jwbizdev
Electrical
- Sep 4, 2019
- 1
I will preface this by stating that I am a part of the management team of a privately-owned company in the United States that manufactures and supplies NEMA 4X/7/9 enclosures to markets worldwide. Most of you probably won't have any idea who we are but if you source these enclosures, feel free to privately message me as I intend to comply with this sites' general anti-solicitation policy.
My main question to those who dabble in the Harsh and Hazardous Industry on the electrical design side- Do you think that Class 1, Division 1 electrical equipment is going away? Our sales force year in and year out seem to get a mixed bag of opinion on this, but whenever it seems that the opinion shared is, "I believe Class 1, Div 1 is going away and you will see the whole market switch to Intrinsically Safe, Purge, etc. away from explosion-proof", we seem to sell more Class 1, Div 1 enclosures.
Class 1, Division 2 requests have skyrocketed and, although we are actively looking at pursuing enclosure systems to make that provide this solution, we have been selling C1D1 in it's place and somewhat frequently. We don't fill all the requests because the clients will search elsewhere or find a different solution, but we have also recently seen an uptick in C1D1 requests themselves.
Would love to hear any and all thoughts/opinions on this as we are always looking to evolve as a company and give the people what they want, so to speak.
Thanks in advance!
My main question to those who dabble in the Harsh and Hazardous Industry on the electrical design side- Do you think that Class 1, Division 1 electrical equipment is going away? Our sales force year in and year out seem to get a mixed bag of opinion on this, but whenever it seems that the opinion shared is, "I believe Class 1, Div 1 is going away and you will see the whole market switch to Intrinsically Safe, Purge, etc. away from explosion-proof", we seem to sell more Class 1, Div 1 enclosures.
Class 1, Division 2 requests have skyrocketed and, although we are actively looking at pursuing enclosure systems to make that provide this solution, we have been selling C1D1 in it's place and somewhat frequently. We don't fill all the requests because the clients will search elsewhere or find a different solution, but we have also recently seen an uptick in C1D1 requests themselves.
Would love to hear any and all thoughts/opinions on this as we are always looking to evolve as a company and give the people what they want, so to speak.
Thanks in advance!