Explosion Monitoring

Articles & Whitepapers

Solvent Safety in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

The manufacture of pharmaceutical products is a complex and multi-stage operation that can include processes such as blending, wet and dry granulation, milling, hot-melt extrusion, coating, andtablet pressing. Producing the exact formulation, release rate, consistency, and dosage form requires many chemical compounds and substances. Among the mare active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), the ...

Butane for THC and CBD Extraction Trend Requires Some Simple Steps to Stay Safe

On May 17th, 2020, twelve firefighters were injured after an explosion occurred at a facility where butane is used for cannabis extraction. It is not yet known if butane was the cause of the ...

Blasting planning tools

Dust monitoring of PVC dust to avoid an explosive atmosphere

Nitrogen Blanketing

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Volcanic activity and imminent eruptions can be detected with a novel new lightning warning system

In 2020 alone, the Smithsonian Institution recorded 67 confirmed volcanic eruptions from 63 different volcanoes. Of these recorded instances, 22 were from new eruptions that began within the year. Volcanoes are an incredible force of nature made ...

Minimizing risk – raising the blasting bar higher

Simple solutions for flammable refrigerant gases

New: Environmental Monitoring Unit (EMU)

Ashtead launches intrinsically safe dust monitor

Equipment & Solutions

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Diaphragm Metering Pump

Capacity range of single head pump: 1 – 60 l/h; 25 – 1 bar. The diaphragm metering pump EXtronic is perfectly suited for the sensitive use of liquid media in facilities with an explosive gas atmosphere as well as for mines at risk of firedamp, as it is approved in compliance with the EU EX Regulation 2014/34/EU (ATEX).