Potential risks from contamination of compressed air are taken extremely seriously by the food and drink sector. Mark Whitmore from BOGE sums up the contaminant hazards, their sources and how to tackle them.
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Svantek UK (www.svantek.co.uk) – leading supplier of noise and vibration instrumentation for environmental and health & safety analysis and monitoring applications – has strengthened a flourishing sales team with the appointment of Matthew Lunn its new Applications Engineer.
Matthew brings a wealth of Sales Account Management experience to his new role. Prior to joining Svantek, he was Contract Renewal Account Manager at Aptean Ltd whilst earlier roles include Account Manager positions at both BT Local Business and Altodigital Networks Ltd.
For hazardous applications such as establishing the health of electrical components at a substation, the ability to measure temperature accurately over a distance is critical. Achieving this depends on several factors and two of the most important are the resolution of the detector and the chosen camera lens.
You can compare resolution to human eyesight. If you have 20/20 vision, you can define the smallest letters at the greatest distance and that’s the equivalent using an infrared camera with a high-resolution detector. A low-resolution detector is the same as a person whose sight is low on the visual acuity scale. The vision is improved by glasses and in the case of the IR camera by adding a magnifying glass to optically reduce its distance from the target.
Support for Maintenance Processes Using RFID
Safety is of utmost importance during the transport of potentially dangerous process media in chemical processing plants. To ensure safety at all times, regular inspection and maintenance of hoses is required by law.RFID handhelds enable maintenance processes to be performed and documented efficiently (Read More)
Earthing Clamps and Cables – the fundamentals to getting it right
Earthing clamps connected via cables to identified earthing points are the established and proven method of preventing electrostatic discharges from movable or fixed items of plant in flammable atmospheres.
With some operations requiring hundreds of connections to be made and broken every day it is essential that a good electrical connection is made each and every time. The effectiveness, reliability and durability of any static grounding clamp (Read More)
A look forward to the Hazardex 2019 Conference Exhibition & Awards ceremony
The 2019 Hazardex International Conference and Exhibition will take place at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Runcorn, Cheshire, UK, on February 27th & 28th. Exhibition stands and packages are still available for next year’s event.
The 2019 event will continue the successful model and include workshops, free seminar content, a networking dinner and awards ceremony. All aiming to strengthen and expand the community that looks to the Hazardex website and journal for industry intelligence and information.
The main focus of the two day event is the conference, with 2019 hosting a Personal Protection Technology stream alongside the main Hazardous Area Operations and Process Safety conference. (Read More)
Discover the Future of Safety at DEKRA’s 2019 Safety in Action™ Conference in Nashville, TN
The can’t miss safety conference for employees and their leaders will be held in Nashville, TN on April 3-5, 2019. DEKRA Organizational Safety and Reliability, a global leader in safety at work, will host the 32nd annual 2019 Safety in Action™ Conference at the Opryland Resort and Conference Center.
Geared toward occupational safety and health professionals who face increasing demands from their companies to know about best practices, industry trends and the latest product innovations, learnings and networking opportunities at the Safety in Action Conference are limitless. With over 2,000 executives, safety professionals, facilitators, team members, and union leaders from across industries and continents, it is the largest frontline employee safety conference in the world (Read More)
The only summit in India on Tank Storage Sector
Messe Frankfurt Trade Fairs India is all set to host the 5th edition of its annual event, Indian Bulk Liquid Storage Summit, on 1st of March 2019 in Mumbai, India. The event is the only one in the country that caters to this sector particularly and addresses the issues of the stakeholders of bulk liquid storage industry in India and put forth to the policy-makers.
With the quinary edition of the platform, the organisers desire to bring forward all the latest market updates, address the current key challenges, discuss and analyze today’s Indian and global policies and regulations, highlight the recent changes in market dynamics impacting on supply and demand trends, provide a strategic & logistic overview of infrastructures, evaluate the safety measures and much more with participation from all the stakeholders. (Read More)
Top quality fall protection training delivers wellbeing and business benefits
Companies that overlook top quality fall protection training do so at their peril, according to Phil Rashbrook, European Training Manager for Fall Protection at MSA Safety. MSA Safety is a global designer, manufacturer and distributor of industry-leading safety products. Here, Phil explains why investing in fall protection training is a must for safety conscious employers responsible for the safety of those working at height.
What does top quality training look like?
Teaching people comprehensively how to work safely at height includes so much more than simply showing them how to put on a harness. Quality training should implement a holistic approach, with a focus on both theoretical and practical training. (Read More)
JSP Ltd hold educational seminars at their Manufacturing Headquarters in Oxfordshire
The Seminars are dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of Personal Protective Equipment. These events are aimed to educate and support professionals within the Health and Safety Sector across all industrial sectors.
To book onto one of these popular free of charge events simply sign up on bit.ly/JSPSafetyEvents (Read More)