ABB Kopex-Ex conduit and fitting systems are tried and trusted throughout the world
December 15, 2016 - At ABB we have a long track record of providing explosion protective products and services to a wide variety of industries and sectors that operate in potentially dangerous environments. This offering helps to ensure that businesses within the oil and gas, mining and mineral, chemical and pharmaceutical, and food and beverage sectors are able to operate safely, confident in the knowledge that the componets we provide are both dependable and tried and trusted.
Chief amongst these products for hazardous area applications are ABB Kopex-ex conduit and fitting systems. With electrification and digitalisation now at the heart of hazardous area exploration, extraction, transportation and manufacture, the protection of critical power and data cabling has never been more important. ABB Kopex-ex explosion protective conduit and fitting systems help to ensure these key electrical arteries remain safe, secure and dependable.
Featuring an unrivalled range of metallic and non-metallic conduits and fittings, the ABB Kopex-ex offering provides a diverse selection of characteristics and properties to meet the needs of virtually all hazardous area applications. In the event that an alternative specification is required, ABB are also able to provide bespoke conduit and fitting systems, tailor-made to our customers exacting needs.
ABB Kopex-ex products include metallic and nylon flexible conduits and fittings that meet the strictest worldwide accreditations and standards for use in explosive hazardous atmospheres, including ATEX/IECEx, UL/CSA, EAC Ex, INMETRO and CNEX. Our customers enjoy the administrative and cost saving benefits of a single source process, and the confidence of knowing that our components are certified to work safely and reliably all over the world, meeting local technical and legal standards.
With a combined temperature operating range spanning -35°C to +130°C, and options featuring galvanised steel and stainless steel cores, ABB Kopex-ex metallic conduits are designed, built, tried and trusted to provide protection against low fire hazards. These conduits are complimented by our range of fittings that feature a combined temperature operating range spanning -60ºC to +130ºC, all ingress protection rated IP66.
ABB Kopex-ex non-metallic conduits provide a solution for applications where static build up could the potentially cause explosion. Take our EXB range of anti-static nylon conduits; it has a static temperture operating range of -20°C to +80°C, offers < 106 Ω surface resistivity, and boasts and a wide array of product approvals.
Discover the complete range of ABB Kopex-ex conduit and fitting systems for hazardous area applications
To learn more about the ABB Kopex-ex conduit and fitting systems for hazardous area apps, or any of our other explosion protective products and services, complete this online enquiry form, or contact your local ABB office.
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