Intrinsically safe condition monitoring

A new intrinsically safe condition-monitoring data collector—Entek Enpac Ex fromRockwell Automation—allows data collection from mechanical equipment operating in Class 1 Div. 1 environments, while helping manufacturers and industrial users meet ATEX petrochemical certification requirements. The Entek Enpac Ex is specifically designed to meet ATEX Zone 0, a European Union category designation for areas where an explosive atmosphere is continuously present, or present for long periods.

Enpac is a family of Windows CE-based, two-channel data collectors and signal analyzers. According to Rockwell Automation, the Enpac data collectors are designed to help ensure safe and efficient condition monitoring of equipment found in many process industries with large rotating equipment, including marine, power generation, water/wastewater, and petrochemical. The Enpac Ex data collector is said to utilize the latest advances in analog and digital electronics, including digital signal processing and a powerful sigma-delta A/D converter to provide speed and accuracy in the data collection process.

—David Greenfield, editorial director, Control Engineering,dgreenfield@reedbusiness.com

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