The provisions of Art. 504 cover the installation of intrinsically safe apparatus, wiring, and systems for Class I, II, and III locations. The provisions of Art. 504 cover the installation of ...

Intrinsic safety (IS) is an electrical design approach that prevents explosions from occurring by ensuring that the energy transferred to a hazardous area is well below the energy required to initiate ...

Intrinsically safe means a device is safe to use in hazardous areas that may contain fuel in the atmosphere, such as flammable gasses or vapors, or combustible dust. An intrinsically safe device is ...

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 ...

After 20 years in development, OSHA published the Confined Spaces in Construction Standard, 29 CFR 1926 subpart AA, on May 1, 2015. The final rule is similar in content to the General Confined Space ...

In harsh industrial environments, the presence of gases, airborne dust and petroleum products can be highly explosive when a spark or high temperatures are affecting the surrounding environment.

Intrinsically safe circuits are designed so that there is insufficient energy in the power supply to cause local heating or a spark that could ignite an inflammable gas. There are two main levels of ...

While hazardous conditions are a fact of life in industrial plants, end users, safety organizations and automation suppliers are doing everything they can to ensure products are explosion-proof, ...

Standex-Meder Electronics announces its new ATEX optocoupler for intrinsically safe circuits. Standex-Meder Electronics announces its new ATEX optocoupler for intrinsically safe circuits. The ...

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Monnit announced the availability of its intrinsically safe ALTA-ISX® Long-Range Wireless Sensors today to protect workers and facilities in industrial environments ...