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At Douglas Electrical Components, we provide explosion proof electrical fittings such as electrical feedthroughs, explosion proof wire seals, and wire bushings for hazardous locations in custom and standard packages. We understand the critical role these explosion-proof electrical fittings play in ensuring the safety of operations. Our products include fully packaged and cured epoxy designed for both hermetic vacuum and positive pressure environments. All our explosion proof seals are engineered to prevent the risk of electric equipment sparking that may cause catastrophic incidents in hazardous areas. We help customers to improve their legacy designs featuring cement-based seals that are prone to cracking and failure over time with durable and resilient explosion-proof seals.

Our design capabilities allow us to offer both the mechanical hermetic seal against the explosive atmosphere and reliable process sealing in applications that experience pressurized environments, such as compressors, cryogenics, hydraulics, pumps, level transmitters, and instrumentation.

Wire Feedthroughs

Explosion-proof wire bushing seal; combine wires, cables, and connectors on either end of the bulkhead feedthrough fitting.

Our hermetic feedthroughs are designed for various temperature and pressure environments. For example, Douglas can fabricate custom designed explosion proof feedthroughs for LNG storage and transportation systems.

Custom Explosion Proof Electrical Seals for Hazardous Locations

We partner with our customers to develop, design, and approve custom explosion proof seals for hazardous locations. We employ epoxy technology to create high-density explosion proof feedthroughs in compact mechanical packages. We take into account the conditions of your hazardous location to ensure the safety of these electrical connections. We can customize these explosion proof conduit seals in terms of wires, cables, connectors, circuit boards, fiber, or some combination thereof.

Partnering with Douglas Electrical Components for your custom explosion proof seals means ensuring compliance with industry standards on safety and performance. Our hermetic seals for hazardous locations comprise radial O-rings, threaded connections, ANSI/ASME flanges, direct cast into customer housings, and custom machined parts. We use epoxy resins for creating explosion proof seals for our connectors that are made from stainless steel and specialty alloys.

UL1203 / ATEX / IECEx Exd Standard Explosion Proof Wire Bushings

Douglas Electrical Components offers the standard UL1203 Class I Division 1 explosion-proof wire bushings for use in hazardous locations. ATEX Exd Flame-proof line bushings can be designed using our 57754 series. This type of sealing allows customers to save time and effort on the field by hermetically sealing electrical connections for transducers, transmitters, and instrumentation through the conduit. With the epoxy already sealed within the fitting, installers save time and effort by dropping in a wire bushing to meet the safety requirements.

Customers can select the wire type, gauge, color, and length on both ends of the explosion proof wire bushing. Our team can help meet the wire density parameters based on the selected options.

NPT Wire Feedthrough

Haz Loc Solutions

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Explosion-proof rated wire bushing with brass fitting and labeled conductors

Hermetic NPT Wire bushing

Explosion-proof rated wire bushing with brass fitting and labeled conductors

Multi-conductor hermetic wire feedthrough with NPT Threads

DuctorSeal Wire Feedthru

Multi-conductor hermetic wire feedthrough with NPT Threads

Side view of Explosion-proof NPT wire bushing

Explosion-proof NPT Wire Bushing

Side view of Explosion-proof NPT wire bushing with standard aluminum housing

Hermetic coaxial feedthrough with NPT threads and coaxial wires

Hermetic Coax Wire Feedthrough

Hermetic coaxial feedthrough with NPT threads and coaxial wires

fiber optic NPT threaded electrical feedthrough conduit seal

NPT Fiber Optic Wire Bushing

Fiber optic NPT threaded electrical feedthrough conduit seal

Hermetic fiber optic NPT feedthrough with SM and MM fiber in the same mechanical interface.

Multi-Fiber Type Feedthrough

Hermetic fiber optic NPT feedthrough with SM and MM fiber in the same mechanical interface.

hermetic assembly with wires and connector

Connectorized NPT Feedthrough

Customized connector / wire feedthrough assembly with NPT bulkhead connection

Turnkey Terminated NPT Cable Feedthrough.

Turnkey Terminated NPT Cable Feedthrough.

Designed for plug-and-play application

explosion-proof conduit seal with NPT thread

NPT Explosion-proof Cable Assembly

Explosion-proof conduit seal with NPT threads can be designed for hazardous locations including explosion-proof environments.

DuctorSeal explosion-proof ASME wire feedthrough

ASME Wire Feedthrough

Hermetic wire feedthrough in custom explosion-proof ASME housing

Oil and Gas power NPT feedthrough

Oil and Gas Power NPT Feedthrough

Designed with larger gauge wire for power transmission

Fiber Optic Feedthrough with Epoxy Strain Relief Extension

Fiber Optic Feedthrough with Epoxy Strain Relief Extension

Fiber Optic Feedthrough with Epoxy Strain Relief Extension

Cryogenic Feedthrough

Cryogenic Power Feedthrough

Cryogenic Feedthrough design with three power feedthroughs integrated into a custom flange.

Electrical feedthrough Harness

Electrical Feedthrough Harness

Customized electrical feedthrough with integral housing, wire, and electrical connection.

Ribbon cable feedthroughs create a simple plug-in design for customers integrating electronics inside a housing.

Custom Ribbon Cable Feedthrough

Ribbon cable feedthroughs create a simple plug-in design for customers integrating electronics inside a housing.

hermetic feedthrough for enclosure

Sealed Electronics Cavity

Hermetically sealed housing from circuit board to wire assembly

Hermetically sealed sensor assembly

Hermetically Sealed Sensor Assembly

Hermetically sealed sensor assembly where the sensing element is exposed to the operating environment, but the housing and wire are hermetically sealed.

hermetically sealed electrical feedthrough from PCB to cable in threaded housing

Sensor Hermetic Assembly

Hermetically sealed electrical feedthrough from PCB to cable in threaded housing

Multi-flex hermetic feedthrough circuit with face seal housing and jam nut

Multi-flex hermetic feedthrough

Multi-flex hermetic feedthrough circuit with face seal housing and jam nut

Hermetic NPT feedthrough with push/pull connector

Hermetic NPT feedthrough with push/pull connector

Hermetic NPT electrical feedthrough with push/pull connector provides a compact footprint with inexpensive sealing method.

Custom hermetic PCB connector and circuit board hermetically sealed in M40 hermetic aluminum housing

Hermetic M40 Face Seal Feedthrough

Custom hermetic PCB connector and circuit board hermetically sealed in M40 hermetic aluminum housing

hermetic NPT cable feedthrough with M12 connectors

Hermetic M12 Feedthrough with NPT Bulkhead Mounting

Connectorized 6 Position M12 hermetic cable assembly designed for NPT bulkhead mounting

close up of hermetic NPT bulkhead feedthrough with integral M12 cable assembly

M12 Feedthrough Close-up

Epoxy-sealed NPT feedthrough plug with integral M12 cable assembly

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Certifications and Compliances
  • Construction Standards for Explosion Proof Electrical Fittings
    • IEC/EN 60079-0
    • IEC/EN 60079-1
    • IEC/EN 60079-2
    • IEC/EN 60079-6
    • IEC/EN 60079-7

    ATEX Certifications

    • ATEX Ex d
    • ATEX Ex e
    • ATEX Ex de
    • ATEX Ex pD

    CSA Standards

    • CSA 22.2
    • CSA E60079

    UL Standards

    • UL 1203
    • UL 886
    • UL 674
    • UL 913

    FM Approvals

    • FM 3611
    • FM 3615
    • FM 3620
    • FM 3610

    Other Approvals

    • IP-69 and above, NEMA 6P and above
Applications
  • Wellhead sensors, enclosures, meters, computers, RTUs and instrumentation
  • Natural gas, LN2, LNG, CNG, and H2 compressors, storage, and transportation
  • Liquid and gas analyzers
  • Cryogenic equipment
  • ROVs
  • Optical fiber instrumentation
Customization Options for Standard UL1203 Wire Bushings
  • Standard Materials for Bodies: Choose from materials such as brass, aluminum, and specialty alloys.
  • Plugs: Feraloy iron alloy and/or steel (standard); stainless steel (optional)
  • Housing sizes (NPT): 1″, 1/2″, 3/4″ NPT
  • Single or dual-threaded ends
  • Wire types: PTFE and PVC
  • Gauges: 3/0 to 24 AWG (hub size and wire count dependent)
  • Wire count: 1 to 52 (hub size and wire gauge dependent)
Notes
  • Integrate connectors and circuit boards to minimize assembly time.
  • Hermetically seal electrical connections for cryogenic feedthrough applications.
  • Customize your mechanical interface to integrate it into existing designs or new assemblies effectively.

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Literature

Oil & Gas Feedthrough Capabilities Brochure

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Instrumentation & Controls Capabilities Brochure

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Cryogenic Feedthrough Capabilities

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Douglas Electrical Components Catalog

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Epoxy Line Bushings vs. Cement

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Whitepapers

Wire Bushings for Hazardous Locations

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Critical Selection of Natural Gas Wellhead Feedthroughs

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Versatile Hermetic Epoxy Seals Protect Fiber Optic Cable and Ensure Signal Quality

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New Cryogenic Feedthrough Improves Ease-Of-Use

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Sealed Sensor Assembly Gets A Reliability Boost

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Types of Hermetic Seals: Glass-to-Metal Vs. Epoxy

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Designing with CircuitSeal

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Certificates & Standards

ISO 9001:2015 Certificate

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ISO 14001:2015 Certificate

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UL 1203 Explosion-Proof and Dust-Ignition-Proof Electrical Equipment for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations

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UL 1203 Conduit fittings for use in Hazardous Locations

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UL764 Component Wiring Harnesses approval

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ATEX / IECEX Quality Assessment Report (QAR)

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ATEX Product Certification

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ATEX / IECEX QAN

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IECEx Product Certification

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