Gain the ability to replicate safe-area weighing in hazardous areas by avoiding safety issues
Are you continuously seeking to improve your safety, health and environmental standards in your sensitive manufacturing operations while striving for increased productivity and product quality? Intrinsically safe scales give you the ability to replicate your weighing applications from safe areas into your classified hazardous areas without limiting functionality and productivity. These critical scales and intrinsically safe accessories provide you with weighing excellence and safe data collection in potentially explosive areas.
Beware of explosive conditions
A common way to eliminate potential explosions is to eliminate the conditions that cause explosions in the first place. An explosion needs oxygen, a flammable source and an ignition. Flammable sources include dust, such as powders; liquids, such as acetone; and vapors, such as the kind given off by alcohols. These may actually occur as part of the application performed. Hot surfaces, flames or hot gasses and sparks can all serve to ignite these flammable sources.
Eliminate ignition sources
One common method to avoid explosion is to remove ignition sources. Selection of the right ignition protection depends upon area classification and the requirements of the application. Choosing the right weighing and safe area equipment is the best protection against unintended explosion. Equipment should offer the same functionality both in and out of the safe area, and be easy to maintain. Intrinsically safe weighing provides the utmost ignition protection by eliminating ignition sources, such as unintended heat and sparks.
Intrinsically safe solutions
METTLER TOLEDO hazardous-area solutions turn the apparent contrasts inherent in ignition protection into one set of standards. Our wide selection of intrinsically safe weighing systems embraces balances, indicators and accessories, weigh modules and weighing platforms of any size, shape and capacity. We ensure full safety with globally approved equipment for explosive environments classified as Zone 1 and 21, or Division 1 and Zone 2 and 22, or Division 2.
Easy integration and enhanced productivity
All weighing solutions can be seamlessly integrated into the process landscape to boost productivity and increase product quality while keeping your workplace safe.
For more information about how appropriate ignition protection can help you provide safety for your employees while enhancing productivity and profitability, watch our webinar that describes various ignition protection methods today.