Comfort Heating For Factory Workers | Portable Heating Solution

Published 12 Feb 2021

Comfort Heating For factory Workers In Hazardous Areas

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 who work in a flooring production factory in a Hazardous Area.

The client manufactures a range of commercial floor coverings across a number of factories operating in hazardous zone environments.

Industry Sector | Manufacturing

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 factory operatives in the manufacturing industry.

A portable 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.

Comfort Heating For Factory Workers

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 the required workstations, 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 in the warehouse, but has also enabled further worker productivity.

This localised heating solution serves as an efficient alternative to heating the entire factory – which could lead to potential significant heat loss and costly energy requirements.

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EXHEAT MFH

We provided the solution to the client of the EXHEAT MFH, 5.5-240 model, 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.

T Class Rating T3
Classified Hazardous Area Zone 1/2 (IIB) or Zone 21/22 (IIIC)
Nominal Heat Output 5.5kW

Manufacturer EXHEAT | Heater Range MFH The Bulldog

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The MFH Portable Fan Heater | Features & Benefits

ATEX Heaters Hazardous Area Heating EXHEAT Bulldog

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.

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