North American companies are beginning to move toward intrinsically-safe systems, already well established in Europe, that use currents and voltages too low to spark an explosion in a hazardous ...

If you’re responsible for overseeing operations in high-risk industries like oil and gas, mining, or chemical manufacturing, you know the threat of accidents in explosive atmospheres is ever-present.

Unlike explosion-proof schemes, which aim to contain explosions inside enclosures, intrinsic safety keeps them from ever happening at all. Consider whether it makes sense for your production ...