How to ensure intrinsically safe inspection

摘要

In doing this, it allows instruments, technology and machinery to operate in environments classified as hazardous by regulatory directives such as 'Appareils destines a etre utilises en Atmospheres Explosives' (ATEX) or the 'International Electrotechnical Commission System' (IECEx). Dating back several years, intrinsic safety has been vital in keeping workers shielded from unnecessary incidents in the workplace that demands extra caution. Today the modern workplace often requires making detailed recordings with electronic and digital systems, so how can managers ensure intrinsically safe inspection is being carried out? One of the premier ways that organizations are choosing is paperless inspections run on intrinsically safe mobile devices. Part of the limiting factor in years gone by for inspection in certain industries was that mobile devices obviously passed electrical currents through their circuits. As this was unavoidable many inspectors and businesses initially missed out on the benefits of paperless inspection, enjoyed by so many other sectors. Thanks to intuitive engineering from the electronics industry, there is now a wide variety of smartphone and tablet mobile devices that are certified intrinsically safe (for Zone 1 and Zone 2 areas). What does this mean? Organizations that previously were unable to use such devices and take advantage of all the various corporate and business-minded applications on the vast iOS and Android app stores, can now do so. This means that paperless inspections have finally reached the organizations that operate with hazardous petrochemicals or have strict safety requirements due to their machinery, facility or local area. Not only do inspectors not have to carry round a host of measuring devices, recording equipment and reporting logbooks but a large majority of these can be combined into one safe device.