THE use of electrical appliances in coal mines needs to be safeguarded against the risk that they may be the means of igniting firedamp (or coal dust) and thus starting an explosion. Two methods are ...

Already widely used in Europe, intrinsically safe electrical architecture is expected to enjoy large gains in popularity in the United States, according to a new study by Venture Development Corp.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Batteries perform countless functions ranging from the main power supply for high-tech instrumentation to emergency back-up for critical process control equipment and production systems. A battery is ...

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 ...