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Logan installs safety cages
Safety showers The award-winning Hughes Zero Power Cooler® is a maintenancefree cooling system for emergency tank showers. It is designed to ensure the delivery of tepid water, as per ANSI Z358.12014 guidelines, even in the most challenging environments. The system works in two phases whereby the night time ambient temperature is used to maintain the daytime temperature of the water. No moving parts means expensive service options are a thing of the past, while the innovative sealed system allows users to simply fit and forget. Visit www.hughes-safety.com and try the company’s carbon calculator tool to determine your carbon savings based on retrofitting the Zero Power Cooling System versus traditional chillers. Hughes Safety Showers is a leader in emergency safety shower, eye/face wash and decontamination equipment
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Tank-fed safety showers deliver tepid water in hot climates without the need for power
The cooling system can deliver tepid water, even in the most challenging environments.
manufacturing. Hughes’ rigorous approach to delivering high-quality products is evident throughout its
manufacturing processes. The company is audited to ISO standards, namely 45001:2018, 14001:2015 and 9001:2015.
Offshore safety Logan Industries, a hydraulic repair, manufacturing and rental company, has completed the design, fabrication and delivery of a set of safety cages to keep offshore technicians safe while inspecting subsea connectors on blowout preventer (BOP) stacks while on deck. Logan’s safety cage is designed to protect the safety of technicians working near the BOP, in the rare event that the load should accidentally drop. The safety cage is designed to absorb and stop a falling load of up to 450,000 lbs. Logan’s engineering team used their engineering expertise to come in with a solution that makes the customer’s operation more efficient and safer. Logan engineered and manufactured the safety cage in its Hempstead, Texas, facility. Dean Carey, technical director, Logan Industries, commented that the partnership demonstrates customers’ trust in Logan’s expertise in designing and engineering solutions for unique projects.
Ultrasound method for fire fighting foam tests Marine safety DNV has issued a verification statement allowing global survival technology specialist Survitec to use its fire foam testing process onbaord maritime vessels or offshore structures. Survitec’s new Produced Foam Live Test method uses ultrasound technology to verify the effectiveness of fire-fighting foam, according to IMO mandatory requirements. The ruling applies to any vessel or offshore
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strcutrue that has a deck foam system, a high expansion foam system (engine room) or heli-deck foam system. The ratio of foam concentrate and seawater has to be correct for the produced foam to work. It is thought to be the first-time ultrasound technology has been used to quantify the exact foam/water ratio. Two ultrasonic flowmeters are used to compare both values. Unlike existing techniques, the Survitec
method allows testing to be performed while the vessel is berthed alongisde, without having to discharge any foam overboard or send samples to testing labs. Current test methods entail the heavy consumption of costly concentrates, and the produced foam is discharged overboard. Survitec’s test does not need to use the concentrate or produce foam, using only seawater, making it more environmentally friendly than alternative solutions.
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