ISA12.16, Increased Safety for Zone 1, Hazardous Locations

Scope

The committee shall survey, monitor, and participate in the development of national and international standards, practices, and codes for increased safety as a protection technique, and promote the understanding of increased safety.

Purpose

1. To summarize current practices for increased safety as a protection technique for electrical equipment intended for use in hazardous (classified) locations.

2. To publish standards and practices for the construction, marking, and performance of equipment, using increased safety as a protection technique.

3. To submit proposals, as needed, for revisions to standards and practices outlining the various methods for increased safety to prevent ignition of flammable atmospheres.

A Word from the Chairman

ISA12.16 published ANSI/ISA-60079-7 (12.16.01), Explosive Atmospheres - Part 7: Equipment protection by increased safety "e" in 2008. The next revision will begin once IEC 60079-7, 5th edition is published.

Kurt Boegli, ISA12.16 Chairman

ISA Meetings

For information about all upcoming ISA12 meetings, please visit www.ISA12.org.

Key Committee Contacts

Kurt Boegli, Voting Member Chair
Phoenix Contact Inc
Harrisburg, PA
Phone: (717) 948-3452
Email: kboegli@phoenixcon.com

Mark Coppler, Voting Member Managing Director
Ametek, Inc.
Paoli, PA
Phone: (412) 826-2431
Email: mark.coppler@ametek.com

Eliana Beattie, Staff Contact
ISA
Research Triangle Park, NC
Phone: (919) 990-9228
Email: ebeattie@isa.org

Related Files

Fall 2006 SP12 Meeting Schedule (Adobe PDF File)
Spring 2006 SP12 Meeting Schedule (Adobe PDF File)
SP12 September 2005 Meeting Schedule (Adobe PDF File)

List of Standards for Committee

Contacts:

Donald Ankele Alternate Member	Steven Arnold Information Member AMETEK Drexelbrook Phone: (215) 293-4138 Fax: (215) 674-2731
A. Ballard Information Member Phone: (315) 695-3863	Eliana Beattie Staff Contact ISA Phone: (919) 990-9228 Fax: (919) 549-8288
Wolfgang Berner Voting Member R Stahl Inc Phone: (713) 792-9300 Fax: (713) 792-9301	David Bishop Information Member David N Bishop Consultant Phone: (985) 764-9902 Fax: (985) 764-4042
Steve Blais Information Member EGS Electrical Group Phone: (847) 268-6205 Fax: (847) 268-6009	Kurt Boegli Voting Member Chair Phoenix Contact Design & Manufacturing Inc Phone: (717) 948-3452 Fax: (717) 948-3468
Chris Bombria Information Member Fax: (303) 920-1077	Edward Briesch Voting Member Underwriters Laboratories Inc Phone: (847) 664-3174 Fax: (847) 313-3174
John Broomer Voting Member Redapt Phone: 01215267058	William Brown Information Member Maverick Engineering Phone: (281) 578-1898 Fax: (713) 469-4567
Christopher Casso Voting Member Nabors Industries Phone: (281) 774-5668 Fax: (281) 774-5640	Mark Coppler Voting Member Managing Director Ametek Inc Phone: (412) 826-2431 Fax: (412) 826-0686
Steve Czaniecki Voting Member Intrinsic Safety Concepts Inc Phone: (519) 651-2074 Fax: (519) 651-2518	Daniel Delaney Information Member GE Energy Phone: (260) 439-4513 Fax: (260) 439-4415
Paul Dobrowsky Information Member Innovative Technology Services Phone: (585) 797-4462	Robert Frease Information Member Fanuc Robotics Phone: (248) 377-7632 Fax: (248) 377-7363
Gurinder Garcha Information Member GE Energy Phone: (678) 844-6371	Edgar Geissler Information Member Bartec Us Corp Phone: (281) 214-8542 Fax: (281) 214-8547
Paul Hamer Information Member Chevron Texaco Corp Research & Tech Co Phone: (510) 242-7224 Fax: (510) 242-7222	Mike Herzog Information Member Rittal Corp Phone: (937) 629-2683 Fax: (937) 390-8392
Paul House Voting Member Thermon Industries Phone: (800) 820-4328 Fax: (512) 754-2438	David Jagger Information Member Bifold-Fluid Power Phone: +44 161 335 4777 Fax: +44 161 345 4780
Ben Johnson Information Member Thermon Mfg Co Phone: (512) 396-5801 Fax: (512) 396-3627	John Jonscher Voting Member Adalet PLM Phone: (216) 267-9000 Fax: (216) 267-1681
Joseph Kline Information Member US Electrical Motors Div Phone: (314) 595-8404 Fax: (314) 595-8492	Gary Kozinski Information Member GE Infrastructure Sensing Phone: (978) 437-1835 Fax: (978) 437-1011
Joseph Kuczka Voting Member Killark Phone: (314) 531-0460 Fax: (314) 531-7164	Chuck Kurtzman Information Member Rosemount Inc Phone: (952) 949-5171 Fax: (952) 949-5147
Steven Kushman Information Member Raychem Corp	William Lawrence Voting Member FM Approvals LLC Phone: (781) 255-4822 Fax: (781) 762-9375
William Leber Information Member EGS Electrical Group Phone: (773) 327-7200 Fax: (773) 327-0271	Sheryl Leverington Information Member
Nicholas Ludlam Voting Member FM Approvals Ltd Phone: + 44 (0) 1753 750471 Fax: +44 (0) 1753 868 700	Evans Massey Voting Member Baldor Electric Co Phone: (864) 281-2399 Fax: (864) 382-2718
Jon Miller Voting Member Detector Electronics Corp Phone: (952) 946-6488 Fax: (952) 944-1714	Andy Mobley Information Member
William Mostia Information Member SIS-Tech Solutions Phone: (281) 334-3169	Bernard Piquette Information Member INERIS
Manfred Popp Information Member TUV Bayern America Phone: (508) 777-7999 Fax: (508) 777-8441	Vincent Rowe Information Member Shell Canada Ltd Phone: (403) 691-3360 Fax: (403) 262-9263
Chester Sandberg Information Member Shell Oil Phone: (281) 544-3357	Jim Scheller Alternate Member Baldor Electric Co
Ted Schnaare Voting Member	Robert Seitz Voting Member Artech Engineering Phone: (907) 688-6040 Fax: (907) 688-9484
Rodolfo Sierra Information Member USCG Phone: (202) 372-1381	Ken Thompson Information Member MSA Co Phone: (724) 776-8916 Fax: (724) 776-8940
Ian Verhappen Information Member Industrial Automation Networks Inc Phone: (780) 842-4722 Fax: (780) 628-7352