Prevention & protection
There are only two ways in which workers can be protected from environmental, chemical and biological hazards. One is by giving them protective clothing - gloves, boots and, where appropriate, ear and eye protection. The other is by providing portable warning equipment, which, in some cases, has to be carried and in others is sufficiently miniaturised that it can be worn on the person.
Inhaling fumes should not damage your health
A new laboratory in a leading research institute in the UK has just been dedicated to improving the welding working environment and making it safer.
It’s a (dangerous) gas
Gas detection is critical on a wide range of plants, in a wide range of industries. Brian Tinham looks at the issues with installation and particularly maintenance
ICL Plastics disaster
With the publication last month of Lord Gill's inquiry report into the ICL Plastics Glasgow disaster, Brian Tinham reviews the lessons to be learned for plant engineers everywhere.
Low-cost VOC sensors
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) perform many vital roles as fuels, solvents, feedstock and sterilants, to name a few. Monitoring their concentration is essential because of the potential health and safety risk that they pose. Alternative sensing technologies may bring down the costs involved, but care must be exercised in choosing the right one
Sensing invisible hazards
There is a new state-of-the-art in toxic and flammable gas sensor technologies that changes the art of what's possible. Dr Tom Shelley reports
What’s your poison?
For plant engineers keen to avoid disaster caused by flammable or toxic gas leaks, Steed Webzell provides an update on some of the latest sensing equipment and methodologies
Wired for sense
Although electrochemical sensors remain the bread and butter for gas detection, alternative technologies have come a long way, with the oil and gas sector leading the charge.