Hazardous Locations Protection Methods

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Make informed decisions on protection methods for your products. Once you know what direction to take your product, we’ll ensure you always work with the most experienced team for your desired protection method. Need help identifying your protection method? Find out about our Preliminary Evaluation services.

Protection Method Overview
Our team can help you understand the protection methods in the U.S., Canada, the European Union and global markets.

Division 2 / Zone 2
Division 2 / Zone 2 protection methods apply to products that will be installed in a Hazardous area where the hazard is not likely to occur under normal operation.

Intrinsic Safety
The Intrinsic Safety protection concept provides the highest level of protection for Division 1 / Zone 0-1 environments and can be used in Class I, II, and III.

Explosion & Flame Proof
The concept of Flame Proof / Explosion Proof protection contains the source of potential ignition within an enclosure that will withstand the pressure of an explosion.

Pressurization
To apply the Pressurization protection concept the function of the product must exclude gas by positive pressure differential.