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At IMHX 2019, Pyroban® will be asking visitors ‘Are you active?’, encouraging those with operations in, or near to, potentially explosive atmospheres to consider their approach to keeping people safe. “For many applications with Zone 2 hazardous areas, active gas detection on mobile equipment is needed to help protect people,” …

A leading UK paints and coatings manufacturer has selected Pyroban® to provide explosion protection on its latest lift trucks operating in Zone 2 hazardous areas. The manufacturer makes paints and specialist coatings at its Distribution Centre which operates round the clock, moving more than 1000 pallets and servicing more than …

Chivas Brothers has introduced new explosion proof lift trucks to its whisky distillery in Tormore, nestled on the edge of the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland. The new Hyster® lift trucks have been converted by Pyroban® to make drivers aware of flammable whisky vapours and shut down the equipment automatically …

At IMHX 2019, Pyroban will continue its celebrations marking 50 years since the start of “Project Pyroban”. During IMHX, the UK’s largest logistics event held at the NEC from 24 – 27 September, Pyroban experts will be discussing a range of explosion protection solutions that help manage the risk of …

In 2019, explosion protection company Pyroban will celebrate 50 years of helping to keep people safe in potentially explosive atmospheres. At LogiMAT, from 19th – 21st February 2019 in Stuttgart, Germany, Pyroban will be inviting manufacturers and users of lift trucks, warehouse equipment, scrubber driers, cranes and other industrial vehicles …

Chemical manufacturer LANXESS Urethanes UK Ltd. has received a new generation of Pyroban® protected lift trucks for its operation in Baxenden, UK. The company handles large volumes of flammable material and relies on active explosion protection to alert the drivers if flammable material is present. “We predominantly manufacture urethane and …

To comply with European legislation, forklifts operating in potentially explosive atmospheres require special conversion to reduce the risk of ignition. But what does this involve? Safety company Pyroban explains. “A very small percentage of forklifts are used for operations in Zone 1, 2, 21 or 22 hazardous areas,” explains Steve …

New standards have called for increased safety performance levels for certain driver awareness systems in Zone 2 hazardous areas. The recent changes to EN1755* affect chemical companies, whisky distilleries and any manufacturing or logistics business using a system to alert lift truck drivers to the presence of an explosive atmosphere. …

ATEX lift truck users are being reminded that only fully trained Pyroban engineers can provide the annual safety audit known as the Ex-ASA. “Pyroban trains customer engineers to fix and maintain explosion protected handling equipment safely,” says Karolina Kurzawa, Aftersales Service and Training from Pyroban. “However, the training does not …

To meet the requirements of the new EU standard for explosion protected lift truck design, Pyroban has invested in a 2-year EN1755:2015 change programme. The EN1755:2015 standard, entitled ‘Safety of industrial trucks. Operation in potentially explosive atmospheres. Use in flammable gas, vapour, mist and dust’, supersedes EN1755:2000 and is mandatory …