Health & Safety Matters

Reliable detection

Operating as an all-round safety
network, the new Draeger X-zone
5000 uses wireless technology to
automatically connect multiple
monitors for reliable, continuous
detection of toxic, combustible and
explosive gases.

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Gas Detectors ensure safe operation at Indian oil and gas terminal

100 of Crowcon’s Nimbus
flameproof (Exd) hydrocarbon gas
detectors have been installed at Cairn
Energy’s Mangala oil and gas
processing terminal in Rajasthan,
India. Supplied via Larson &
Toubro, the Nimbus units are
l

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Facility expansion

Flightcase manufacturer 5 Star
Cases has kicked off 2012 with a
new, much larger, custom designed
sanding booth area at its Wisbech,
UK, headquarters.

Air Bench was commissioned
by 5 Star to specify three new
downdra

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Trends and challenges in 2012

Richard Atkinson discusses how gas detection methods are
evolving to meet the demands of an energy hungry world

Gas detection can be traced back
to the coal mines in the 19th
century; where canaries were
used by mine

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Dust in the wind

A self-contained, personnel dedusting
booth for removing dust and
work debris from clothes has been
introduced by air handling specialist,
Air Control Industries.

The free-standing booth has both
blow and extraction s

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Fast track fans

Seven HV1250 fans have been
supplied by Hydor above a track
operated by Formula Fast Indoor
Karting at its Banbury headquarters.

The units are needed to move large
volumes of air to prevent the build-up
of carbon mono

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Decent exposure

Several fans supplied by Elta Fans
have been installed at Reid Kerr
College in Renfrewshire, Scotland –
but deliberately left partly exposed as
practical visual aids for teaching staff.

A total of ten units were suppli

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Gas detection zone returns due to demand

The organisers of WWEM 2012,
the Water Wastewater &
Environmental Monitoring event
(Telford, 7-8 November), have
announced that this year’s show
will again feature a Gas Detection
Zone following the popularity of
this

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No more mask fatigue

JSP’s disposable Typhoon valve fold
flat mask has an overflow valve
system that creates minimal breathing
resistance and reduces internal heat,
CO2 and moisture build-up, allowing
the mask to be worn for long periods
wi

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Qualified for fittings

Every Health & Safety professional
knows how important it is to have a
correctly fitted face mask and to
ensure that the individual carrying
out the fit test is qualified to do so.

SMH Products has invested
heavily ov

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