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1600 safety interlocking devices from Dutch industrial safety specialist Netherlocks have been successfully installed at the Shell Eastern Petroleum (SEPL) Ethylene Cracker Complex in Pular Ular, Singapore. The main applications for the interlocks are for the decoking process, and on isolation valves for PSVs (Pressure Safety Valves)....
Netherlocks has launched a website and brochure. The website (www.netherlocks.com) now features more extensive details about the company’s products, services, and general information from the experts about various forms of safety in the workplace....
The FMEDA report showed the Netherlocks partial stoke system FAITH (Fail Action Integrity Test Handling) to be very reliable, with 0 Fail Safe Detected, Fail Safe Undetected and Fail Dangerous Detected conditions recorded from the tests. For most cases, the FAITH is suitable for use in SIL3 applications....
Netherlocks has been chosen to supply its trapped key interlocking safety systems by India’s largest engineering and construction conglomerate, Larsen & Toubro. The company has ordered Netherlocks products to secure and safeguard pigging operations for two major projects....
Netherlocks has designed a direct-mounting, add-on gearbox to reduce torque for handwheel operated valves. The Nethergear unit fixes onto valves without modifying them in any way, and can be fitted on-site without taking the valve offline. The stainless steel AISI 316 Nethergear unit mounts directly onto the valve stem without altering the actual valve itself....
Netherlocks is launching the new Smart Handwheel Lock (SHL). The key transfer lock can be fitted easily like a simple Lock-Out device to any size or type of handwheel-operated valve. No valve details, extra parts or customised adaptors are needed, and it locks the wheel into pre-set, safe positions controlled by the interlocking key release mechanism....
One of the largest oil-refining projects in China, the Xinjiang Dushanzi Project, is due to have over 700 Netherlocks valve safety devices installed. Huan Qiu Contracting & Engineering Corporation (HQCEC), the EDC contractor for this China National Petroleum Company (CNPC) project, bought 718 MRL valve locks from the company to make sure that the highest standards of safety will be ensured in the facility....