Engineered to conquer dual extreme environments—explosive hazardous areas and frigid climates. Our customized explosion-proof industrial computers integrate industry-leading extreme low-temperature startup technology and intrinsic safety certifications, ensuring year-round automation and monitoring capabilities for energy facilities in the world's coldest regions, and have achieved large-scale successful deployment.
The Challenge: When Extreme Cold Meets Hazardous Areas
In extremely cold oil and gas production regions, traditional industrial computers face two major failure risks: first, the inability to start or unstable operation due to severe cold; second, the mandatory requirements for explosion-proof safety in hazardous environments. The customer needed a customized computing solution capable of reliable cold starts in environments below -40°C while simultaneously holding ATEX/IECEx explosion-proof certifications, to guarantee the uninterrupted operation of its production control and safety monitoring systems.
Our Customized Solution
We delivered a series of ruggedized computers specifically designed for frigid hazardous environments:
- BreakthroughUltra-Low Temperature Operation: Utilizesspecially designed power supplies, components, and thermal managementsystems to achieve cold starts and stable operation at -45°C, completely solving the problemof equipment failure in extreme cold climates.
- FullyCertified Intrinsic Safety: Theproduct is certified for ATEX/IECEx explosion-proof standards forZone 1/21 hazardous areas, meeting the strictest safetyregulations from hardware to interfaces, eliminating the risk ofelectrical ignition sources.
- FullySealed & Ruggedized Design: Employs ahigh-grade stainless steel enclosure providing IP66/IP67protection against ice, snow, condensation, salt spray, andphysical impact.
- ModularCustomization for Demanding Needs: Offersflexible configuration based on specific customer-site requirements forI/O, communication, and installation, ensuring seamless integration withexisting facilities.
Results Achieved & Validation
This product series has been successfully deployed across multiple production facilities within the customer's Arctic Circle operations. It has achieved 'zero freeze-related failures' and 'zero safety incidents' for critical automation systems throughout the long, harsh winters. This transformed what was once seasonal, high-risk maintenance work into predictable, highly reliable continuous production. Based on its exceptional reliability and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) advantages, this solution has earned high recognition from the customer and has achieved widespread and sustained large-scale application across their assets.
Broad Applicability of the Solution
This proven,-tested platform is also suitable for:
- Oil andgas exploration, production, and processing facilities within the ArcticCircle and at high altitudes.
- LiquefiedNatural Gas (LNG) terminals and storage/transportation facilities.
- Chemical,pharmaceutical, and mining production sites in frigid regions.
- Anyindustrial monitoring scenario with dual requirements forexplosion-proofing and ultra-low temperature operation.
