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Since the Materials Testing Exhibition kick-started the launch of Cygnus 1 Ex gauge, we have highlighted many of its unique features; however, there is much, MUCH more to this impressive piece of tech than meets the eye....
The wait is finally over. Lucky visitors to our stand at The Materials Testing Exhibition last month, were first to see the much anticipated, new Cygnus EX-certified product in the flesh. Now, it’s time to reveal what the new Cygnus 1 EX Intrinsically Safe Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge is all about!...
Carrying out inspections with testing equipment certified to a suitable protection level is crucial to ensuring the testing operation does not jeopardise the safety of hazardous environments. This article explains the key details to understand in regard to the correct equipment to use, and where....
Carrying out inspections with testing equipment certified to a suitable protection level is crucial to ensuring the testing operation does not jeopardise the safety of hazardous environments. This article explains the key details to understand in regard to the correct equipment to use, and where....
Usually, the Cygnus 1 Intrinsically Safe Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge is the only choice for use in Zone 0 and Zone 1 hazardous areas. However, many locations surrounding these areas can be classified as Class 1 Division 1 and therefore don’t necessarily require the use of intrinsically safe equipment to operate there, instead these areas can use Explosion Proof (XP) equipment....
In its October article, Cygnus Instruments examined the devastating costs of failure to maintain equipment handling hazardous materials such as oil, gas and chemicals. Whilst a regular maintenance schedule helps secure productivity and ROI, maintenance work can cause a fire or explosion in such volatile conditions....
The cost of equipment failure within oil, gas and chemical industries (including fuel depots, processing plants and LPG vessels) on workers, shareholders, equipment, and the environment is often devastating....
Did you know? The Cygnus 1 Intrinsically Safe ultrasonic thickness gauge is the only one of its kind in the world certified to Class 1, Div 1 (“Zone 0”) for ATEX, IECEx and CSA-US. As well as being intrinsically safe, Cygnus 1 is extremely rugged and specifically designed for measuring metal thickness to determine wastage or corrosion in Zone 0, Zone 1 hazardous and potentially explosive environments....
The Cygnus Mini ROV Mountable thickness gauge has been specially designed to be mounted onto small observation ROVs with or without a manipulator facility. And most recently, Cygnus worked with the renowned Canadian ROV & crawler specialist-manufacturer “Deep Trekker” - to achieve full integration with their unique and polyvalent ROVs....
Cygnus Instruments was founded in the 1980s in the South West of the UK by a marine surveyor to supply equipment to the surveying industry that was small, rugged and produced quick, accurate and reliable results....