Thorne & Derrick & StuvEx | Technical Product Training
Published 21 May 2024
Thorne & Derrick | Approved Supplier of Static Earthing, Grounding & Bonding Systems | ATEX Certified Products & Solutions
Pictured L To R Front – Karen Van Aelst Product Manager at StuvEx | Dylan White Technical Sales Engineer at T&D | Terry McDonald Sales & BDM at T&D | Laura Mccabe Technical Sales Engineer at T&D | Chris Carpentier Production & Supply Chain Manager at StuvEx | Sam Ayres Sales Engineer at StuvEx
Back – Emilien Griffon Sales Engineer at StuvEx | Arto Van Bauwel Service Manager at StuvEx | Kevin De Lauw Product Developer at StuvEx | Peter Van Perre Team Supervisor at StuvEx | Karl Debilde Sales Engineer at StuvEx | Lee Dance Service Engineer at StuvEx
15th April 2024
Thorne & Derrick | Approved UK Partner and Distributor for StuvEx International
We would like to thank the team at StuvEx for hosting Thorne & Derrick at their headquarters in Belgium, Germany. This visit expanded our knowledge with the hands on technical training used in Static Earthing, Grounding & Bonding Systems.
Risk of Static Electricity in Explosive Atmospheres – Combustible dust can pose serious risks in several industries. It is crucial to implement measures to mitigate the risk of explosions. Thorne & Derrick witnessed firsthand, in a live controlled environment, the dangers that static electricity imposes in explosive atmospheres.
Preventing a Uncontrolled Electrostatic Discharge – Uncontrolled electrostatic discharges can be prevented by the installation of earthing and bonding systems – as a potential ignition source the safe and reliable control of static electricity is important in the safe operation of industry processes and manufacturing applications with potentially explosive atmospheres.
Thorne & Derrick visited StuvEx this week to get involved in technical product training in Belgium.
StuvEx is an international market leader in the manufacture of fire & explosion protection systems to protect people and plants against gas or dust explosions.
The video below demonstrates the result of an explosion caused by static electricity. The fuel for this explosion, you ask? 1 teaspoon of sugar! Knowledge of the risks associated with dust atmospheres is poor in comparison to gas atmospheres.
“Static electricity is often dangerously overlooked and misunderstood as a potential ignition source in gas/dust hazardous areas – it does much more than make your hair stand on end, electrostatic explosions and fires are fatal to life.”
Thorne & Derrick support the technical specification and competitive supply from stock of standard and customised static earthing solutions for the explosion protection of process operations and manufacturing applications when bulk handling combustible or flammable gases, liquids or powders.
Thank You for the warmest of welcomes to the excellent team at StuvEx for inviting us to Belgium for 2 days.
Thorne & Derrick | Approved Supplier of Static Earthing, Grounding & Bonding Systems | ATEX Certified Products & Solutions
STATIC EARTHING, GROUNDING & BONDING SYSTEMS
FOR HAZARDOUS AREAS ZONE 1 (21) & ZONE 2 (22) | ATEX CERTIFIED
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Should you require any customer support or service to enable the selection or specification of the correct Static Earthing Systems for use in explosive atmosphere locations in the hazardous area industries please do not hesitate to contact us.
StuvEx are an international manufacturer of a complete range of Static Earthing, Grounding & Bonding Solutions with ATEX & IECEx Certification for use in hazardous areas; this includes static bonding, grounding and earthing clamps, cables and reels for the safe control of electrostatic hazards and risks in Zone 1 / Zone 2 (Flammable Gas) and Zone 21 / Zone 22 (Combustible Dust) locations.
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| Static Grounding System For Tank Trucks – StuvEx Safe-Ground TES01-V2 | Multipoint Earthing Control System – StuvEx Safe-Ground MGS01 | Earthing & Bonding Systems Test Device – StuvEx Safe-Ground ReConn01 |
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| ATEX Stainless Steel Earthing Clamp – StuvEx Safe-Ground CMS1 | ATEX Cable Reel – StuvEx Safe-Ground CR1/65 | ATEX Spiral Earthing & Grounding Cables – StuvEx Safe-Ground SP1 |
EXPERTS IN EQUIPMENT FOR EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES
LEADERS IN ATEX INNOVATION TO THE HAZARDOUS AREA INDUSTRIES
Specialist Distributors of Electrical Heating, Lighting, Power & Process Instrumentation Equipment with ATEX IECEx Certification and DSEAR Regulatory Compliance to deliver significant safety and reliability improvements in the Industrial, Explosive Atmosphere & Energy sectors. Based in the UK, we are highly customer responsive and absolutely committed to providing a world-class service.
Since 1985, we have provided expert technical support and express delivery from extensive UK stocks to world-wide destinations.
