01
Oil and gas
- Zone 1
- IIC · hydrogen
- 12 h shift
Upstream fields, gas processing, terminals and offshore platforms sit under continuous hydrocarbon risk, with Zone 1 across wellheads, separators, flowlines, pump rooms and loading arms, and gas group IIC wherever hydrogen is present. The work is rounds, first line maintenance, permit sign-off and inspection, often kilometres from the control room. Four-constellation GNSS puts a defect on a coordinate rather than a description, and a 4,000 mAh battery has to carry a twelve hour shift because there is no charging inside a classified area.
02
Petrochemical and chemical
- Zone 1
- Zone 21 dust
- Turnarounds
A cracker, an olefins train or a fine chemicals plant mixes flammable vapour with solvent handling and, in polymer, catalyst and fertiliser areas, combustible dust. This is where a device designed for Zone 1 alone starts to fail the specification and Zone 21 matters. The job is operator rounds, sampling, isolation checks and turnaround coordination, where the number of contractors on site multiplies and every crew signing out one handset instead of a radio, a camera and a torch is a measurable saving.
03
Mining
- Methane & coal dust
- Zone 21
- IP68
Coal mining brings methane and coal dust together, which is the classic ignition case, and hard rock and mineral processing bring Zone 21 dust from crushing, conveying and milling. Underground adds poor coverage, heavy vibration and constant water. A rugged intrinsically safe handset here is doing shift handover, ventilation and gas readings, plant condition reporting and, critically, lone worker and emergency communication. IP68 sealing and a rugged build are not marketing lines in this sector, they are the difference between a device that lasts and one that is replaced quarterly.
04
Power generation
- IIC · hydrogen
- Zone 21 dust
- Outage work
Gas-fired and dual-fuel stations have classified areas around fuel gas skids, gas receiving stations, fuel oil handling and hydrogen-cooled generators, where hydrogen makes gas group IIC a genuine requirement rather than a nice-to-have. Coal and biomass plants add substantial Zone 21 dust in milling, conveying and silo areas. The device supports outage work, thermographic and visual inspection, switching support and the constant flow of photographs that feed a defect list.
05
Pharmaceutical and life sciences
- Zone 1 / 2
- Zone 21 / 22
- Wipe-down · IP68
Solvent handling in API and formulation suites creates Zone 1 and Zone 2 areas, and powder handling, granulation, milling and dispensing create Zone 21 and Zone 22. On top of the explosion risk sits a regulated environment: cleaning regimes, gowning, and documentation that has to be complete and attributable. IP68 sealing matters for wipe-down, the camera captures batch and deviation evidence, and MDM control over that camera keeps a device compliant with site data policy.
06
Marine and offshore
- Salt spray & damp
- Class society
- Shore video link
Tankers, gas carriers, FPSOs, drilling units and offshore wind service vessels carry classified areas around cargo tanks, pump rooms, hose handling stations and inert gas systems, in salt spray, vibration and permanent damp. Crews work far from support, so the handset is doing tank inspection records, cargo operations, maintenance under a class regime, and a video link to a shore-based superintendent. Bear in mind that marine service usually brings its own class society and flag state requirements on top of Ex certification, and those are checked per vessel.
