// EXPLOSION PROTECTION

SECURITY FOR EXPLOSIVE
ENDANGERED AREAS


Switchgear products in potentially explosive environments have to fulfil special requirements. steute has been at home in this field for many years and has acquired comprehensive expertise about explosion protection. Our product range was quick to adhere to the EC guideline 94/9/EG (ATEX), since when it has continually expanded – with the result that today steute offers the most comprehensive range of switchgear products for the field of explosion protection worldwide.

Our explosion protection portfolio includes position switches, footswitches, pull-wire switches, magnetic switches and other switchgear for dust and gas-explosive areas classed as zone 1 & 2 or 21 & 22. Another extensive part of our range comprises Ex safety switches in various versions.



// Events

7th until 9th September, 2010

Automatik 2010, Brøndby - Danmark

13th until 17th September, 2010

MSV, Brno - Czech Republic

27th until 29th September, 2010

IPB, Shanghai - China

// Press

Also available as a wireless version using »Energy Harvesting« technology

Command and Indicator Switches for Potentially Explosive Atmospheres

Robust Emergency Pull-Wire Switch in Ex Design

It is immediately obvious that this new switchgear has been designed specifically for rough environmental conditions and heavy-duty applications: the emergency pull-wire switch EEx ZS 90 S made by steute is equipped with a...

// New products

New footswitches for explosive areas

At the Hanover Fair, steute's business area Explosion Protection will be presenting two new footswitches developed for industrial environments where it is not feasible or not desirable to operate machines by hand. The first of...

Belt-alignment switch with advance warning function

Belt-alignment switches are integrated in many bulk goods conveyors as important and easy-to-install monitoring systems. A roller connected to a switch sweeps the conveyor belt. If the conveyor belt is off-track, the roller will...