What device is used for air alcohol measurement?
A gas measuring device is used for air alcohol measurement. It warns of dangerous gas concentrations in the air and is a cost-efficient solution for individual protection against flammable or toxic gases. A small device with a very big impact.
What does the X-am 5000 device do?
The X-am 5000 is a warning device for up to five gases, specially developed for personal gas monitoring. It reliably measures flammable gases and vapors as well as oxygen and harmful concentrations of toxic gases or organic vapors. The X-am 5000 is easy to operate and offers a fast response time to quickly detect potential hazards. An alarm is indicated visually, acoustically, and by vibration in the specified rhythm.
What does the device look like?
The X-am 5000 is a small, robust device in mobile phone format. It has a large display on which all values can be easily read. It also offers water and dust protection. The mobile device has a practical crocodile clip for attachment to the employee's trouser belt.
Where is the gas measuring device used?
At St. Kilian, we mainly use the device when entering our warehouses. Since it is compact and light, it is ideal for mobile use in our Bunker City. The X-am 5000 effectively supports us in monitoring ethanol in the air and alerts us if the permitted limit values in the air are exceeded.
Where does the ethanol in the air come from?
During the storage of spirit or whisky in wooden casks, water, ethanol, and aroma substances evaporate from the inside of the cask through the microscopically small pores of the wood and through the tiny spaces between the individual staves into the environment of the casks in the warehouse.
How does the gas measuring device measure?
The X-am 5000 is equipped with powerful electrochemical sensors that not only respond quickly to flammable gases and vapors but are also resistant to poisoning, thus enabling a long service life.
Are there other ethanol measuring devices at St. Kilian?
Absolutely. In addition to the portable gas measuring device X-am 5000, we naturally also have permanently installed measuring sensors in the production facilities in Rüdenau. For example, in our customer cask warehouse. These sensors also measure the ethanol content in the air. If the limit value is exceeded, an acoustic alarm is triggered, and a fan starts to reduce the ethanol concentration in the air.
Why is a high ethanol content in the air dangerous?
Like many other alcohols, ethanol is highly flammable and combustible. If the concentration of ethanol in the air exceeds the limit, a spark, triggered by a fire, flashlight, or even a mobile phone, can be enough to trigger a gas explosion. This poses an enormous danger to life and limb, but also to the distillery's warehouse and the whisky casks inside. Therefore, these rooms must be explosion-protected.
What does explosion protection mean?
Creating an Ex-atmosphere or using Ex-protected devices means that all electrical equipment and other potential ignition sources are specially designed and certified for use in potentially explosive atmospheres. This guarantees that they do not generate sparks that could lead to the ignition of flammable materials.
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