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Prepare for the Spring Clean With a Nederman Industrial Vacuum Cleaner

feb 16 23Prepare for the Spring Clean With a Nederman Industrial Vacuum Cleaner

Whilst buying a Vacuum Cleaner for your partner at Christmas can be construed as a dangerous act, buying one for your business is a great idea.

If you want to get your business ready for the Spring clean or your next visit from customers, auditors or even potential surprise visits from the HSE, your first port of call this season should be the Winter discount offer that Nederman has on some of its wide range (Read More) 

Introducing the Aegex10 Intrinsically Safe Tablet

feb 16 22Introducing the Aegex10 Intrinsically Safe Tablet

The Aegex10 Intrinsically Safe tablet is the world’s first Windows 10 enterprise tablet to be universally certified for use in the most hazardous industrial environments worldwide.

Aegex Technologies’ intrinsically safe, Windows 10, Intel-based tablet, is certified for ATEX and IECEx Zone 1 areas of hazardous locations throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia Pacific, as well as UL 913 Class 1 Division 1 areas in the United States (Read More)

BE SAFE AND LOOK THE PART

feb 16 21BE SAFE AND LOOK THE PART

Providing workers with personal protection equipment (PPE) and workwear is just as important as giving them the correct equipment to safely and efficiently carry out daily tasks.

Workwear and PPE manufacturers spend considerable research and expense in ensuring they provide equipment, which will perform, should the worst occur. Not all workwear and PPE is equal however, achieving certification to the relevant EN standards (Read More) 

SVANTEK TO SHOW WIDE RANGE OF NOISE AND VIBRATION MONITORING INSTRUMENTATION

feb 16 20SVANTEK TO SHOW WIDE RANGE OF NOISE AND VIBRATION MONITORING INSTRUMENTATION

Svantek will be showing a wide range of high performance noise and vibration monitoring instrumentation, including its SV103 personal vibration dosimeter and ATEX and IECEx Intrinsically Safe (IS) SV104 personal noise dosimeter for use in potentially explosive work environments, The company will be exhibiting its newly launched SV100A wireless whole-body exposure meter & analyser in a seat-pad which is designed to automatically detect the operator (Read More)

JSP’s Press to Check™ Filters – Supreme Compatibility with Faceshields and Visors

feb 16 19JSP’s Press to Check™ Filters – Supreme Compatibility with Faceshields and Visors

Wearing face-protection equipment such as faceshields and visors is no problem when they are used with JSP’s Press To Check™ filters on a half-mask.

The low-profile, swept-back design of the Press To Check™ filters enables excellent visibility, allowing the filters to be worn effectively behind all types of faceshield and welding visor. (Read More)

E2S Warning Signals launches GRP IECEx & ATEX Xenon strobe beacons at CIPPE, 29 – 31 March

feb 16 18E2S Warning Signals launches GRP IECEx & ATEX Xenon strobe beacons at CIPPE, 29 – 31 March

E2S Warning Signals, the world’s leading independent manufacturer of audible and visual warning signals, will launch its new GNEx GRP Xenon strobe beacons, www.e2s.com/products/range/gnex, on Booth W1002E at CIPPE 2016 in Beijing, China 29 - 31 March.

The new products add visual signalling to the explosion proof and corrosion resistant GNEx family. (Read More)

DICKIES HAVE 2016 COVERED

feb 16 17DICKIES HAVE 2016 COVERED

Dickies will be introducing a number of exciting new products and ranges for 2016, with style, functionality and quality being paramount in driving the Dickies business forward: with over 90 years’ experience in workwear manufacturing, generations of workers have found Dickies to be a brand they can trust. (Read More)

Belzona SuperWrap II Saves Failing Seawater Filter Vessel

feb 16 16Belzona SuperWrap II Saves Failing Seawater Filter Vessel

During March 2015, an offshore Oil and Gas platform contacted Belzona requiring a unique solution for the repair of a seawater bulk media filter vessel.

Located in the Gulf of Mexico, USA, the bottom of the vessel was suffering from an internal leak due to internal corrosion at coating holidays. Furthermore, the damage involved a combination of both thin and a through-wall defect, posing a repair dilemma (Read More)

Downtime: the Hidden Cost of Coatings

feb 16 15Downtime: the Hidden Cost of Coatings

When determining the cost of a coating protection system, one needs to not only look at the cost of a unit, but a total expenditure.

This can include a coverage rate, length of downtime, costs of application based on its simplicity or difficulty among others. The list goes on, and ultimately, a system that is cheaper to procure may turn out to be more expensive once total expenses are tallied. Here, we review an example of this occurrence in action. (Read More)

Lighting Up The Darkness, Intrinsically Safe Worklights, Real or Not?

feb 16 14Lighting Up The Darkness, Intrinsically Safe Worklights, Real or Not?

Performing routine and emergency maintenance, inspection, quality control or any number of equally critical tasks required to keep a plant running is a daunting task indeed, especially in low light.

Now add to this the restrictions required of personnel operating in potentially hazardous (explosive) atmospheres and such a seemingly simple function as creating well-lit work space becomes a difficult challenge to overcome. (Read More)