Chemical industry:

Linde Safety Guard in ATEX environments

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BASF Personal Care and Nutrition GmbH benefits from a productive fleet through speed zones.

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The problem:

Bottlenecks and intersections of people in an explosive environment.

Fleet: Linde E20 in ATEX zone 1.

The solution:

Based on incidents and the possibility of harming people, BASF Personal Care and Nutrition GmbH in Düsseldorf, Germany, chose Linde Safety Guard. 

A bottleneck in production was mitigated and speed zones for forklifts were set up only where necessary. The entire fleet experienced an increase in productivity. 

The result:

  • Since this application, Linde Safety Guard has been available for ATEX environments  in Zone 1 as well.
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"Dangerous areas in one of our explosion-proof areas could be effectively defused with the new explosion-proof version of the Linde Safety Guard. Pedestrians are warned in good time by flashing lights at dangerous areas in forklift traffic. The speed of the forklift is reduced fully automatically and precisely. When pedestrians leave the danger area, the vehicle automatically increases its speed again. We are all very satisfied with the Linde Safety Guard."

 

Ralf Froitzheim, Asset Management, BASF Personal Care and Nutrition GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany

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