FEATURE PPE
UK FIRST IN HELMET SAFETY TECHNOLOGY
C
enturion Safety Products has announced a partnership with Swedish helmet safety
technology company Mips, which will see the British manufacturer incorporate the Mips (Multi- directional Impact Protection System) patented helmet-based technology within its Nexus helmet. When the Centurion Nexus with Mips helmet
technology launches in March 2021, Centurion will become the first UK manufacturer to offer Mips helmet technology in a hard hat and be the first company globally to incorporate the new Mips ‘cradle’ rotational impact protection system into their helmets.
HEAT EXCHANGERS SAVE GLOVE MANUFACTURER MONEY
In contrast with helmets which only use a foam
liner to reduce impact shock, the Centurion Nexus already features advanced protection in the form of a liner and six-point cradle system, which acts as a secondary layer, reducing impact shock further and helping to reduce risk for acquired brain injury. The addition of Mips helmet technology will further enhance the protection by decreasing rotational motion otherwise transferred to the head from certain oblique impacts. Injury statistics show that our head is likely to hit
the ground at an angle when we slip, trip or fall. Also when we receive an impact to the head from a falling object or debris, off centre, rotational motion may be introduced to the head. The Mips Low Friction Layer allows the head to move inside the helmet (10mm – 15mm relative motion in all directions) on certain angled impacts, which can redirect the harmful rotational motion otherwise transferred to the head. Studies show that the human brain is six to seven times more sensitive to rotational motion than linear motion. Impacts that generate rotational motion can cause strain to the brain tissue, which may lead to minor or severe brain trauma. Concussion injuries or even more serious brain injuries are commonly caused by rotational motion of the brain. Mips helmet technology is based on 25 years of
research and is already popular in the sports market where many skiers and cyclists consider Mips a must-have feature in their helmets. Combining the advanced industrial safety standards and superior comfort of the Centurion Nexus with Mips helmet technology will create a market-leading helmet protection system.
Centurion Safety Products
centurionsafety.eu 40 SPRING 2021 | INDUSTRIAL COMPLIANCE / INDUSTRIALCOMPLIANCE
The global coronavirus pandemic has created tremendous growth in the worldwide demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) including gloves. Malaysia is one of the largest producers of natural rubber and synthetic nitrile gloves, and many manufacturers have had to rapidly expand their production capabilities in response to the pandemic. Such rapid expansion can create challenges, but at the same time the use of heat recovery technology can save money and reduce the overall costs associated with expansion of the business, as HRS Heat Exchangers’ Matt Hale explains
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or a number of years, HRS Heat Exchangers has been supplying Malaysia’s
rubber glove manufacturers with heat exchangers to recover useful and valuable heat which would otherwise be wasted from processes such as chlorination, and wastewater treatment, as well as steam condensers and leaching tanks. HRS’s wide range of heat exchanger solutions mean that it is able to supply the ideal solution for any situation, from simple plate heat exchangers to more advanced tubular designs. In 2019 HRS was approached by one of
Malaysia’s glove manufacturers which was expanding capacity at its production plant in the north of the country. Two HRS PHE Series plate heat exchangers were installed to recover the heat from the leaching process. This was then used to pre-heat the fresh water used for washing and in the leaching tanks from 30°C to 60°C. One of the two heat exchanger units is kept in reserve as a standby unit to maximise heat recover when the main unit is being cleaned or serviced. Like other manufacturers, this
year the client has seen significant expansion due to demand caused by COVID-19 and again they asked HRS to supply two further PHE Series heat
exchangers for heat recovery. As before the units provide a temperature rise of 30°C using recovered heat, with a working capacity of 9,700 litres per hour. This means that the high efficiency unit successfully recovers around 466 kW of energy per hour, resulting in a four-month payback period from savings in purchased gas. Given the ongoing situation with regard
to COVID-19 around the world, HRS is continuing to receive new and repeat orders for heat exchangers from a number of glove manufactures in Malaysia.
HRS Heat Exchangers
www.hrs-heatexchangers.com
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