Extronics - Hazardous Area IoT Podcast

Key Considerations When Planning a Reliable Hazardous Area Wireless Network

In this episode we are going to be talking about how to plan for a successful hazardous area wireless deployment, what you should look out for, key considerations and the benefits of working with specialist. Our team are joined by expert guest, James Crowder, IT Consultant Architecture Specialist and founder of Interpretflow.

Can you buy and install non-certified wireless equipment inside a pre-certified hazardous area enclosure yourself?

Customers often ask us if they can install a standard wireless device inside a hazardous area enclosure themselves. The short answer is no, you can’t. There are some fundamental reasons for this, and these reasons are effectively the same for all hazardous area certification schemes around the world, including ATEX, IECEx, and North American standards under the jurisdiction of OSHA. Episode 2 explains some of these fundamental reasons in more depth. 

Deploying Hazardous Area Wireless and Remaining Compliant to Ex Standards

Welcome to the Extronics Hazardous area IoT Podcast. On our inaugural podcast episode, John Hartley CEO of Extronics and James Eastwood, Technical Sales Engineer talk about deploying wireless devices in hazardous areas, typical hazardous area wireless uses cases, how Ex standards dictate what you can and cannot do, how Ex device certification is managed and what options customer have when selecting the right option for them.