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Managing hazards in production
White paper examines EV fire prevention
Sensata Technologies, supplier of
sensor solutions, industrial controls,
power management, and electrical
protection, has launched a new white
paper – How the GigaFuse Helps
Maximise Safety in Advanced
Battery Systems. Advanced battery
systems need advanced circuit
protection solutions for reasons -
ranging from improving battery
safety and performance to
encouraging greater market
acceptance of Electrical Vehicles.
“The high current levels and
The importance
of process, policy
and procedure
operations safe in production areas.
Nilfisk manufacture a complete
range of ATEX certified industrial
vacuum cleaners designed to respect
the strictest safety standards. The
range extends from mobile vacuum
cleaners to centralised vacuum
systems.
www.nilfisk.co.uk
Tel: 01768 868995
IOSH course for social housing sector
everyone’s safety and health
responsibilities in the social housing
sector. 2) To enable managers and
supervisors to recognise how they
can influence, control and monitor
risk improving safety and health
issues in the social housing sector.
There are no prerequisites for the
course so it really is suitable for
anyone in a management role in the
social housing sector.
www.rrc.co.uk
Tel: 020 89443100
EN 54-22 approved solution
Facility
evacuation and
verification
system
TouchPath has launched ‘Touch
Facility Evacuation and Verification’,
a system that uses Active RFID
(radio frequency identification)
badge-and-reader technology to
record and track personnel entering,
leaving and using warehouse and
logistics, manufacturing or other
supply chain facilities.
In an emergency the system
ensures that all badged employees,
contractors and visitors are identified
immediately. The same system can
be integrated with other applications
to reduce the loss of tools,
equipment and other physical assets,
and to monitor employee time and
attendance.
The Active RFID badges used by
the TouchPath system can store
extensive information on an
individual and have a typical battery
life of three years.
‘Touch Facility Evacuation and
Verification’ uses RFID antennas
placed near entrances and exits and
other strategic locations to track
when badged personnel enter and
leave a building, to identify who is
present at fire muster points and to
track the exact location of those who
are not. Access to the system is by
mobile device or PC for location
reporting and search.
www.touchpath.com
Tel: 01422 399530
power densities in next-generation
battery systems demand equally
high-performance, highly precise
safety components,” writes Sensata’s
Markus Beck, the White Paper’s
author. “If the safety systems do not
work quickly and reliably, the entire
battery system can suffer a
catastrophic failure that could
seriously impact the product and its
user.” ‘Catastrophic failure’ includes
‘thermal runaway’ – or fire.
This whitepaper covers the ever-increasing
demand for improved
stored energy systems, the role of
fuses and contactors, as well as faster
and more precise next generation
technology solutions for protecting
EV batteries and power systems.
www.sensata.com
Tel: +1 508-236-3800
“We know the correct systems and
equipment to install; we know they
need to be well maintained and
compliant with relevant Standards;
we know the importance of an
escape plan. But as soon as someone
props open a fire door with an
extinguisher, the integrity of the
system collapses.” Systems need to be
adapted as a business changes.
www.evolutionsecurity.co.uk
Tel: 01628 530 380
John Brill, sales director for Nilfisk,
discusses managing hazardous
material in a production
environment.
Manufacturing output in the UK
accounts for 11% of economic
contribution. Whilst this figure
seems low there are still hundreds of
production sites where everyday
materials present a real risk to life.
Understanding the risks is key.
An explosion or fire will occur if a
combustible substance is present
together with oxygen and an ignition
source. Dust particle size is
particularly relevant as smaller
particles disperse easier in the air
and increase risk significantly.
ATEX certified Industrial Vacuum
Cleaners eliminate the ignition
trigger, removing the source of
ignition, making vacuum cleaning
RRC are described as the UK’s
largest provider of health and safety
training qualifications. Its in-house
course development team have been
working closely with the company’s
course writers who are experts in
their field.
Together they have produced this
new IOSH Managing Safely in Social
Housing course. Based on the
existing IOSH Managing Safely
program, the course is designed for
those who manage others, and who
manage risks and resources in the
social housing sector.
The course has two main learning
aims: 1) To give managers and
supervisors an understanding of
Thermocable has launched its new
EN 54-22 resettable line-type heat
detector, ProReact EN Analogue.
The EN 54-22:2015 Resettable
line-type heat detectors standard
specifies the requirements and
performance criteria for analogue
(resettable) line-type heat detectors
within Europe. In the past, some
line-type heat detectors were
approved in line with EN 54-5 Point
Heat Detectors, but this practice has
ceased in light of the introduction of
EN 54-22:2015.
The ProReact EN Analogue range
has recently gained VdS approval
(certificate number: G 220006)
establishing it as a market leading
linear heat detector, critical for it to
be used as part of an EN 54 fire
alarm system throughout Europe
and beyond. Until now, no other 4-
core analogue line-type heat
detector has been approved to EN
54-22.
Approved as a Class A1I, A2I and
BI heat detector, ProReact EN
Analogue is well qualified to be used
in a wide variety of applications and
areas with ceiling heights up-to 9m
(30ft), while remaining cost-effective
and simple to install.
www.thermocable.com
Tel: 01274 882359
Businesses are at risk of focusing on
the latest security technologies,
without giving proper thought to the
process, policy and procedures they
need to support them according to
Evolution, the integrated fire &
security systems business.
Part of the challenge, says head of
risk & design at Evolution, Brendan
McGarrity, is that whilst most firms
are conversant with relevant safety
regulations, and have the appropriate
systems installed, it is easy for the
integrity of those systems to be
compromised. “Take fire,”he says.
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