Eaton Introduces New Enclosure Design for Hazardous Industrial Environments, Helps Customers Reduce Risk and Costs

Date: May 2, 2016

SYRACUSE, NY — Power management company Eaton developed the first clamping enclosure technology for hazardous areas to help oil and gas and other industrial customers enhance safety and dramatically improve productivity. Eaton's Crouse-Hinds® series EBMX technology helps customers avoid unbolting enclosures to access internal motor control components for installation, maintenance or troubleshooting.

Eaton will display the new EBMX clamped enclosure technology at the 2016 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) May 2 to 5 at NRG Park in Houston, booth #3517. Attendees can learn how Eaton helps optimize performance to lower cost of ownership and enhance safety through innovative electrical and industrial solutions and advanced techniques.

"With our new clamped enclosure technology, customers can open and close enclosures 97 percent faster than traditional bolted solutions and reduce the risk of installation errors," said Craig Atwater, senior vice president and general manager, Americas, Eaton's Crouse-Hinds Division. "The EBMX enclosure is part of a portfolio of electrical product solutions for harsh and hazardous environments that help enhance safety and reduce risk by design."

The Eaton technology is the first National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) 7 classified enclosure to use clamping technology. The clamped enclosures are designed to automatically apply even pressure across the flame path and enhance safety by reducing installation errors and avoiding missing or improperly torqued bolts.

The EBMX enclosure is designed for motor control devices, including starters, combination-starters, disconnect switches and circuit breakers. Eaton's enclosure is rated for 65,000 ampere interrupting capacity (KAIC) at 480 volts and meets Underwriters Laboratories® (UL) 1203 standard for explosion-proof and dustproof equipment for use in hazardous locations. The equipment also meets National Electrical Code® (NEC) and Canadian Electrical Code (CEC) requirements and is built to withstand extreme temperatures from -50 to 60 degrees Celsius (°C).

To learn more about Eaton's Crouse-Hinds series enclosure technology, visit www.eaton.com/crouse-hinds.

Eaton offers a range of Crouse-Hinds series cable fittings, enclosures, plugs and receptacles, industrial lighting fixtures, signals and alarms, and electronic components designed for the most demanding environments. These products serve customers in the industrial and manufacturing, mining, oil and gas, solar, infrastructure and other markets.

Eaton's electrical business is a global leader with expertise in power distribution and circuit protection; backup power protection; control and automation; lighting and security; structural solutions and wiring devices; solutions for harsh and hazardous environments; and engineering services. Eaton is positioned through its global solutions to answer today's most critical electrical power management challenges.

Eaton is a power management company with 2015 sales of $20.9 billion. Eaton provides energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power more efficiently, safely and sustainably. Eaton has approximately 97,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries. For more information, visit www.eaton.com.

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