Schmersal Explosion Proof Safety Light Curtains - Ideal For Your Harsh Environment
Introducing Schmersal's new Safety Light Curtains in an explosion proof design, meaning you can utilise their benefits even in your high risk application!
Schmersal has expanded its range of optoelectronic protective devices with a new series of safety light curtains in 'Ex design'.
Why Do I Need Ex?
Although we all know how great light curtains are at detecting when someone or something enters a dangerous area, in explosive environments, regular light curtains just aren't suitable.
That's where the ex design comes in. It's like a stamp of approval, indicating that these light curtains are specially made and tested to ensure they won't cause sparks that could lead to explosions. They meet strict ATEX safety standards and IECEx, INMETRO and CCC Ex are due to follow in the near future, making them safe to use in places where even a tiny spark could be a big problem.
Do I Need Them In My Application?
There is obviously an elevated risk of explosion in many areas of manufacturing, such as in the chemicals industry, refineries or paint shops where flammable coatings are being used. However, many other industries that process bulk materials are also at risk of explosion, such as in the animal feed or recycling, sawmills, or plants that process cereals and grains.
- EX d = gas atmospheres
- EX t = dust atmospheres
- EX op = optical radiation
What is Available?
Schmersal have designed their explosion proof safety light curtains for finger, hand and body detection, available in versions with either 14mm or 30mm resolution, and a range of between 0.3m and 20m. The waterproof and dust-proof devices achieve IP66 and IP67 protection class and also have the capability to be used outside - so you can use them wherever you need them!
Looking for more information? We can help with that...
If you want to know more about Schmersal Ex Design Safety Light Curtains, or have any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch by filling in the form below or calling us on 01254 685900 and our Internal Sales Advisors or Technical Support Engineers will be happy to chat!
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