Reliable, high performance ATEX lighting and ventilation fans will be required to create and sustain safe workplaces during this year’s major overhaul of the Forties Pipeline System.
Wherever a gas, vapour, mist or dust is present, creating a potential risk of explosion, it’s essential to use ATEX and IECEx certified hazardous area lighting to ensure safe working in Zones 0, 1 and 2.
Engineers and other personnel maintaining and overhauling the UK’s largest oil supply pipeline, owned and operated by Ineos, may well use Wolf Safety portable and temporary ATEX safety lighting, which has earned a global reputation for leading edge, innovative design and technology.
They may also choose to use Ramfan ATEX ventilation fans, for which Wolf Safety are exclusive UK distributors within the oil and gas industry.
The Yorkshire based company’s impressive list of customers within the sector includes upstream operators and terminals, downstream operators, electrical engineers and contractors, plus a wide range of companies who supply essential support services to the industry.
Wolf Safety’s products are designed to safely illuminate the most challenging hazardous area workplaces, both on and offshore, in all weathers.
A good example is Wolf’s WL-50, a rechargeable ATEX and IECEx certified Mini-Worklite™. Weighing just over 9kgs, it is highly portable and very robust.
Its 18 LED lamp panel emits 3,100 lumens, a level of lighting ideal for smaller, confined spaces. The piercing spot beam and flood of lower level fringe light can be directed exactly where needed.
“With a smaller battery and die-cast aluminium body the WL-50 is much lighter to carry around,” says Michael Morley, Wolf’s Technical Director. “This makes it ideal for use in smaller spaces such as storage tanks or vessel holds in the marine, oil and gas, petrochemical and other hazardous area industries where inspection, maintenance or repair tasks need to be carried out quickly and safely.”
The WL-50 is CE marked to the ATEX Directive for safe use in Zones 1, 2, 21 and 22 potentially explosive gas, vapour, mist and dust atmospheres, where a T4 temperature class permits. A high temperature version allows the lamp to be used in ambient temperatures up to 50°C.
For technical details visit:
www.wolfsafety.com
