Ident-Ex 01 Hand-held Scanner for Hazardous Areas

ecom instruments is expanding its mobile worker ecosystem with a new peripheral, the hand-held scanner Ident-Ex 01 for Division 1/Zone 1 and 21. The new enterprise mobility solution reportedly helps companies to substantially improve the way in which they operate, enforce security, provide safety and manage assets and workflows.

The Ident-Ex  01 is an intrinsically safe "all-in-one" bar code scanner and RFID reader for use in hazardous areas. With its modular design, the ultrarugged Bluetooth-capable Ident Ex 01 can be specifically configured to a customer´s needs and requirements and can be operated with just one hand. The changeable head modules – RFID, 1D/2D bar code – allow to read a wide range of RFID tags, 1D and 2D barcode types from every angle and different distances from 15 cm to 15 m.

Thanks to various adjustment options, even bar codes on highly reflective surfaces and poorly lit areas or in very bright sunlight no longer constitute a problem. In combination with GPS-enabled, connected devices such as the explosion-proof ecom smartphone Smart-Ex 01 and the tablet Tab-Ex 01, operating material and plant components can be quickly located. Workers, who often have to spend hours to inspect plants, can now assign assets more easily and accurately. Especially in emergency situations critical assets can be located more quickly, to swiftly and efficiently identify damage and prevent accidents.

The Bluetooth standard ensures that the Ident-Ex 01 (Bluetooth 2.1) is fully compatible with the Mobile Worker core products from ecom, like the Zone 1/21 and Division 1-certified Tablet Tab-Ex 01, the intrinsically safe Android LTE/4G smartphone Smart-Ex 01 and the intrinsically safe PDA with WWAN i.roc Ci70 -Ex. Likewise, all other commonly available mobile devices are supported.

The use of explosion-proof mobile hardware and peripherals enables new levels of collaboration in hazardous areas, as found in the chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, oil and gas, mining, power generation, and food and beverage industries. Key benefits are high levels of efficiency, productivity and safety, as well as improvements to data integrity and workflow and asset-management within hazardous industries.