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Is Your Dust And Fume Control Supplier Fit For Purpose

hes april 18 27Is Your Dust And Fume Control Supplier Fit For Purpose

The selection, design,  installation, maintenance and testing of local exhaust ventilation (LEV) systems requires a high level of competence in order to ensure that all  are done correctly.

Until now there has been little to ensure or  to demonstrate,  the competency of those carrying out this type of work, however, the introduction of the competency card by the Institute of Local Exhaust and Ventilation Engineers (ILEVE) (Read More) 

Breathe Safe International Launch Sentry 4 Life Support Respiratory System to Meet New PPE Regulation

hes april 18 26Breathe Safe International Launch Sentry 4 Life Support Respiratory System to Meet New PPE Regulation

Respiratory protective equipment (RPE) specialists Breathe Safe International has launched the Sentry 4 Inert Entry Life Support System after a rigorous 3 year redevelopment and testing programme, to meet the most up to date and current PPE directives and regulations.

The Sentry 4 System has been certified and approved in line with the new Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (Read More)

Robust Lone Worker Procedures Can Help Save Unconscious Employees

hes april 18 25Robust Lone Worker Procedures Can Help Save Unconscious Employees

As a safety conscious organisation, one of ANT Telecom’s long-standing customers of over ten years has many initiatives in place that prevent accidents from happening. To support these measures, and to go one step further, it implemented a robust solution to protect workers should a health and safety incident occur. (Read More)

Calor Gas: Protecting Lone Workers In Hazardous Environments With Safe Hub

hes april 18 24Calor Gas: Protecting Lone Workers In Hazardous Environments With Safe Hub

Calor Gas, the UK’s leading supplier of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) has selected Lone Worker Solution’s (LWS) Safe Hub platform to protect their lone working engineers.

Around half of Calor’s 1,500 employees work at least some of their time in the field alone or out-of-sight of colleagues. One key issue for the company is the safety of employees who handle LPG. (Read More)

Employers Face Increased Enforcement Levels Over Risks Associated With Lone Workers

hes april 18 23Employers Face Increased Enforcement Levels Over Risks Associated With Lone Workers

The number of people considered to be lone workers in the UK is estimated to be up to 8million and employers face increasing levels of enforcement over their legal obligations to ensure their safety.

A good definition of a lone worker is an employee that carries out an activity in isolation from other workers without close or direct supervision, (Read More)

Wireless X IECEx & ATEX Zone 1 Access Point

hes april 18 22Wireless X IECEx & ATEX Zone 1 Access Point

BARTEC PIXAVI has been the leader within wireless technology for hazardous areas for the last 18 years.

Now are introducing the Wireless X – the worlds smartest, smallest and lightest IECEx and ATEX Zone 1 wireless access point ever made. Based on both clever engineering, cutting edge material science and state of the art wireless infrastructure, we are now eliminating the need for bulky and heavy enclosures and external antennas. (Read More) 

Zone 1 Tablets - Android and Windows

hes april 18 21Zone 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)

Ergonomic Actuators, Usable In All Climate Zones

hes april 18 20Ergonomic Actuators, Usable In All Climate Zones

R. STAHL offers a versatile range of actuators for designing explosion-protected control boxes used in systems and machines. The flexible product range includes push-, mushroom-head, key-operated mushroom, locking mushroom, double-push and illuminated pushbuttons.

The option of equipping a single actuator with up to four contact elements is extremely useful and more practical, in comparison to other products in the market. (Read More)

AR-050: Artidor’s new Zone 1 air conditioner

hes april 18 19AR-050: Artidor’s new Zone 1 air conditioner

“Let’s not waste time on systems with different functionalities, but direct all our attention on an air conditioner that meets the most important market demands.” That was the development assignment that Artidor gave itself. The end result is the explosion-safe AR-050 air conditioner: corrosion resistant, suitable for high ambient temperatures, ATEX zone 1 certified with both cooling and heating modes. (Read More)

Flameproof Enclosures & Exd Custom Solutions

hes april 18 18Flameproof Enclosures & Exd Custom Solutions

Pepperl+Fuchs is a world leading developer and manufacturer of electronic sensors and interface components for the global process automation market.

Our  process automation portfolio includes, isolated barriers, fieldbus infrastructure solutions, remote I/O systems, purge panels, hazardous area enclosures, industrial monitors & HMI solutions and hazardous area mobile devices. (Read More)