Safety is the most important thing on the job, so we must monitor applicable environments for harmful gases.
You need quality, trustworthy gas monitors anywhere naturally occurring or produced gases could be in the air. Some are harmless, while others can be a danger or poison to human, animal, plant and aquatic life. Many harmful gases are insidious with no odor, color, texture or other characteristics that make their presence obvious, or they might be harmless until mixed in a certain ratio with air, water or other materials.
Many different kinds of gases can cause trouble in industrial and other environments, including:
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulate the allowable amounts of dangerous gases and measure them in parts per million. The objective for the agencies and for business owners and managers is to monitor gases to detect lethal-concentration levels of any harmful materials. Fresh air contains about 21% oxygen, and the objective is to maintain that healthy level as well as meet government regulations.
Escaping or invading gases can threaten health and be a fire or an explosion hazard, so monitoring gases with a fixed gas-detection system or series of mobile gas-detection tools is a must in many businesses. Even where it is not required by law, monitoring makes good businesses sense if safety is the number-one priority.
Many broad industries use some kind of gas and air-monitoring tools, as well as many pockets and niche businesses within each one
Environmental Equipment & Supply offers a full line of RKI multi-gas instruments , which have enabled reliable gas-monitoring since 1994. They offer standard and special features for nearly any application your business or industry may require, such as instruments that are waterproof, resist shock, have built-in pumps, log data and display information clearly.
Each of the multi-gas detection tools, of course, can serve one or several purposes, and generally the instruments use these detection principles:
The following of gas-monitor models help you achieve safety
This device detects up to four gases: oxygen, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide and the percent-volume of combustibles, which is also called the low-explosive limit or LEL. The GX 2009 is ideal for use in confined spaces such as those encountered in mines, tunnels, underground construction and other applications in which monitoring is required using a device approved by the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
Its detection and accuracy ranges address many concerns
The GX 2009 fits in the palm of your hand and is the smallest and lightest of the multi-gas monitors at a weight of about five ounces. It includes a clear, easy-to-read LED display as well as an audible and a vibration alarm to alert you and your employees even if you work in a loud environment. Though small, this monitor is designed with workers in mind with features such as glow-in-the-dark buttons and controls you can manipulate while wearing gloves.
Data-logging features on the GX 2009 multi-gas monitor are compatible with most stationary and mobile operating systems. The tool also calibrates automatically and includes a design that is waterproof and coated with impact-resistant rubber to make it extra tough. It is RKI’s most popular rental model.
This monitor uses a microprocessor and keeps watch on five gases: oxygen, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, LEL and the percent-volume of methane. This handheld model resembles a small communications radio and is ideal for any confined spaces as with underground utility work, any enclosed project and projects involved in mining or tunnels. Other uses include gas-line purge testing and standard safety testing.
Accuracy and detection ranges of this instrument cover many situations:
At a weight of about 12 ounces, the GX 2012 is RKI’s smallest five-gas monitor with an internal sample-drawing pump. It can draw samples within a 50-foot range and has two options for power, alkaline or lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. This model includes automatic or single calibration, buttons that are easy to navigate while wearing gloves and high resistance to dust and water.
This device serves as a five-gas detector as well as a monitor for up to three kinds of explosive gas. The tracer is often used for leak detection, gas-pipeline monitoring and purge testing.
This tool gives you information on the percent of LEL, oxygen and carbon monoxide. For methane detection, the RKI Gas Tracer can be fitted with a sensor that reads to 10 parts-per-million and with a thermal conductivity sensor, will read up to 100% of the volume methane.
The tracer’s detection range and accuracy address a variety of needs:
The gas tracer also includes an internal sampling pump and easy-read LED display, weighs 12.3 ounces and features interchangeable power sources of alkaline or rechargeable batteries that enable 600 hours of data logging.
This instrument provides a versatile tool that detects up to six gases simultaneously and offers as many as 400 different gas-monitoring configurations . A powerful internal pump reaches up to 125 feet away with filters.
Its powerful operation features a practically all-encompassing array of detection ranges and high-ranking accuracy, including most of the “super toxic” gases that can invade our air:
The Eagle Portable Gas Monitor puts the air-monitoring power of infrared technology into your hands. The sampling pump delivers 6,000 hours of life for testing, and the instrument will run continuously for a 30-hour minimum with alkaline batteries.
The RKI Instruments Photo-Ionization Detectors sense up to six gases, the “standard four” of confined spaces, as well as two more toxic gases you can choose to monitor with the applicable filter, including a list of more than 600 volatile-organic compounds.
These handheld, portable detectors can be used in many applications:
The GX-6000 handheld model can go with you into harsh conditions to give reliable readings. It also features a simple display and easy-to-use buttons, as well as man-down and panic alarms and a strong, internal pump.
Its range and accuracy cover a number of needs:
The other Photo-Ionization Detector monitors for up to six gases and gives you powerful protection against invading gases. Its capacity for detection and accuracy include about a dozen other toxic elements besides the "top five:"
The versatile Eagle can display your information using three modes to see all gases at once or one at a time. You can select a large-font readout and your choice of scrolling automatically or manually. Eagle makes the idea of safety more universal with this tool since it can give the readout information in any one of five languages: English, French, German, Italian or Spanish.
These devices will serve your needs if you’re dealing with a concern about one type of gas or want a separate monitor to detect one of four gases.
They're pocket-sized instruments that weigh less than three ounces and will run for about 3,000 hours on two AAA alkaline batteries. Features of the single-gas monitors include data-logging software, protective boot, backlight, attachment clip and calibration station.
This instrument gives hands-free function among the single-gas monitors with a choice of carbon monoxide, oxygen and hydrogen sulfide. You wear it on your wrist and get all of the same function as a bigger single-gas monitor. GasWatch is the smallest, lightest monitor RKI offers and is popular in many industries where air quality is a concern:
These systems offer a series of 10 transmitter and receiver models to fit an array of needs in whatever environment you might have. They can be fitted to work alone or together in a series to detect everything from the basics and hydrogen to specific flammable or toxic gases, sometimes in a single-gas setup and others for multiple-gas detection.
Many are designed to withstand explosion, and you find them at work in a variety of applications:
Specialty instruments provide the tools needed to stay safe under what may be challenging or unusual circumstances. Maybe you need to protect against formaldehyde. Perhaps you have specific concerns about low oxygen levels or high methane. Specialty instruments can meet those needs and assuage your concern.
Environmental Equipment & Supply offers you the equipment and the expertise in how to use and maintain it. We encourage you to explore the options and let us help answer questions and establish the gas-detection system(s) that will keep you, your workers and your workplace safe and compliant.