"SMART" devices from Extech
Technical solutions for a "SMART" plant or mine
Dear customers,
This month we will focus on a basket of products which can facilitate a "SMART" mine or plant. 
Did you know that our i.safe Mobile Android phones & tablets are now locally Ma Exia certified – see below!
Real-time location systems, Rugged or Ex Access Points, our range of IS phones & tablets and the RugiCAM-IP HD network camera.
Extech Safety Systems are the sole agents for MTL, Beka Associates, Extronics, MercuryHMI, and the authorised reseller for Aegex (Zone 1 tablets, CorDEX (Toughpix Camera) & Xplore Technologies in Southern Africa. Our signing with i.safe MOBILE (Android phones & tablets) early 2018 complements the product offering perfectly.
Extech – All you need for a ‘SMART’ mine or process plant!

Real-time location system (RTLS) on a process plant or underground in a mine; improved communications with rugged & Ex certified phones & tablets, improved security and safety. Extech can offer a comprehensive basket of products from several world leading companies.

Rugged or Ex Access Points can provide WIFI for Industrial Applications. The iWap107 Exd Flameproof enclosure allows industry standard APs like Cisco to be fitted in hazardous areas. Clever technology (iSolate501) allows for antennas to be classified as ‘simple apparatus’ and Exd connectors (iSolateCT) allow the antennas to exit the enclosure simply. See pictures below & certification info for process iWap107 & M2 version for underground coal mining.
              

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                       Ex tb [ia Da] IIIC T100°C Db     
                   

RTLS is one of a number of technologies that detects the current geolocation of a target, which may be anything from a vehicle to an item in a manufacturing plant to a person.

AeroScout technology (Extronics Advance) provides real-time location for assets and personnel, helping you improve safety, streamline operations, and increase productivity.
Upload your plant or mine layout into MobileView and issuing staff with WIFI tags allows for safety & security improvements

Software functionality offers MobileView Asset Management, Condition Monitoring, Evacuation Monitoring, Worker/People Safety and Visibility.
                                             T2 tag or iTag100 for hazardous areas.
i.safe Mobile Android phone & tablet are now available with local Ma (Group I zone 0 coal mining) approval. 
Improved communications, access in situ to standards & documentation, Push to Talk; Lone worker; Man down; Barcode scanning & all the usual applications you are used to your personal phone or tablet in a rugged waterproof IP68 form factor.
                                               IS520.1 4.5” smart phone & IS910.1 8” tablet
                                          Ex ib IIC T4 Gb; Ex ib IIIC T135°C Db IP6X; Ex ia I Ma

For more info https://extech.co.za/products/i-safemobile 

AEGEx10 Intrinsically Safe Windows 10 tablet
Aegex Technologies provides intrinsically safe solutions for the world’s most hazardous industrial operations in oil and gas, chemical, mining, pharmaceutical, public safety, utilities and other industries with explosive environments. 
Aegex solutions bring real-time connectivity to hazardous areas, helping organizations harness the power of data to optimize efficiency, safety and productivity.

                                                     Ex ib IIC T6 Gb, Tamb = -10°C…+50°C
                                              Ex ib IIIC T85°C Db IP6X, Tamb = -10°C…+50°C
                                                    Ex ib I Mb, Tamb = -10°C…+50°C

For more info https://extech.co.za/products/aegex 
MTL RugiCAM-IP HD network camera.
Resolution 1920x1080, 1290x720, D1, SXVGA, ONVIF compliant
Wi-Fi (optional) supporting 802.11 b/g/n standards
12VDC IS Power Supply Input or PoEx™ (Power over IS Ethernet)
                                                  Ex ia IIB T4 Ga; Ex ia IIIC T135°C Da
                                                       Ex ia I Ma Ta = -40ºC to +60ºC

For more info https://www.mtl-inst.com/product/mtl_rugicam-ip/

Come and visit the Extech stand at AAF which will be taking place on 4th to 6th June 2019 at the Dome https://www.africaautomationfair.com/ 
As sole agents for MTL, Beka Associates, Extronics, MercuryHMI and authorised reseller for AEGEx, CorDEX, i.safe MOBILE & XPlore Technologies in Southern Africa, below are some of the areas that Extech Safety Systems can assist with: 
• Intrinsically Safe Zener Barriers and Galvanic Isolators 
• HART Interfaces 
• Fieldbus 
• Industrial Ethernet 
• Industrial Security 
• Industrial Wireless Networks 
• Visualisation 
• Displays, Indicators, Sounders, Beacons and Lamps 
• Intrinsically Safe & Flameproof Cameras (incl. Infra Red)
• Rugged IS Smartphones & tablets (Android & Windows)
• Hazardous area Access Points for zone 1 (AP of your choice)
• Hazardous Area M2 (Zone 1) Access Point (AP of your choice) 
• Hazardous Area CCTV camera for Group I & II
• Hazardous Area Barcode scanners (Bluetooth) 
• Wifi/RFID Tracking (incl. Extronics Advance; Aeroscout Industrial) 
• Surge Protection 
• Process Alarm Equipment  
• Hazardous Area Access Control Systems


If you require anything further, please send us an email or give us a call.  We will be happy to assist!
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