Sabre Safety Delivers New Compressor Technology To Improve Safety And Process

Sabre Safety, the global H2S safety service provider, has recently delivered four of its self-contained ATEX Approved Zone 1 LP breathing air compressors to Sureclean, the international industrial cleaning and waste management specialist, based in Aberdeen and Alness.

Sureclean is enhancing its technologies to provide its services in a safer, more efficient and cost effective way, (Read More)

and this order from Sureclean is part of the company’s equipment investment.

The compressor is ATEX certified for use in Zone 1 hazardous areas, allowing the compressors to be as close to the working environment as possible. Sureclean were looking for a BA compressor that would provide product up-time, with operations able to start immediately. Within the system, air is continuously available 24/7, even if scopes grow - and there is no downtime waiting on air bottle delivery, refilling or charging.

Easy to use and simple to deploy in operations, the Atex Zone 1 compressor from Sabre comes with an auto shutdown facility that activates in the event of any ingress of gas into the Zone 1 area.  It is a patented system that has been designed by Sabre’s own in-house gas safety team in Aberdeen, and it gives operators complete confidence in working in a Zone 1 location.   Escape air is automatically supplied in the event of an auto shutdown, again providing air quality that exceeds the breathing air requirements of BS:EN12021:1999   By way of contrast, other ‘designated’ Zone 1 compressors run trunking into a Zone 1 area, which can require to be routed from 60 – 70 feet away in a typical scenario, and the installation of a fan (and associated cabling) to pressurise the trunking.  Monitoring is carried out to ensure that positive pressure is being maintained, but this is at a distance from the compressor.  Measures such as these mount up and make such systems harder to maintain and operate.

The technology has already been deployed to the Murchison Platform in support of vessel entry projects.  The single enclosed unit has the benefit of providing one unit for all BA needs, delivering clean breathable air, at a desired temperature and constant air monitoring for enhanced safety.  It is not only decommissioning projects where these systems will be used; the international contractor is now widely using the compressor,  within  its wider tank cleaning operations including Inshore rig maintenance,  offshore works and FPSO upgrade projects globally and to meet Lloyds, DNV and ABS standards.

Bespoke design for optimum performance and safety

Sureclean approached Sabre Safety with the company’s requirements for a bespoke system, requesting a 4 outlet LP BA Compressor.  Sureclean had a number of specific requirements for a failsafe system which included constant air monitoring and a temperature controlled system providing quality breathing air for up to 4 people simultaneously which can be used in all working environments.  

Designed for use during confined-space entry works, the compressor provides real-time air quality monitoring and is easily deployed, complying with Sureclean’s ‘plug and play’ philosophy.  With an inbuilt failsafe system, it delivers air at the desired temperature, with the integrity of the air constantly monitored, simultaneously providing a more comfortable and a safer system.  

The new Zone 1 compressor from Sabre Safety will be of use across a wide range of applications – from shotblasting and spraypainting to welding and confined space working including decom and leg entry work on rigs.

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