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The machine has done boom!

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

BOOM, onomatopoeic term in order to define alternatively an explosion.

Because in addition to guilty explosions, those of the bombs, there are explosions caused by the lack of good sense and by ignorance.

In fact to ignore the fact that a machinery may be at work in explosive atmospheres or potentially explosive atmospheres, means to design it wrongly and expose to serious risks users or even those who will find themselves in the surrounding area.

In fact the boom, not only economic, has the characteristic of enlarged unwieldy, spread quickly with great movements of energy and involve all AND ALL during its passage.

One of the checks that a good designer must do when he thinks of a machine and of its use is the environment in which it will operate and if this presents explosive property, he must immediately look the specific regulations which are related to this type of situation.