Find Out About Explosion Protection Techniques & Hazardous Area Equipment Protection Levels With Hazcon Apps

Published 29 May 2020

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Hazcon Inc.

Explosion Protection

& Hazardous Area Equipment

Hazcon Inc. provides a full suite of consulting services for manufacturers of electrical equipment for hazardous locations and explosive atmospheres.  Their primary focus is to help manufacturers prepare for all phases of certification of these products – from product design, approval and installation to certification maintenance.

NEW Explosion Protection Apps

Find out about Explosion Protection Techniques & Equipment Protection Level in just 10 seconds. 

These NEW explosion protection apps, brought to you by HAZCON, use excellent experience and knowledge that will help you through the certification approval process.


HAZCON 100 app

Not sure which protection techniques can be implemented for your electrical equipment intended to be installed and used in the zone system in hazardous areas? Try the FREE Hazcon100 App to learn which protection techniques apply in the zone system and to get a report immediately. Hazcon100 helps users navigate all available protection techniques for zone systems per IEC 60079 series in 10 seconds.

HAZCON 200 APP

The clear and correct markings of Ex equipment in the product name-plate and certificate will help the end users to procure and install the Ex equipment in hazardous areas correctly. However, unclear markings can result in missing the target clients of the Ex equipment and may lead to a wrong installation in the field.

If you would like to find out the correct International (IECEx), Europe (ATEX) and North American (for both Zone and Division systems) markings per each hazardous location protection technique, try the user-friendly and FREE Hazcon200 App and get accurate results in 10 seconds. This app provides a report of accurate markings for different types of certification and area classifications.

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Hazcon100 helps you navigate all the Explosion Protection Techniques for each Zone system and flammable substances and Ex equipment for use in hazardous locations. Hazcon200 helps you navigate the correct IECEx, ATEX and North American markings of Ex Equipment for each Explosion Protection Techniques & Equipment Protection Level (EPL).

If electrical equipment is not selected or installed properly, it can become an ignition source within hazardous areas and could lead to catastrophic loss. The markings of Ex equipment is a short description of the equipment and its protection technique.

It should be an essential consideration when developing, designing, evaluating, procuring and installing Ex Equipment.

If you need to find out the correct International (IECEx), European (ATEX) and North American (for both Zone and Division Systems) markings per each protection technique, try out the free and user-friendly Hazcon200 app.

Maintaining Hazardous Area

& Explosion Protection

Compliance & Certification

Hazardous Area Zones

Hazcon can help you navigate the complexities of the equipment design and certification processes (North American and international) through a proactive, step-by-step approach. The key to a successful certification application is being fully prepared before starting certification projects.


Further Reading

Optical Radiation | A Source Of Ignition In Hazardous Areas

Class I Division 1 Products & Hazardous Area Locations

Class I Division 2 Products & Hazardous Area Locations

The Importance Of Grounding Of Intrinsically Safe Devices In Hazardous Areas

 

Information Courtesy

Behzad Nejad, P. Eng. (Hazcon)

Director & Consulting Engineer at Hazcon Inc.; Hazardous Locations Consulting Services; IECEx, ATEX, CEC & NEC

Specializing in the design, safety and approval of electrical equipment for hazardous locations. 

Mr. Nejad has over 15 years of experience as an Electrical Engineer and is a sought after professional in the hzardous area and explosion protection industry. He is fully-qualified at the advanced level of all hazardous locations protection techniques including Intrinsic Safety & Non-incendive, Explosion Proof & Flame proof, Increased Safety, Non-arcing, Purging and Pressurization, Encapsulation, Optical Radiation, and Dust-tight enclosures. Mr. Nejad’s tenure in the industry includes  six years at the CSA certification agency, working closely with manufacturers (Emerson, GE, ABB, Siemens, Endress-Houser, VEGA etc.) as a technical and certification engineer for Hazardous locations equipment.



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