Risk, Reliability and Safety

CE Marking

The European Machine Directive

Chemicals and Hazard Rating Systems

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) hazard system for chemical materials

Dust Explosions - Critical Temperatures and Concentrations

Critical temperatures and concentration parameters for some common substances as coal, zinc, uranium and more

Firestop Ratings

F-rating, T-rating and L-rating of firestopping systems

Flash Point

The flash point indicates how easy a chemical may ignite and burn

Hazardous Areas Classification - Europe

European hazardous areas classifications in zones, protection types, temperature codes and codes

Hazardous Areas Classification - North America

North American hazardous locations classification in classes, divisions and groups

Hazardous Areas Protection Techniques

Instrinsically safe systems, purged and pressurized systems, explosion-proof equipment, nonicendive circuits and components, oil immersed equipment, hermetically sealed equipment, dust-ignitionproof equipment

IP - Ingress Protection Ratings

IP - Ingress Protection rating is used to specify the environmental protection - electrical enclosure - of electrical equipment

Intrinsically Safe Equipment - an Introduction

Equipment and wiring incapable of releasing sufficient electrical or thermal energy under normal or abnormal conditions to cause ignition of a specific hazardous atmospheric mixture in its most easily ignited concentration

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NDT - Non Destructive Testing

Non-destructive testing of constructions

NEMA Electrical Enclosure Types

General description of NEMA electrical enclosures types

North American Hazardous Area Protection

Dust-ignition proof, explosion proof, instrinsically safe and nonincendive protection of hazardous areas

Reliability of Machine Components

Reliability of machine components and systems - Mean Time Between Failure - MTB

Safety Steam Valve Installation Guide

Guidelines to safety steam valve installation