First wireless network solution for hazardous environments launched

Published: 7-Feb-2008

Extronics, a UK-based electrical and electronic equipment manufacturer, is helping process industry companies improve their productivity with the launch of a new range of wireless network products designed for use in hazardous environments.


The range is based on the worldwide 802.11 standard and is claimed to overcome the costs and timescales required to develop and certify voice and data networks and devices for extreme environments. It does this by taking advantage of the original OEM’s initial investment and re-engineering the equipment to suit the hazardous environments in the process industries.

Through its iWAP range of wireless access points Extronics can provide technologies such as WLAN, MESH routing, real time location, VoIP and telemetry. Extronics has also developed its wide range of iANT antennas to provide optimum coverage, bandwidth and distance for a variety of applications.

Paul Lazor, Extronics’ sales and marketing director, said: “Many facilities with hazardous areas have been held back in their drive for greater productivity because either the combination of cost and disruption to the site had ruled out installing wireless networks, or the technology was not available in the wider market to make wireless solutions robust and reliable enough.

“We have now reached a stage where we see a huge range of wireless and hand held devices that have the potential to revolutionise the process industries and we’ve set ourselves at the forefront of that today by launching our network and product range for use in extreme environments. We’re looking forward to helping create some exciting developments in the process industries in 2008”.

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