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With multiple protection options for hazardous area equipment that may cause ignition, engineers must determine the most cost-effective method to mitigate the risks, while ensuring compliance with local certification schemes and standards, such as UKEX, ATEX, IEC, and many others....
Specialist in explosion protection for instrumentation and electrical applications Alex Brady will be presenting at Hazardex Live! 2023 about the protection of electrical equipment in hazardous areas by purge & pressurization. He will provide an overview of the changes to IEC standard 60079-2 and ask the question: did some projects just become simpler?...
Expo Technologies uses standardised building blocks and automated configuration & design tools to deliver you tailor-made enclosures within weeks. Expo manufactures the enclosure to your specifications and delivers to you component certified. If this is an Ex p enclosure, then the purge system will already be installed and tested. The enclosure can then be populated at your facility and certified by Expo....
Printers for bar code and batch number labels are found in most manufacturing facilities. If the printer is to be located in a hazardous area, for instance within a pharmaceutical production line, then a certified solution is required to ensure safe operation....
With more than 60 years’ experience and deep knowledge of hazardous area standards, Expo Technologies develops and delivers simple, robust, certified solutions that improve safety and save our customers time and cost. ...
B - Technical Innovation: An innovative product or system for use in hazardous area environments...
This paper reviews the current legislation for certifying rooms in hazardous areas with the following aims: to describe the major aspects of certifying rooms for use in the international market place and establish the appropriate body for this assessment....
Expo has developed a standard Barcode Label Printer for use in hazardous locations by the pharmaceutical industry. The Expo enclosure houses the print and is purged to remove any internal hazardous gas and pressurised to keep the gas away from the internal print. ...
Following demand Expo has supplied an ‘X’ Purge system that was small and could fit directly to a small electric motor. ...
Expo has been supplying the offshore service industry for many years with a solution to protect not only the Slip Ring but also the electrical ‘J” boxes by purging the Separate enclosure in Series. This reduces the cost by simplifying the overall installation for the underwater “Remote-Operated Vehicle” industry....