Draeger Safety UK Limited launched its re-engineered escape hood portfolio for the water industry - the Parat series - at IWEX 2014, celebrating 125 years of innovation for the Dräger Group.

The escape hoods are quick and easy to use, protecting users in the water industry from toxic industrial and fire-related gases, vapours and particles for at least 15 minutes in three simple steps: open packaging, remove hood and put it on.

All hoods have a protective seal on the opening of the packaging to indicate whether it has been opened. The filter is sealed tightly with two filter plugs and once the packaging is opened, the filter plugs are automatically released and the hood is ready for use.

Dräger’s escape hoods are equipped with high-performance filters that have a service life of eight years and a total service life of 16 years if the filter is replaced.

The Dräger PARAT escape hoods have recently been recognised with an award in the iF product design award category, 2014. Click here for more information.

Dräger also showcased a range of safety solutions including the Dräger X-dock which will help the water industry stay on top of the testing and calibration of its portable gas detection instruments, at the same time as saving time and money.

The Dräger X-dock is an instrument calibration and management system which allows companies to complete automatic bump testing and calibration in seconds, using just a fraction of the test gas traditionally used with many other systems.

Significantly, the X-dock also offers a robust documentation and reporting function so that users can see the status of their portable gas detection instrument fleet at a glance and can produce calibration certificates without the need for a computer or printer.

With hundreds of very different and hazardous gases found in the water industry, the X-dock has the flexibility and range of multiple gas inlets to facilitate the use of different gas mixtures for testing and calibration, making it a highly advanced piece of technology. Because the system is completely automated, the potential for operator error is significantly lowered helping to boost gas detection safety rates.

To find out more about Dräger in the UK visit www.draeger.com