Thorne & Derrick International, based in the UK, are Preferred Distributors and Stockists for the Raytec SPARTAN range of ATEX lighting using LED technology for the illumination of hazardous area locations and potentially explosive atmospheres.
SPARTAN Linear, manufactured in the North East of England by Raytec, offers the ideal LED lighting solution for new installations, or as a retrofit for existing fluorescent luminaires.
This Raytec webinar compares the different hazardous area LED Linear solutions available on the market today.
GRP enclosures are commonplace with traditional fluorescent fittings, but how well suited are they to more modern LED alternatives? We will cover this, as well as other design differences, and consider how they impact an end user in relation to cost and day to day operation.
Thursday 20th May 2021
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SPARTANÂ is a full range of Ex LED luminaires and lighting approved for all ATEX and IEC Ex Zone 1 and Zone 2 hazardous area environments, including UL /CSA C1D2 installations. The hazardous area lighting products are designed for the most extreme environments – Flood, Linear, Bulkhead, Bay and Crane luminaires with emergency and industrial lighting versions are also available from Thorne & Derrick International.
Thorne & Derrick’s hazardous area lighting design service is completely free of charge, providing you with a visual 3D representation of the final lighting solution, with detailed lux levels and a true indication of lighting performance. Our lighting design experts will guide you through the entire process, ensuring the optimum lighting solution is achieved.
Further Reading | How to Achieve Energy Efficiency With Carbon Reductions by ATEX LED Lighting Upgrades
Thorne & Derrick are leaders in the development and distribution of Product Innovations that deliver significant improvements to clients plant, people and operational safety in the explosive atmosphere industries.
Your proactive problem solvers experienced in succession planning for the replacement of obsolete, non-conformant and legacy equipment in hazardous areas.
Your first-choice provider of innovative and competitive solutions to ensure ATEX & IECEx Compliance for Hazardous Area Electrical, HVAC & Process Instrumentation Equipment to UK and international projects.
Follow our Showcase Page on LinkedIn to receive hazardous area product innovations, industry news, whitepapers, videos, technical tips and training webinars for professionals involved in the explosive atmosphere industries.
Tank Cleaning Lights | ATEX Portable Lighting For Hazardous Area Tank Inspection
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The Oil & Gas sector is one of a number of industries with potentially explosive atmospheres and hazardous area workplaces that requires regular and reliable cleaning of storage tanks and distribution facilities for chemicals, bio-fuels and petroleum products.
Routine tank cleaning, inspection and maintenance is required frequently so an ATEX temporary lighting solution is needed to ensure workers safety in confined spaces classified as hazardous areas.
Tank inspections will identify signs of tank damage including corrosion, leakage, cracking and wall thinning – maintenance tasks will ensure plant productivity, safety and compliance to workplace regulations such as ATEX and DSEAR where Explosive Atmospheres in the workplace can be ignited by flammable gases, mists or vapours or by combustible dusts.
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Wolf LinkEx Tank Lighting Kits
Thorne & Derrick International distribute ATEX certified tank lighting kits for safe lighting and use in hazardous area Zone 1 & 2 (Gas, 
Vapour & Mist Explosive Atmospheres) and Zone 21 & 22 (Dust Explosive Atmospheres).
Wolf ATEX LinkEx provides reliable and versatile hazardous area lighting according to both ATEX Directive and IECEx classification standards – the portable and temporary floodlights utilise LED technology as a light source.
The LinkEx Tank Lighting kits allow for a flexible set-up of high quality task and ambient lighting to suit all working conditions in tanks and vessels and offers your workers the highest level of safety through a configuration of:
Wolf LinkEx Tank Lighting Kit ATEX – Hazardous Area Zone 1 & Zone 2
Tank cleaning hazardous area lighting equipment requirements are centred on providing compact and portable light to explosive atmospheres including tank cleaning, confined spaces, aircraft maintenance, tunnel maintenance and sewers.
Thorne & Derrick International are distributors for Wolf Safety Lamp providing an extensive range of LV intrinsically safe tank lighting solutions with LED and Fluorescent options both complying to ATEX certifications making the solution suitable for empty storage tanks – including mounting and protection accessories. The tank lighting kit offers ultimate adaptability with regards to ambient and task lighting configurations and positioning.
The LinkEx tank lighting kits including accessories are suitable for cleaning and maintenance jobs where the equipment needs to be mounted on tripods, magnets and scaffold brackets and protected from the rigours of harsh onshore industrial and offshore applications with lens guards and protective films and grills.
Thorne & Derrick | Wolf Safety Lamp | Stockist, Supplier & Distributor
Wolf LinkEx Tank Lighting Kit ATEX – Ideal for flexible set up of temporary lighting in hazardous areas and potentially explosive atmospheres
The Wolf Safety LinkEx tank lighting kits are robust, durable and lightweight in design. Simple to set-up making the highly portable tank lighting solution suitable for use within a confined tank space and are extremely efficient in terms of power consumption and light output, increasing the productivity and safety of the cleaning, maintenance, repair and overhaul engineers.
The cable reel with ATEX Certification enables chains of portable lighting in different hazardous areas workplace locations to be connected together and extended from one central point, allowing for an increased surface area to be lit fast and with ease.
Wolf | Handlamps | Torches | Headtorches | Tank Lights | ATEX Hazardous Areas
Heating & Ventilation
MFH The Bulldog
World’s First Portable Electric Heater with ATEX & IECEx Certification
Portable ATEX heaters can be placed inside of tank or ducted into tank to provide elevated ambient temperatures to help reduce curing times or ensure the application of paint is carried out as per manufacturer’s instructions.
Ambient temperatures can be critical for the successful application of paint and protective coatings.
This can be a major obstacle, especially if work has to be carried out during winter months or cold weather working. The MFH Bulldog provides a portable heating solution for explosive atmospheres and is the safest and most efficient heater available.
MFH The Bulldog | Worlds First Portable Electric Heater with ATEX & IECEx Certification
Exstream | Worlds First Portable Ventilation Fan with ATEX & IECEx Certification
 Technical Resources | Hazardous Area Zones | T Class Temperature Ratings | Explosive Atmospheres (Definitions)
Experts In Equipment for Explosive Atmospheres with ATEX & IECEx Certification
T&D are your first-choice provider of innovative and competitive solutions to ensure ATEX & IECEx Compliance for Hazardous Area Electrical, HVAC & Process Instrumentation Equipment to your UK and international projects.
Control Panels | Plugs | Isolators | Enclosures & Junction Boxes | Lighting | Control Stations | Motor Starters | Heat Trace | Gas Detection | Flame Detection | Process Instrumentation | Process Heating | Ventilation Fans | Security Access ControlÂ
Competitive Prices | Extensive Stocks | Technical Support | Express Delivery
Preventing Condensation To Keep Sugar In Free-Flowing Condition
Frost Protection For Industrial & Hazardous Areas
In the sixth of this blog series by Eltherm they will discuss the best electrical trace heating system that will ensure temperature maintenance in sugar silo. Below discusses the engineering, design, installation and commissioning of the complete electrical trace heating solution for a white sugar silo.
The quality of the stored product may be substantially affected by condensation. To prevent this and to keep the sugar in free-flowing condition, it is essential to heat the silo in order to maintain a constant temperature. An increasing number of refineries are turning to high-tech solutions with electrical heat tracing to achieve this.
A project that demonstrate Eltherm’s engineering and production expertise for complex projects is the electrical heated jacket for a Pfeifer & Langen silo in Jülich, Germany. The silo has a capacity of 60 000 tons, and an overall height of nearly 80 meters.
Prevent condensation to keep sugar in free-flowing condition
The Eltherm products used for this project:
Nordzucker in Nykøbing (Denmark) committed Eltherm for the engineering, design, installation and commissioning of the complete electrical trace heating solution for a white sugar silo. Heating requirements were calculated and the electrical heating system designed accordingly. All in all, the silo was completed as a turnkey project ready for operation, in the record time of just three weeks!
Sugar silo in Jülich, Germany
Eltherm engineers provided heating systems for two further sugar silos in the Middle East. The silos are almost 40 meters tall, with a diameter of 40 meters and a capacity of 40 000 tons. An elaborate heating cable construction several kilometres long on the outside walls and specially adapted controls ensure the maintenance of a constant temperature, so that there is no condensation to affect the quality of the stored sugar.
Thorne & Derrick specialise in providing specialist heating for industrial and hazardous areas including Eltherm’s heat tracing cables and heated hoses.
Eltherm heating products provide freeze protection, temperature maintenance and temperature control ranges of up to 1000°C and are used in many industries and applications from oil and gas to utilities and power generation. Eltherm products are manufactured to the highest hazardous area specifications including ATEX and IECEx for heating pipes, hoses, drums, vessels and IBC’s.
Eltherm self regulating heat trace cable provides frost protection and maintains product viscosity in pipes, tanks, drums and vessels
Thorne & Derrick International, based in the UK, can specify and supply from stock an extensive range of Electrical Heating Equipment for industrial and process heating applications – this includes temperature maintenance and frost protection (Winterisation) products for pipework, valves, IBC’s, drums, hoses, tanks and vessels. We produce custom silicone heaters for rapid and high temperature heat-up of complex shapes and surfaces – from concept, design to the delivery of standard or bespoke heaters on the shortest lead times. From the largest UK heat tracing cable stocks we deliver Electric Trace Heating Systems for pipework frost protection, ramp heating, roof/gutter snow melting and de-icing – enquire about our in-house design service.
Thorne & Derrick hold the largest UK stocks of frost protection & winterisation equipment to help keep your plant and personnel operational during the winter months.
Thorne & Derrick understand that prolonged periods of low ambient temperatures can bring operations to a standstill costing thousands of pounds in lost downtime.
Experts in heating solutions for use in industrial & explosive atmospheres, Thorne & Derrick have the knowledge & expertise to help clients prevent unnecessary down time this winter.
We can provide overnight delivery of Trace Heating Cables at the most competitive prices to guarantee frost protection of your pipelines and mechanical services.|Â Ask About Our Heat Trace Design Service.
💡 Contact us today and our skilled and friendly team can provide technical support as well as reliable, fit for purpose and compliant solutions to suit your exact requirements.
Trace Heating | Process Heating | Heating Jackets | Drum & IBC Heaters | Heated Hoses |Silicone Heating Mats
➡See our Winterisation blog TOP PICKS, including our most read articles about Trace Heating and the requirement for electrical heating products and systems to combat and mitigate Winter weather effects.
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Africa, Industry, Business, Factory, Storage – Wide Image from a Dairy Plant in Africa
This Case Application for “The Bulldog” electric heater, which is manufactured by EXHEAT and is stocked and distributed exclusively in the UK by Thorne & Derrick, focuses on an application whereby the client required a solution to ensure the safety and comfort of operatives working on the production floor in a Hazardous Area.
The client are active in the production, sales, research and development of organic anhydrides and their derivatives, operating in hazardous zone environments.
Industry Sector | Production
Hazardous Areas & Explosive Atmospheres
Electrical Heater Application & Benefits  | The portable electric fan heater with ATEX Certification was selected after careful competitor evaluation to provide a safe comfort heating solution to production floor operatives.
A solution was required to safely heat an indoor manufacturing facility to provide operatives with comfortable working conditions to enable continued worker productivity. The factory operatives required sufficient levels of air warming, in the hazardous area environment, to overcome low ambient temperatures and maintain labour productivity.
According to HSE law, the minimum temperature in a workplace should be at least 16 degrees Celsius, or 13 degrees where work involves physical rigorous effort.
Thorne & Derrick have assisted with this application by supplying a suitable heating product to deliver the required localised heating, while adhering to safety regulations in the Hazardous Area. The ‘Bulldog’ ATEX portable heater has not only delivered the required working temperatures to the workers, but has also enabled further worker productivity.
This localised comfort heating solution serves as an efficient alternative to heating the entire factory – which could lead to potential significant heat loss and costly energy requirements. In this instance, the client required a fixed heating solution which was achieved by supplying the portable ‘Exheat MFH Bulldog’ along with wall mounting brackets to secure the heater into a fixed position.
Thorne & Derrick are aware of how cold weather could inflict catastrophic damage to your plant and facilities. This Winter, we have supplied a range of winterisation preventative equipment, to ensure the continued operation of facilities and safety of workers. Preventative maintenance today can safeguard and protect your processes against crippling downtime, revenue and output losses.
We provided the solution to the client of the EXHEAT MFH, which is ATEX & IECEx certified, and offers Ingress protection of IP65. The MFH heater (“Bulldog”) is constructed with polyamide PA66 with glass and steel fibre reinforcement.
Along with the ATEX Bulldog Heater, we also provided a range of additional and essential hazardous area equipment, including ATEX drum jackets, radiators and IBC heaters, to assist with the application further.
Manufacturer EXHEAT | Heater Range MFH The Bulldog
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The MFH Portable Fan Heater | Features & Benefits
The MFH Portable Fan Heater manufactured by EXHEAT and Distributed Exclusively in the UK by Thorne & Derrick is the world’s first truly portable fan assisted heater with dual hazardous area ATEX & IECEX Certification. The portable heater has been extensively adopted by the process and hazardous area industries to safely provide temporary and portable air warming to workplaces in potentially explosive atmospheres.
Also Ask About The EXHEAT LFH
Thorne & Derrick are leaders in the development and distribution of Product Innovations that deliver significant improvements to clients plant, people and operational safety in the explosive atmosphere industries.
Your proactive problem solvers experienced in succession planning for the replacement of obsolete, non-conformant and legacy equipment in hazardous areas.
Your first-choice provider of innovative and competitive solutions to ensure ATEX & IECEx Compliance for Hazardous Area Electrical, HVAC & Process Instrumentation Equipment to UK and international projects.
Control Panels | Plugs | Isolators | Enclosures & Junction Boxes | Lighting | Control Stations | Motor Starters | Heat Trace | Gas Detection | Flame Detection | Process Instrumentation | Process Heating | Ventilation Fans | Security Access ControlÂ
Competitive Prices | Extensive Stocks | Technical Support | Express Delivery
Hazardous Area Industry
Thorne & Derrick together with Raytec are pleased to invite you to register for their joint webinar. This webinar is aimed at owners, operators, end users, specifiers and contractors working within the explosive atmosphere industry. All of the aforementioned will gain a better understanding of impact the UKCA scheme will have on them when it is fully implemented 1st Jan 2022.
All products currently with ATEX certification will need to comply with the UKCA mark when it is introduced next year.
UK manufacturer of hazardous area lighting Raytec are at the forefront of R&D and compliance and are ready to share their knowledge of the latest certification criteria alongside Thorne & Derrick.
When: Tuesday 27th April 10.00am GMT (London)
Duration: 30mins
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7496080365725878544
Thorne & Derrick International, based in the UK, are Preferred Distributors and Stockists for the Raytec SPARTAN range of ATEX lighting using LED technology for the illumination of hazardous area locations and potentially explosive atmospheres.
See how Raytec have been working closely with UK notified body, Eurofins CML to ensure certificates are constantly updated to the latest edition of the standards for all hazardous area lighting in their range in the following Blog.
➡ UKCA Certified Hazardous Area Lighting from Raytec SPARTAN
💡 Did you Know? Thorne & Derrick using latest software provide a FREE LIGHTING DESIGN SERVICE for the specification and supply of ATEX & IECEx Certified light fittings to provide safe and reliable lighting in explosive atmospheres and hazardous area locations.
SPARTANÂ is a full range of Ex LED luminaires and lighting approved for all ATEX and IEC Ex Zone 1 and Zone 2 hazardous area environments, including UL /CSA C1D2 installations. The hazardous area lighting products are designed for the most extreme environments – Flood, Linear, Bulkhead, Bay and Crane luminaires with emergency and industrial lighting versions are also available from Thorne & Derrick International.
âž¡ Further Reading: UKCA ATEX & Hazardous Area Equipment Certification
Thorne & Derrick are leaders in the development and distribution of Product Innovations that deliver significant improvements to clients plant, people and operational safety in the explosive atmosphere industries.
Your proactive problem solvers experienced in succession planning for the replacement of obsolete, non-conformant and legacy equipment in hazardous areas.
Your first-choice provider of innovative and competitive solutions to ensure ATEX & IECEx Compliance for Hazardous Area Electrical, HVAC & Process Instrumentation Equipment to UK and international projects.
Follow our Showcase Page on LinkedIn to receive hazardous area product innovations, industry news, whitepapers, videos, technical tips and training webinars for professionals involved in the explosive atmosphere industries.
Published 13 Mar 2020
Press Release Date: 02.04.2020 uploaded by Chris Dodds (T&D Sales + Marketing Manager) World’s First Fully Certified ATEX Doors Thorne & Derrick International, the Experts in Equipment for Explosive Atmospheres, today announce the signing of a Commercial Distribution Agreement...
Published 04 Jul 2019
Press Release Date: 04.07.2019 uploaded by Chris Dodds (T&D Sales + Marketing Manager) Category: Stockist Distributor Agreement Announcement Thorne & Derrick International announce that they have signed a Preferred Distributor Agreement with Raytec, the world leading manufacturer of LED...
