Comtrol launches Class I, Division 2 certified switch families for hazardous locations

“The industrial features and rugged design of our RocketLinx Ethernet switches make them a popular choice for agriculture, waste water as well as oil, gas, and pipeline monitoring applications,” commented David Boldt, Comtrol Director of Product Management. “With the new Class I Division 2 certified ES8105-XT and ES8108-XT switches our oil and gas customers now have a qualified solution for extending network deployments into the more hazardous-rated areas of plants and refineries.”

Switches in the RocketLinx ES8105-XT and ES8108-XT series are suitable for a wide range of industrial applications and include models with compact DIN-rail mount enclosures, five or eight Fast Ethernet ports and Single-Mode and Multi-Mode fiber connections. All models support a wide operating temperature range of -40°C to 75°C, and feature rugged IP31-rated aluminum enclosures, an alarm relay for event notification, and wide DC input voltage ranges.