When millions of pounds worth of facility, equipment and production is reliant on the competency of the staff in that environment, it is fair to ask the question, actually how competent is ‘competent’ and what does that mean for potentially explosive environments?
The question is often asked “What is meant by competence?” Competence is commonly regarded to be the ability to perform the activities within an (Read More)
New Surface Tolerant Technology Solves Maintenance Dilemma
Leaking oil tanks repaired in-situ with fast-curing epoxy composite
A UK oil supplier was faced with a major dilemma when a transformer oil storage tank began to leak in several places. As the tank was located in a confined space, it would be highly dangerous to repair the damage in-situ using hot work. If the tank was removed and repaired offsite, not only would this incur large amounts of downtime, (Read More)
Composite Technology Doubles Life of Pipework
Severe corrosion kept at bay with hard-wearing epoxy material
The pipework at a coal fired power station in the UK was experiencing severe corrosion issues caused by abrasive limestone slurry material. Due to the extent of the damage, the average lifetime of the pipes had been dramatically reduced to less than six months before the pipe spool pieces had to be completely replaced. The station required a repair solution that would provide extremely (Read More)
FLIR Systems Releases Groundbreaking High Definition Handheld Thermal Camera
FLIR T1K Offers the Highest Quality Performance for Thermography Experts
West Malling, UK – September 8th, 2015 – FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) today announced the release of the FLIR T1020, also known as the FLIR T1K, a premium thermal camera for use in a multitude of industrial and building diagnostics applications. The T1K is a high definition handheld instrument featuring (Read More)
E2S Warning Signals launches two new product families at ADIPEC 2015
ADIPEC, Abu Dhabi, is a premier global show for the oil and gas industry and certainly the most important platform in the Middle East
At this year event on Stand 8320 in the UK Pavilion, E2S is launching two brand new families of alarm horn sounders and light strobes and introducing two ranges launched earlier in 2015. (Read More)
Many professions, work environments and tasks involve activity above or even below ground level, meaning workers are exposed to the risk of falling a distance liable to cause injury – or even death.
As well as a moral obligation to ensure those workers’ safety, employers must comply with myriad legal duties with regard to work at height. (Read More)
A+A: Maximum load support with the new safety harness from Capital Safety
Capital Safety, the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of height safety and fall protection equipment, will for the first time be presenting the most comfortable, lightest-wearing, truly innovative safety harness ever created at the A+A Work Safety trade fair in Düsseldorf. (Read More)
High Efficiency Dust Collector Gives Compact Design, Cleanable Filter & ATEX Protection
The new Quad Pulse Package PX dust collector from Camfil Air Pollution Control (APC) offers high performance in a compact unit designed for pharmaceutical, chemical and other processes that produce hazardous dusts in high concentrations. (Read More)
Are your spill pallets legally compliant for use in the UK?
In 2001 the UK saw the first Oil Storage Regulation enacted for England, since then both Scotland and Northern Ireland have enacted their own regulations and Wales currently have theirs in draft.
Although each regulation is country specific they do share many key points including the capacity of the sump of a secondary containment system, typically these are in the form of spill pallets manufactured from steel or rotationally moulded plastic designed (Read More)
For decades there have been major advances in the improvement of safety products. With respiratory protection, for example, fit testing has led to better and more suitable facemasks.
Eyewear has also seen a great deal of evolution from the days of basic traditional “safety specs”. Adjustment in temples, nose bridges and even the means of attachment itself all continually evolve, improving fit and comfort along with the all-important lens technology, (Read More)
