Site operators sometimes ask about how to make their equipment intrinsically safe. For example, one firm inquired about how to make its 480V motors intrinsically safe. Such a lack of understanding of ...

In harsh industrial environments, the presence of gases, airborne dust and petroleum products can be highly explosive when a spark or high temperatures are affecting the surrounding environment.

Intrinsically safe means a device is safe to use in hazardous areas that may contain fuel in the atmosphere, such as flammable gasses or vapors, or combustible dust. An intrinsically safe device is ...

While hazardous conditions are a fact of life in industrial plants, end users, safety organizations and automation suppliers are doing everything they can to ensure products are explosion-proof, ...

With the new platform, users can access data from field devices and more easily control process operations in hazardous areas. As part of the PlantPAx distributed control system (DCS) from Rockwell ...

The IECEx is a certification system which verifies compliance with IEC international standards relating to equipment for use in explosive atmospheres. The safety requirement for equipment under IECEx ...

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Monnit announced the availability of its intrinsically safe ALTA-ISX® Long-Range Wireless Sensors today to protect workers and facilities in industrial environments ...

Emerson, a global technology and software company providing innovative solutions for the world’s essential industries, is enhancing the Asco Series 327C solenoid valve, featuring new Intrinsically Saf ...

After 20 years in development, OSHA published the Confined Spaces in Construction Standard, 29 CFR 1926 subpart AA, on May 1, 2015. The final rule is similar in content to the General Confined Space ...

FLIR Systems has announced the FLIR GFx320, an optical gas imaging (OGI) camera for the oil and gas industry that is designed for use in potentially explosive atmospheres. The FLIR GFx320 detects and ...

Article 504 of the 2011 NEC focuses on the requirements for Intrinsically Safe Systems. As noted in Sec. 504.10(A), "Intrinsically safe apparatus, associated ...