In a growing number of cases, a build-up of hydrogen has been detected in the junction boxes located above the surface of the water, where the subsea…

Incorrect storage of hazardous chemical substances and inadequate surveillance of storage areas all too often result in catastrophic industrial…

Reducing project management and development time alone has the potential to deliver 15 to 30 percent in cost savings

Flameproof enclosures must be subjected to certain testing, including of their ability to withstand pressure

45 years ago, three things came together, R. STAHL, PLP (Electropar Ltd), and the willingness to adopt innovative new hazardous area protection…

Central battery systems as emergency lighting systems offer secure protection in the event of a power supply failure

Process engineering systems are generally controlled by measuring process variables such as temperature, pressure, quantity, fill level or certain…

The use of deep learning models offers huge potential for reducing the error rate in visual inspections. Smart object recognition enables product…

According to Directive 1999/92/EC [1], the user or employer are obliged to assess the explosion hazard posed by their system and they must ensure that…

The discussion about Ex assemblies is as old as the EU ATEX Directive, and now dates back almost 20 years

Digitalization and the integration of data and solutions is playing a pivotal role in the shipping and maritime industries today, having a major…

The "PTB Ex proficiency testing scheme" (PTB Ex PTS) is a project that involves developing interlaboratory comparison programmes to assess the…

Manufacturers and users must acquire knowledge on the subject of non-electrical explosion protection, in order to assess the application, expenditure…

Certification in South Africa has certain key differences from international certification, e.g. IECEx or ATEX

IEC Technical Committee (TC) 31, tasked with developing a global conformity assessment system for explosion-protected products

He takes over from Thorsten Arnhold, who chaired the System for the past six years

In contrast to the international IEC/IECEx community and the European Union, the conformity assessment landscape in the USA is very heterogeneous

In the area of explosion protection, the publication of Article 505 in the 1996 National Electrical Code (NEC®) was seen as a giant step toward global…

Aside from a few exceptions based on the effect of gravitation and radioactivity, hydrogen is the source of most primary energy that makes it possible…

Since 1st October 2019, new CCC certification rules have been in place for Ex products sold in China