Supacat Produces First Oil & Gas Industry ATEX Standard Passenger Transit Vehicle
The first protected passenger transit vehicle to meet the Oil and Gas industry's ATEX Zone 2 standard for operation in hazardous and explosive environments has been produced by Supacat, the Devon, UK, based specialist vehicle and engineering company. The Protected Transit Vehicle (PTV) will be operated by Agip ENI for transporting work crews between facilities on the man-made offshore island, Complex D, which has been created in the Experimental Phase of the Kashagan oil field development in the North Caspian Sea. The PTV is based upon a 4x4 Mercedes Sprinter adapted for safe use in exploration and extraction operations in the harsh environment and extreme weather conditions experienced in Kazakhstan. The PTV is fully ATEX Zone 2 compliant...
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“Ex-proof” electrohydraulics
“Explosion proof” electrohydraulics is widely used in typical hazardous applications with presence of flammable gas and dust such as oil & gas, mining and energy industries. Atos makes available a wide range of directional, pressure and flow controls for any of the above applications, also with ex-proof integral transducer and driver. The photo shows ex-proof servoproportional directional valves equipped with integral LVDT spool position transducer and digital electronic driver with fieldbus interface. Atos proportional solenoids and transducers, suitable for high performance operation, are from original design and they have been jointly developed with the valves for the best functionality and modularity. ...
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Safe Ground earthing system for road tankers receives ATEX certification
The explosive nature of powdered products is well known and well documented. However, one risk that is often overlooked is static electricity build-up in road tankers. StuvEx, who have an excellent, world-wide reputation for their explosion protection systems, has achieved ATEX certification for Safe Ground, a brand new capacitive tanker earthing system. |