Improving workplace safety with Hawke International
Hazardous area thread adaptors remove thread conversion issues
TO help overcome fitting issues, hazardous area cable connection specialists Hawke International have made available an extensive range of thread adaptors, reducers and fittings. The company says these allow interconnection of dissimilar-sized connections on cable glands and enclosures while remaining compliant with international standards and approvals. This ensures that the integrity of equipment and safety in hazardous environments is not compromised.
Hawke’s hazardous area products are in use worldwide, so installers and contractors may need to adapt equipment to meet local engineering practice or national standards and codes. The incompatibility of threads due to size or pitch is a typical problem.
Product specialist James Ellerker explained: ‘It can be frustrating and time-consuming when an installer finds that the enclosure cable entry thread and that of the connecting cable gland are different. This may happen at a key stage and result in delays to expensive, time-critical capital programmes. Our comprehensive range of thread adaptors allows these problems to be speedily and effectively overcome.’
Hawke’s range of thread adaptors is designed convert into two sizes above the original diameter and an unlimited range of sizes below. Many variations are possible, including: male-to-female or female-to-male thread conversions; elbows for 90° connections; in-line unions; earth lead adaptors; breather drains; and stopping plugs.
Adaptors are manufactured to the same exacting standards as the Hawke International glands and connectors. They use the same high-grade materials and production processes certified to ISO9001. Equipment is tested to the latest IEC/EN60079 standards and is dual ATEX- and IECEx-certified.
