Alarms Reference Materials

Description: Continuous gas detection is essential for maintaining a safe workplace, particularly in environments where compressed gases, cryogenics, or combustion processes are present. ...

Description: Here is the story of Gary Walker, a homeowner in Warrick County, Indiana who faced an invisible danger after building his house on land once used for coal mining. His experience shines significant but ...

Description: When it comes to gas safety, inconsistency can be incredibly dangerous. That is why standard operating procedures (SOPs) provide a true framework that ensures both personnel and facilities can handle ...

Description: Compressed gas cylinders and tanks are used in a wide range of industries for a variety of purposes, including welding, pharmaceutical, hospitality, agriculture, and industrial manufacturing. Proper ...

Description: Portable detectors such as the PRO-10 Portable CO2 Safety Detector are designed to provide reliable, real-time monitoring, offering peace of mind and regulatory compliance in even the most dynamic ...

Description: At CO2Meter, we provide free downloadable CO2 safety signage that aligns with NBIC code requirements and is also included with every purchase of a CO2Meter CO2 safety alarm system. These signs include ...

Description: If you're already using a CO2 safety alarm in your restaurant, you've taken a great step toward protecting your staff and staying compliant. But safety is just one piece of the puzzle and today's most ...

Description: Building a compliant, efficient cultivation facility is both capital-intensive and technically complex. But with proper planning, personnel, and safety systems in place, the potential for profit is ...

Description: CO2Meter is committed to providing more than just gas detection equipment-we equip partners with the critical gas safety training and education needed to ensure long-term protection, compliance, and ...

Description: The Remote Oxygen Depletion Safety Alarm warns your staff before they enter an area with dangerously low oxygen levels caused by pressurized gas leaks. ...

Description: Monitoring carbon dioxide (CO2) levels can help to ensure the air quality in any given environment is safe and healthy for individuals and employees to breathe. At high levels of carbon dioxide this ...

Description: The RT-Platform Instruments (Vibration Sentry RT and Noise Sentry RT) now have software that can detect alarms and even send alarm-emails to recipients. This application note explains the ins and outs ...

Description: Accidents. Process upsets. Production downtime. Fire or gas leaks. These and other unexpected scenarios could hamper manufacturing, endanger workers, and threaten facilities and equipment. To help ...

Description: Audible alarms have been a mainstay on railway vehicles by choice for many decades, but their use on passenger railcars has been mandatory since 1990 with the introduction of the Americans with ...

Description: From smoke detectors to automobiles, audible alarms (also known to be called buzzers) have become a part of our everyday life. Some of the uses of these alarms are innocuous such as in a microwave ...

Description: The most common type of electronic audible alarm utilizes a piezoelectric transducer. The transducer consists of a metal disc with an attached ceramic material that flexes when voltage is applied. By ...

Description: These days, it seems that we are constantly being alerted with everything from beeps to buzzers. Personal Computers, virtually all types of home appliances, cars, farm implements, golf carts, medical ...

Description: The upsurge in audible alarm use in medical equipment cannot be traced to any one cause. Certainly, liability is a big factor, but also the market trend of integrating more and more functions in each ...

Description: The use of audible devices at pedestrian crosswalks to assist the visually impaired across intersections is more popular in Europe than in the U.S. However, that may be changing soon. The broader ...

Description: Even though the RoHS European deadline of July 1, 2006 has passed, many U.S. companies and even entire industries still do not know or care what RoHS means (see the RoHS primer at the end of this ...

Description: In 1968, the first true electronic alarm was offered to the market and engineers and system designers grasped pretty quickly that these alarms were a major advance over the current state-of-the-art ...