill level of liquid CO2 in the cylinder so that technicians can easily locate the exact liquid/gas boundary using a level checking device.

The level checking device could be a temperature sensing strip for example or an ultrasonic liquid level indicator like the Link Instruments’ ULLC2001.

Help prevent a second wave: Updated Guidelines published to help organizations work safely and stop the spread of COVID-19 

Version 2 of BSI’s Safe Working Guidelines has published today, to help organizations protect people at work from the ongoing coronavirus risks, mitigate outbreaks and build long-term resilience. 

The newly updated Guidelines include hundreds of contributions from experts across industry, academia, and governments globally, to consolidate practical guidance and experiences from the pandemic. In addition to safety planning and assessment of risks, it now provides advice on managing suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 in all workplaces, including at home and in mobile settings. 

Remote I/O Valve Terminal for Zone 1/21 Areas Make Room for Your Standard

Why are so many isolating switching amplifiers and pneumatic valve terminals still installed in large control cabinets to send intrinsically safe signals and pneumatic drives from Ex zoned areas?

There are numerous concepts for planning of potentially explosive systems, such as the optimization of the zoning, the reduction in size of zoned areas or the wish to run everything out of hazardous areas into a central cabinet via cable routes.

Safer Chain Cutting

Cutting chain is a job that many tools, technicians and even businesses struggle to do quickly and safely. A new and improved way of cutting chain is now available that comes with many benefits, including improved safety and productivity. 

There’s a reason why chain is used almost everywhere. Chain’s durability, high breaking force, and capacity to carry a working load makes it the preferred option in a wide variety of applications. Where chain really shines is within the crane and hoist market—you’ll see it used in material handling, chain blocks, and chain hoists.

Give Workplaces A Clean Bill Of Health

With the UK Government continuing to ease lockdown measures, increasing numbers of companies and commercial premises are opening for business after a hiatus due to COVID-19.

To help protect the health of those making their way back to the office, factory, shop, pub, gym or any other place of work, a new ultra-effective surface sanitiser – Hi-KLEEN – is being introduced by Hi-line Industries. Spraying a single coating of HI-KLEEN on to surfaces such as doors, handles, handrails, chairs and desks will not only kill coronavirus, it will provide protection against further contamination for up to five hours.

Gerromatic radial shaft seal minimises wear and maximises service life

The Gerromatic radial shaft seal from Freudenberg Sealing Technologies comprises a stainless steel retaining element and a high-performance PTFE wave-shaped sealing lip that runs in a novel sinusoidal pattern on the shaft surface.

As the shaft rotates, each point of the sealing lip repeatedly covers a new area of the shaft that is wetted with medium. The Gerromatic radial shaft seal is available via Dichtomatik Ltd, the exclusive provider for Freudenberg’s food and beverage related sealing products in the UK.

NEW PORTAdec 500 Portable Decontamination Misting Shower

Helping businesses support their COVID-19 containment strategies

Hughes Safety Showers are proud to announce the launch of the PORTAdec 500, a portable multi-nozzle decontamination misting shower, suitable for general use as part of overall hygiene facilities or for the decontamination of PPE prior to removal.

i.safe MOBILE joins hands with AMA to bring remote assistance to explosive hazardous industrial environments

i.safe MOBILE and AMA have announced a strategic partnership to improve safety, efficiency and productivity of field teams in explosive hazardous industrial environments. i.safe MOBILE´s intrinsically safe, rugged smartphones and tablets are tested worldwide and certified by renowned notified bodies to be sure that they satisfy all country-specific requirements.

i.safe MOBILE´s products are ATEX, IECEx, CSA, EAC, etc. compliant and adhere to the most stringent safety protocols and standards set by petrochemical, pharmaceutical, or food industry, to name a few.

Enerpac Introduces LAT-Series Air Powered Hydraulic High Torque Wrench Pumps

For hydraulic torque wrench applications in areas hard to access with larger air powered pumps, the Enerpac LAT Air Hydraulic Torque Wrench Pump combines compact design and high productivity.

Featuring a proven Enerpac piston design, reinforced Filter Regulator Lubricator (FRL) support and air supply connection, the LAT Air Hydraulic Torque Wrench Pump will provide years of reliable service with fastening and break out speeds to keep jobs on schedule and under budget. 

The next evolutionary level of explosion safety: REMBE iQ Safety Cockpit - smart home for factories

Visualisation of safety-relevant faults in the control room is only half the battle. In order to appropriately react to such faults, pre-defined counter measures have to be initiated – what sounds simple is a true challenge for plant operators in practice.

Although protective systems and plant components react autonomously, the right behavior of employees in critical situations is mandatory. Given the risk of human error, the REMBE iQ Safety Cockpit was developed and launched.