Wireless Connectivity

Our portfolio of products for creating wireless networks in hazardous areas offers a wide range of different variations. These provide maximum flexibility in material quality, sizing, and connection methods to suit hugely diverse global requirements. Our solutions are based on the use of high-quality standard access points, repeaters, and gateways from industry leaders such as Cisco, Aruba, and Ericsson, or from other companies of our customers’ choosing. Our solutions enable our customers to use the same wireless network equipment in hazardous areas as they do in their offices and safe zones.

Our wireless solutions for Ex areas can be used to set up any wireless network in Zones 1 and 2, whether it’s Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, WirelessHART, or 4G/LTE and 5G. We consider it important to ensure that each solution can be used across different global hazardous locations, as well as across multiple zones and/or divisions. This means that even though devices may change, their functions remain the same. Ultimately, we understand that our customers don’t simply need devices; they need a range of applications. What matters in each case is the specific task at hand, not a particular transmission method or an area’s hazard classification.

Our network solutions are used in a huge variety of industries and locations all over the world. They are certified for use in Zone 1 under both IECEx and ATEX, as well as under numerous regional standards, including NEC/CEC for North America and INMETRO for Brazil. Today, thousands of BARTEC devices are installed in the most diverse corners of the world and enable wireless networks in hazardous areas in factories, on oil rigs, aboard ships, and in processing facilities, both onshore and offshore.

Wireless solutions support efficient task handling in these times of skilled worker shortages, as well as providing employee safety through man down functions that automatically make emergency calls in critical situations.

In some application areas, the light weight and compact size of our solutions have opened up new installation opportunities, offering customers added value in areas where traditional enclosures would take up too much space or would be difficult to install and maintain due to their bulky design and heavy weight. Other customers choose our solutions for their almost maintenance-free qualities. Fewer external antennas mean fewer cable pull-throughs and fewer components to be potentially damaged or subjected to wear and tear in harsh conditions.