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Monitran receives IECEx certification on all 18 of its intrinsically
safe vibration sensors
MAINTEC 2008, NEC, Birmingham - 11th March 2008 - Monitran, a world leader in the development and manufacture of sensors for the measurement of vibration and displacement, has been awarded IECEx certification on all 18 of its intrinsically safe vibration sensors.
IECEx is an international standard under which a product's certification
approves its suitability for use in hazardous atmospheres, where
flammable liquids, vapours, gases or combustible dusts are likely to
occur and risk fire or explosion through sparks or contact with hot
surfaces.
Andy Anthony, Monitran's Operations Director, comments: "Submitting our
well-established intrinsically safe sensors for IECEx approval, in
addition to their long standing European ATEX certification, now brings
Monitran the ability to satisfy the needs of an even wider range of
potential users throughout the world via a single approval standard.
Users across the world will be able to select Monitran's products with
confidence. As our product range expands and improves we intend to seek
IECEx approval, as a matter of course, for all suitable new products."
These intrinsically safe vibration sensors are designed with the same
performance as Monitran's well respected standard range but with
enhanced safety circuitry. They may be used in mining and underground
environments (Group I) and petrochemical and dust environments (Group
II). They are available with AC outputs for vibration analysis with
portable or on-line analysers and DC outputs for connection to PLC and
other control systems giving 24/7 monitoring and control of vital
machinery.
All products are detailed in Monitran's General and Special Purpose
Vibration Sensors guide - available online at www.monitran.com and as
hard copy upon request.
Suitable application areas for Monitran's IECEx-certified sensors
include: mining; oil refineries, production and processing plants;
automotive and aerospace refuelling stations; chemical processing
plants; paper and textile manufacturing; and sewage treatment plants.
Anthony adds: "Indeed, anywhere that has been declared hazardous because
of a danger of fire through the ignition of gas or dust."
Countries currently recognising IECEx include the UK and all other EU
countries, Norway, Switzerland, Russia, USA, Canada, Japan, Australia,
New Zealand, South Africa, China and Korea. For more information, please
visit www.iecex.com.
Anthony concludes: "We are very pleased to have achieved IECEx
certification as the evaluation process at Baseefa was very thorough -
even though all these products already had ATEX certification. We are
also keen to work with companies that, whilst acknowledging IECEx, still
require 'local' certification standards to be met. We have, for example,
just achieved KOSHA (the Korean safety certification) for our popular
MTN/1185I sensor."
