INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

IMACHINE's team can provide a range of engineering services, delivered by experts in the field of Hazardous Areas, specialising in the following areas:

• Electrical, Instrumentation and Control System Engineering design;

• Design for hazardous area installations and selection of hazardous area equipment;

• Plant 3D modelling, 2D layout mapping and drafting, upgrades and change management, specialising in brownfields plants, de-engineering and compliance upgrades;

• Process, Instrument and Control System specification, design, programming, auditing and calibration services;

• Intrinsic safety installation design and compliance, in addition to product design and certification management;

• EEHA electrical and instrumentation project management, procurement and installation;

• EEHA skid and controls fabrication and manufacture of custom equipment;

• Commissioning, FAT, SAT, EI&C calibration, control loop tuning, plant optimisation;

• Operator training, user manual documentation, SOP and plant handover;

• Process control and Automation Systems Compliance, HAZOP, Risk Assessment and Auditing;

• AS/NZS 60079.10.1 Explosive Gas Atmospheres series - Hazardous Areas Classification, Hazardous Areas Verification Dossiers for flammable and combustible liquids and gases;

• AS/NZS 60079.10.2 Explosive Dust Atmospheres series - Hazardous Areas Classification, Hazardous Areas Verification Dossiers for combustible dusts;

• AS/NZS 60079 series - EEHA (Electrical Equipment for Hazardous Areas) Inspections and Audits;

• AS/NZS 4024 series - Electrical Safe Guarding of Machinery Risk Assessment, categorisation and system design, emergency stop and emergency shutdown, EI&C System safety and installation compliance upgrades;

• AS/NZS 1940 The storage and handling of flammable and combustible liquids series - assistance with laboratory classification, design assistance, tank and bunding auditing, plant layout review, reporting, defect analysis and engineering assistance;

• United Nations Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS), classification to category 1-4 and equivalent ADG Codes;

• The Australian Dangerous Goods Code (ADG Code) which is the Australian Code for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail, Class and Packing Group (PG) classification.

• Qualified 3rd party audits, defect identification and risk categorisation, risk assessments, product and installation design and compliance, standards compliance auditing and functional testing reports;

• Gas detection, alarming and shutdown systems, including remote alert systems, for Hazardous Areas and Dangerous Goods;

• Remediation of defects and non-compliant electrical installations by qualified EEHA electrical technicians;

• Electronic hardware compliance and assistance with non IEX-Ex or AUS-Ex Conformity Assessment Documentation, such as ATEX equipment;

• Lithium battery charging/discharging management, System Design and Compliance;

• Automatic battery cooling and temperature control systems;

• RF compliance reviews and assistance, including antenna, radio and communications system design and compliance in Hazardous Areas;

• IEC 61508 / IEC 61511 - Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS / SIL levels) - LOPA;

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We have a strong understanding of Australian Standards, rules and regulations and can also offer complete engineering design services to assist in the process of compliant Hazardous Areas I&C design and design reviews.