Crowcon’s highly successful Vortex range of multi-channel gas and fire detection control panels has been extended to include an ATEX certified Exd Flameproof version, the Vortex FP. This allows use in Zone 1 and 2 hazardous area applications, such as process analyser house monitoring or FPSO protection.
Capable of monitoring up to 12 gas detectors, the Vortex FP is also compatible with smoke/heat and flame detectors, and up to three of its input channels can be used for fire detection. Each channel has one fault and three alarm levels which can be combined to trigger up to 32 output relays, allowing connection to a range of external alarms and safety devices such as fans or valves. Intrinsically safe (IS) safety barriers can also be incorporated for use with IS gas or fire detectors.
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Crowcon’s Xgard IR gas detector is now approved to the latest amendment of the Marine Equipment Directive (MED, 96/98/EC).
Xgard IR is an explosion-proof gas detector which uses a dual-wavelength IR (infrared) sensor to provide highly dependable detection of hazardous gases and vapours.
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Iron and steel form the backbone of much of the modern world from building structures to car bodies, ocean going ships to electricity pylons. However, such inert and stable end products mask the intense and highly hazardous processes that are involved in the production of their raw material.
When iron is smelted from its ore, it contains more carbon than is desirable. To become steel, it must be melted and reprocessed to reduce the carbon to the correct amount. It is in these furnaces and other processes that gases such as carbon monoxide (CO) build up and can become a hazard.
Protecting workers from toxic poisoning and flamamable gas risks is necessary throughout the making of steel. As toxic and flammable gases are constantly present, monitoring leaks from the coke ovens during heating periods, blast furnaces or in confined spaces is vital and is the reason gas detection is essential.
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Neil Frew is the Export Sales Manager at Crowcon. Celebrating his 20th year with Crowcon this month, Neil covers many territories including all of the Middle East, Africa, as well as Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, Pakistan and India. He is also responsible for Crowcon’s business in Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand.
In this interview Neil explains more about his role and how important our distribution networks are to Crowcon in finding opportunities, winning business and building customer relationships.
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