A useful guide to gas and flame monitoring

The 'Guide to Gas and Flame Monitoring' from General Monitors will help to safeguard against the dangers of combustible, flammable and toxic environments.

Process, plant and safety engineers with responsibility for operations with hazardous conditions will find the 'Guide to Gas and Flame Monitoring' from General Monitors offers comprehensive product and application information designed to help them safeguard employees, equipment and facilities from the dangers of combustible, flammable and toxic environments.

General Monitors supplies a comprehensive range of gas and flame detection products and systems that are designed for precision sensing, alarming, emergency shutdown and incident suppression.

The companys safety record is said to be unmatched within the industry, and its products recognised around the globe for their exceptional reliability, proven technologies, ease-of-use, low maintenance, long-life and superior value.

Gas and flame detection products developed by General Monitors utilise the industrys major sensing technologies, including catalytic bead, metal oxide semiconductor (MOS), infrared (IR) point, infrared open path and electrochemical cell.

The company is well known as an early innovator and pioneer in making many of these sensing technologies viable for industrial application.

The companys MOS sensors provide reliable protection against hydrogen sulphide gas, while the catalytic bead detectors support a wide range of combustible gas and vapour detection applications.

IR fixed point and open path detectors developed by the company are suitable for monitoring large areas of plant for the presence of combustible gases.

Its UV and UV/IR sensors detect flames to prevent full-scale fire incidents.

The companys electrochemical cell sensors were designed for fixed and portable toxic gas detection, as well as oxygen deficiency monitoring.

Gas and flame detectors and systems manufactured by General Monitors are in use today around the world.

They are employed in a wide range of hazardous industries, such as oil/gas production, petrochemical refining, mining, wastewater treatment and many more, where their rugged design, exceptional performance and superior reliability make them an excellent choice.

General Monitors certifies its quality systems to IS0 9001:2000.

The companys quality systems and programmes ensure that its products meet the standards set internally by management as well as the external expectations of its diverse customer base.

Its products meet all major global standards, including: ATEX, CSA, CE marking, CENELEC, CUL, FM, GOST, IEC, ISA, NEC, UL, VDS, VNIIPO and many others.

With engineering, manufacturing, support and sales operations strategically placed around the globe, General Monitors is available as a local resource to help process, plant and safety engineers with their safety monitoring applications.

Furthermore, the companys field engineers and technicians are highly experienced and well trained; they offer years of in-depth expertise in solving the most difficult hazardous environment challenges.

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