Tempress launches a new
generation of pressostats for monitoring purposes - SwipGuard
- to comply with new, more stringent EU safety regulations
The new Tempress -SwipGuard- pressostat design complies
in full with the new European Pressure Equipment Directive
(PED), which defines how safety equipment must operate and
be regulated. This measuring unit also complies with all
the requirements of German TuV certification.
"Our solution is the only approved electrical-mechanical
method available for monitoring process equipment. No other
company in Europe can supply pressostats with these capabilities.
We expect that this product will prove to be highly competitive
throughout the world," says Managing Director Bj?rn
Sahl.
Pressostat switches feature modular design, and can be
used in the process systems used in a wide range of industries.
If excess pressure occurs, this newly designed measuring
equipment sends a signal to the appropriate pump or valve,
which immediately turns itself off or shuts down. Without
such an effective alarm system, leaks that occur as a result
of excess pressure will result in media being released directly
into the production area, with significant waste and downtime
as a result.
Ideal for the food industry
Other benefits of the Tempress pressostat design include
the automonitoring function and the high level of hygiene.
Manufacturers of processing equipment for the food industry
place great emphasis on these exact characteristics.
One company that has tested and implemented pressostats
as safety switches is Invensys APV in Silkeborg, Denmark.
"It stands out from other safety systems by virtue
of its automonitoring function and the fact that it's more
hygienic," says Project Manager Wolfgang Schubert from
Invensys APV.
It was actually Invensys APV that started the ball rolling
with the development of this product. This important supplier
of large processing systems was looking for a device that
could protect the processing equipment from excess pressure
damage, without the hygiene risks associated with conventional
safety valves.
"As the demands placed on equipment that uses pressure-based
systems gradually got more and more stringent, we were compelled
to use approved safety equipment instead of the systems
we'd manufactured ourselves to minimise pressure. For reasons
of hygiene, we won't use standard safety valves in aseptic
plants if we can avoid it. With the new safety switch, however,
the equipment simply shuts down if the permitted pressure
limit is exceeded," Mr Schubert explains.
This measuring device is approved on the same level as
safety valves and complies with the hygiene requirements
that apply to food industry equipment.
"It's precisely this approval by the relevant authorities
that is absolutely crucial for us," emphasises Mr Schubert
and points out,
"This is a unique product that I'd love to have made
myself. However, it was Tempress that got the idea, and
they're also the ones with the expertise to put it into
practice
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