Sira Consulting Ltd *Refer to note below

Product Design and Safety Consultancy Services

Sira Consulting Ltd offers specialist consultancy services for manufacturers, integrators and end-users of equipment and systems used in potentially explosive atmospheres.

Sira Consulting is ideally placed to deliver expert advice on a wide range of safety issues, particularly with respect to electrical, mechanical, automation, instrumentation & control systems, hazardous areas and the requirements of the ATEX directives including The Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmosphere Regulations (DSEAR).

Consultancy Services

Buyers Advice

On-going technical assistance through the early contract stages, proposal review and subsequent placing of contracts. Sira can work seamlessly with your procurement department to ensure both you and your potential suppliers understand the technical requirements involved.


Contract Specification for Hazardous Areas and DSEAR Projects

We can provide technical back-up and advice on how to put a specification together for contract and tendering purposes, ensuring that you consider all aspects of explosion safety within your specification.

We can help you develop contracts for compliance work, working with you as a technical consultant, project manager and/or compliance leader for your safety team.


Installation Advice/Specification

For new facilities or new areas of production - our consultants can provide guidance on aspects of implementing a new plant/processing facility, taking into account considerations such as equipment selection, regulatory advice and training requirements for staff.


Electro-Mechanical Solutions for Hazardous Areas

Product Design, fault-finding and problem solving for equipment intended for use in hazardous areas.


General and Bespoke Consultancy for:

• Circuit design and specification of safety components
• Conversion of standard circuits to Intrinsically Safe (Ex ia) equipment
• Conversion of 'safe area' products to equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (within the EU, USA and the rest of the world)
• Placing products on the marketplace, taking into account product design and mandatory regulations and CE conformity compliance
• Feasibility studies for hazardous areas
• Manufacturing processes for hazardous areas
• Management systems for hazardous areas and CE compliance
• Assistance with the requirements of selling equipment throughout the world; liaising with relevant certification bodies, compiling technical documentation, faulting finding and problem solving
• Contingency planning - creation, development and implementation of safety strategies
• Technical experts for turnkey compliance project

The above list is not exhaustive and Sira would be happy to discuss your specific consultancy requirements. Please contact us on tel: +44 (0) 1244 670 900 or email info@siraconsulting.com

Our Flexibility

Consultancy can be as in-depth and as flexible as you need it to be. Whether it’s a ½ day question and answer session or a lengthy product design project, our experienced consultants can work with you to achieve your goals.

We will adapt and tailor the service to fit in with your way of working. Consultancy can take place on-site, at the Sira offices, or by phone/email and can be ordered as a fixed period of time, or as an hourly charge, whichever is the most appropriate.

Next Steps

Sira will be happy to discuss your consultancy requirements in more detail, and issue free quotations for your specific requirements.

Please contact Sira on tel: +44 (0) 1244 670 900 or email info@siraconsulting.com for more information.