2. PPTex Innovation – The best innovation in Personnel Protection Technologies (PPT) equipment incorporating electronic and technological systems that the user can wear, hold or use to improve safety within the process and high hazard industries.
2a.
Company: Extronics
Product: iTAG X30
The iTAG X30 is an all-new worker safety tag that uses hybrid technology to provide high levels of accuracy from a Real Time Location System (RTLS):
-Accurately locate your workers in hazardous and non-hazardous areas, anytime, anywhere
-Leverage hybrid technology, GPS, Wi-Fi, LF and BLE for accurate indoor and outdoor tracking
-GPS capability reduces the need for dense Wi-Fi infrastructure in open areas
-Certified to ATEX, IECEx and North American standards for use in hazardous areas.
The iTAG X30 was developed to address the wide ranging environmental and operational challenges companies around the world face when locating personnel and managing assets, whilst reducing the overall cost of ownership.
Digitalisation is fast becoming a primary requirement of all process industry sectors. RTLS is one such area that has seen a significant change in recent years, particularly for worker safety and asset management. Hybrid location tracking is the only practical solution for the variety of operational and environmental RTLS challenges associated with site wide visibility in the process industries.
Website: https://www.extronics.com/ --
2b.
Company: i.safe Mobile
Product: IS-TH1
i.safe MOBILE recently launched its latest innovation for use in hazardous area environments: The IS-TH1 is an Android-based handheld barcode scanner for Zone 1, 2, Mining and industrial areas. Together with the IS530.x industry smartphone, this handheld barcode scanner becomes a multi-function mobile device. The IS-TH1 is a flexible combination of a trigger handle and smartphone IS530.x for reliable data recording. The mobile multifunctional set incorporates high performance scanning technology from market leader Zebra and combines a wide range of functions and possible uses of several devices in one.
The IS-TH1 enables the quick and easy scanning of any 1D or 2D barcodes at close range or at distances of more than 15 metres. Power and data are generated by the connected IS530.x with 13-pin ISM interface (connection option for RSM, PTT headset) as if via a mobile computer and processed at top speed. The set is very easy to handle and replaces more than two devices. The IS-TH1 is available in two different versions: The IS-TH1MR with Zebra SE4750 MR for ranges up to 6m and the IS-TH1ER with Zebra SE4850 ER for ranges above 15 m.
Website: https://www.isafe-mobile.com/en/products/products-zone-1/21/is-th1xx1 --
2c.
Company: Mobexx
Product: XCZ1-iPhone
XCZ1-iPhone is a new product developed to enable organisations that use iPhones and IOS applications to have fully certified ATEX/IECEx Zone 1 iPhones to operate normally while in hazardous areas. All iPhone functions and features operate normally, while making it fully rugged and waterproof. The user has access (in a safe area) to the SIM slot to enable installation and replacement, all buttons function and wireless charging operates normally.
XCZ1-iPhone is a flameproof enclosure engineered from aluminium and crystal glass, with additional protection of rubber corner bumpers it is designed to withstand extreme environments and operators while providing familiar iPhone device operating as normal.
The XCZ1-iPhone allows a standard, unmodified iPhone to be taken into any Zone 1 or Zone 2 environment. Degradation of audio is minimal allowing normal phone use to take place.
It allows corporate product standardisation of hardware to increase safety by using common systems and reduce costs by having single hardware and software solution for all users, in both hazardous and non-hazardous environments.
Website: https://www.mobexx.co.uk/2021/05/xcz1-iphone/ --
2d.
Company: Salunda
Product: Crew Hawk
People working in and around machinery in industrial, engineering and maintenance sectors can be protected and better managed using an innovative real-time location system from Salunda Limited. The patent protected Crew Hawk delivers the latest in advanced location capability, integrating multiple technologies into a reliable, robust zone management system that improves the location of both people and mobile and autonomous machinery, providing position performance to avert incidents and cut the risk of workplace injuries and accidents.
Crew Hawk is suitable for industrial health and safety applications where people could be at risk from contamination (e.g. toxic materials), intense heat, high pressure (e.g. hydraulic oil), high voltage, heavy plant such as cranes and forklift trucks, blind lifts, high noise levels and crush injuries.
Crew Hawk connects wearable locators attached to PPE and compact mag-mounted equipment sensors to a reliable and secure network, to automatically trigger personalised warnings and pause equipment to prevent a collision if someone is too close. The individual is alerted to the risk of danger by an alarm on the wearable device, with the system also preventing the equipment from moving until the individual has left the area and returned to a secure location.
An intuitive user interface allows swift set-up to create a portable safety system that can be rapidly deployed across different industrial zones and will warn people before they enter a restricted or red zone, reducing the occurrence of costly lost time incidents or production downtime. ‘Flight recorder’ playback features permit incident investigation, while analytical tools pinpoint accident blackspots. Crew Hawk can be deployed in an explosive atmosphere - and is ATEX and IECEx certified.
Website: https://www.salunda.com/crew-hawk --
2e.
Company: SeSys
Product: Hazardous Area Cameras (Ex) SeSys’ Hazardous Area camera (Ex) range provides high quality, resilient images and remote monitoring in the most inhospitable and hazardous environments.
All of our digital IP hazardous area cameras - sometimes referred to as explosion-proof CCTV cameras - are ATEX and IECEx-certified. They are designed to be compliant with international standards to make remote monitoring in inhospitable, hazardous or explosive areas possible.
Our explosion proof CCTV cameras are utilised to help improve safety by allowing hazardous areas to be monitored from a safe distance. They reduce the dangers posed to personnel and provide clear video images that can be accessed via a web browser or license-free software package that is available with the camera.
Website: https://sesys.com/