IEP Technologies is the worldwide leading provider of explosion protection systems and services. For over 60 years we have provided protection solutions that can suppress, isolate and vent combustible dust or vapor explosions in process industries.
IEP Technologies operates through locations in the U.S., Germany, Switzerland, U.K., France and Turkey designing and servicing systems with a dedicated team of application engineers, regional sales managers and field engineers.
IEP Technologies became a Hoerbiger Business Segment in September 2015.
Mission
Our mission is to offer leading edge explosion protection solutions to our customers worldwide. We do this by designing the best protection solutions, manufacturing innovative explosion protection components; providing precise applications engineering; and supporting our customers with responsive sales/service professionals and programs such as our “You First” program which underscores the entire IEP Technologies organizations commitment to do whatever is necessary to ensure our customer’s satisfaction.
Innovations by IEP Technologies
IEP Technologies can point to thousands of IEP systems installed over the last 60 years together with the unmatched expertise of our scientists and engineers and a vast database of explosion protection test results and practical applications. We have led the way with a number of notable innovations:
- The establishment of a testing facility and calibrated test method for precise and repeatable results to be used in design verification;
- The evolution of computer-aided design for protection of vessels through determination of expected reduced explosion pressures for each vessel in a protected plant complex;
- The development of full scale explosion protection trials to validate design support tools;
- The use of full scale application design trials to provide data to quantify the reliability of system designs.
- The introduction of product innovations, such as a unique bimodal powder suppressant, a false activation immune dynamic pressure detector and multi-zone configurable control equipment;
- Advanced calculation tool for the design of connection protection – delivering clear guidance on the effective placement of isolation valves or chemical extinguishing barriers;
- Unique methodology for quantifying the performance (reliability) of explosion protection measures to improve system design robustness;
Today, IEP Technologies successfully suppresses 2 to 4 industrial explosions every month.
