Room to breathe

Louise Early explains the gas risks of working in
confined spaces and what steps can be taken to keep
employees safe

Aconfined space is any space large
enough for someone to enter and
perform assigned work, which
ha

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Mobile maintenance kit

Industrial Scientific, which is said
to be the global leader in gas
detection as a service, has launched
the iNet DS mobile kit.

The iNet DS mobile kit, which
includes a carrying case, 3G/4G
wireless router, 12V
truc

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Extended warranty

Specialist in gas detection and
environmental monitoring systems
Trolex has extended its warranty
period to two years, providing
additional cover for all of its
equipment. With the company’s
customers already counting o

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Portable FTIR gas analyser configured for each rental

The new Gasmet DX4040 portable
FTIR multi-gas analyser is now
available for hire from Quantitech.

For each rental, Quantitech’s Dr
Hobson configures the instrument to
meet the customer’s specific gas
monitoring needs.

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Uniform operating principle

Following the launch of the Polytron
5000 earlier this year, Dräger has
unveiled its new Polytron 8000
flammable or toxic gas detector.

Designed specifically to measure
gases using a uniform operating
principle it is

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Use the force

JSP has launched lightweight half
mask the FORCE 8. It is
fully adjustable and is
ergonomically designed
to face-fit a wider range
of head profiles.

The mask is fitted with
JSP’s Typhoon Valve
Technology: the
extre

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RPE box kit

Martindale’s New MagAir Kits from
Centurion Safety are an off-the-shelf
all in one box respiratory protection
system. With no requirement for a
face fit test, these respiratory kits are
readily available when required. T

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Mask for smaller faces

Specifically designed to fit the
smaller and slimmer face shape, the
Alpha S respirator from Alpha
Solway is said to be the first
disposable mask with an inner face
seal that fits snugly to the chin,
meeting the needs o

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Managing dangerous levels of pollutants

Kevin Bristow explains how air cleaning performance
can help to minimise the major health and safety risks
posed by oil mist, fumes and smoke

The processes and operations
undertaken in industrial and
manufacturing en

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Monitoring PM

A report published in September by
the European Environment Agency
shows that almost a third of Europe’s
city dwellers are exposed to excessive
concentrations of airborne particulate
matter (PM) – an important pollutant

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