Where can you install intrinsically safe equipment? Suppose you bought intrinsically safe equipment for a Class II, Division 1 location. That project turned out so well that you want to buy more of ...

North American companies are beginning to move toward intrinsically-safe systems, already well established in Europe, that use currents and voltages too low to spark an explosion in a hazardous ...

If you’re responsible for overseeing operations in high-risk industries like oil and gas, mining, or chemical manufacturing, you know the threat of accidents in explosive atmospheres is ever-present.

HOUSTON, June 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DynaEnergetics, a business of DMC Global Inc. (Nasdaq: BOOM), today announced an upgrade to its IS2 TF Intrinsically Safe initiating system. The enhancement ...

Unlike explosion-proof schemes, which aim to contain explosions inside enclosures, intrinsic safety keeps them from ever happening at all. Consider whether it makes sense for your production ...

One of the most challenging tasks design engineers can face is designing measurement or control systems to operate safely in hazardous environments. These environments may contain flammable or ...

Midland Manufacturing Com- pany, manufacturers of vapor re- covery and alarm systems for the marine industry, announced that its full line of alarm systems has been certified as intrinsically safe in ...

VAC-U-MAX industrial vacuum cleaners for combustible dust, flammable liquid, and reactive powder are ATEX-certified and do not require electricity for operation—only compressed-air. These ...

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 ...