Optical flame detection has progressed to meet the ever-growing demands for maximum reliability, availability and minimal false alarm events and is widely employed in many high risk industries, suc...
Gas detection has come a long way since its inception nearly 60 years ago. Technology has permitted the emergence of a variety of sensing principles and has also enabled devices to become more use...
The offshore industry operates in some of the most dangerous environments in the world. Hazards are expected in this environment and must be controlled.
A rig worker smells rotten eggs near the well head, rubs his itchy eyes as he investigates the frosty pipe connections. After a few moments, he believes all is fine as he no longer smells the tell...
READING THE (ATEX) INSTRUCTIONS A question we regularly get asked at Baseefa, and one which directly affects both manufacturers and installers of Ex Equipment, is about the permissible form in wh...
The writing of this article follows on the heels of a meeting between the author and the Chief Deputy Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The purpose of that meeting was to inves...
One of the new minefields for a product manager is the mandatory European Community (EC) Harmonised Safety Compliance Directives and Standards, with the most current being ATEX directive 94/9/EC....
Wireless is unleashing the next wave of industry transformation due to its inherent flexibility, scaleability, and efficiency for improvement of distributed sensing and control systems. Proprietar...
Over the past several years there has been a quiet revolution in the art of gas detection with the steady introduction of a new technology to complement the existing methods of detecting gases. Co...
Life-saving safety equipment is becoming increasingly important in a wider cross-section of companies. So, at the same time, there is a growing trend to adopt best practices for the management of...