Article archive for Hazardex 2019 Event;
The Hazardex International Conference and Exhibition in Runcorn, Cheshire, UK, on 27 & 28 February 2019, will feature a hazardous area and process safety awards programme to highlight examples of excellence across the sector. Categories open for nomination are Contribution to Safety, Contribution to the Environment, Technical Innovation, Best User Application, PPTex Innovation and Best Customer Service....
Beamex has introduced an advanced, intrinsically safe field calibrator and communicator called Beamex MC6-Ex with outstanding functionality. It is a documenting, multifunction calibrator and communicator that offers calibration capabilities for pressure, temperature and various electrical signals. It also contains a field communicator for HART, FOUNDATION Fieldbus and Profibus PA instruments....
The hazards that can destroy your business should be top of mind right through any organisation and yet they are not. The lack of danger signals means that organisations can get lulled into a false sense of security or simply just not recognise the risks / potential for catastrophe that exits in their activities. ...
Great Britain has many highly specialised, strategically important industries which are essential to the country’s economy and social infrastructure, but can potentially cause great harm to their workers, the environment, the public and critical national infrastructure if not properly managed. ...
EDF Energy owns and operates the United Kingdom’s eight operational nuclear power stations, providing 9GW of capacity, around 20% of the UK’s electricity, from 14 advanced gas cooled reactors (AGR) and one pressurised water reactor (PWR). Over the last decade the safety and operational performance of EDF Energy's nuclear plants has been transformed. ...
The world of Health and Safety is changing faster than anyone could have expected. Expectations are higher, risks are greater, and penalties are more severe than ever.At the same time, the possibility to monitor environmental conditions both personal and on site is spreading across all sectors. Examples include, noise, location, gas, physiological, proximity warning and Hand Arm Vibration....
Accidents in the workplace are never welcome, but rather than being something to brush under the carpet, these incidents offer businesses the chance to improve and right wrongs for the future. Key to this is ensuring that investigations can be carried out thoroughly and accurately, the groundwork for which can be laid within the culture of an organisation. ...
In this Sponsor Presentation, Matthew Cliffe of Trolex will present a new and highly innovative real-time particulate characterisation technology that is IECEx certified for use in Group I explosive environments and general purpose heavy industrial applications. It provides real-time and continuous data regarding the concentration and size makeup of airborne particulate matter....
After an introduction by Neil, Graeme will share his personal insights on the journey to improve leadership of process safety and the challenges of improving awareness throughout the workforce....
An insight into some of the challenges which could be faced, when looking to deploy mobile end-user devices into the field. Currently we are going through the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) with emerging data rich technologies, such as IOT, AI, QC and AV, all of which are rapidly evolving to support organisations in becoming more digitalised. In order to capture, utilise and manipulate data, end-users are relying on feature rich devices to aid them in this...