The Bently Nevada 136719-01 is a specialized Intrinsically Safe (IS) earthing I/O module engineered to establish secure explosion protection grounding within high-integrity industrial monitoring frameworks. Operating as a mandatory hardware bridge inside a 3500 chassis configuration that utilizes internal safety barriers, the unit provides a dedicated IS earth connection directly through the system's high-speed backplane. By routing fault currents safely to ground, the board eliminates the need for complex, bulky external earthing hardware while preserving total system integration, ensuring field transducer systems working in classified hazardous environments operate with zero risk of spark ignition.

n Temperature Measurement Accuracy: ±1 °C at an ambient reference of +25 °C (±15 °C over the entire permissible operating threshold)

n Ambient Operating Temperature: -30°C to +65°C (-22°F to +149°F) continuous chassis tracking

n Ambient Storage Temperature Range: -40°C to +85°C

n Relative Environmental Humidity: Up to 95% (Non-condensing state)

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Internal Barrier Rack Grounding: Installed straight into a rear slot of a Bently Nevada 3500 rack containing internal barriers. It bonds the safety backplane to the facility's intrinsic safety ground matrix, allowing standard monitor modules to receive direct, noise-immune feeds from hazardous area proximity probes without electrical fault risks.

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Oil, Gas, & Heavy Petrochemical Refining: Secures continuous radial vibration and axial position logging signals coming from multi-stage compressors and high-pressure fluid transfer pumps situated in explosive Class I, Div 1 zones.

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Oil, Gas, & Heavy Petrochemical Refining: Secures continuous radial vibration and axial position logging signals coming from multi-stage compressors and high-pressure fluid transfer pumps situated in explosive Class I, Div 1 zones.

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Chemical Processing & Pharmaceutical Batch Plants: Coordinates safe grounding lines for instrumentation measuring high-speed mixers and volatile material processing machinery to eliminate electrostatic or operational fault hazards.