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QUIETPRO
QP100ex
March 7, 2013
Alberta Industrial Fire
Protection Association
Blake Martin
Strategic Account Manager
Honeywell Safety Products
QUIETPRO QP100ex
Intelligent Hearing
Protection and
Communications
System
QUIETPRO Heritage
Sperian Protection
acquired Nacre
Research project
‘PARAT’ started at
SINTEF Telecom
and Informatics.
First commercial
success for QUIETPRO
QUIETPRO+
Launched
Partial funding provided
by Norwegian and
Swedish Governments
Honeywell Life Safety
acquired Sperian
Protection.
Honeywell Safety
Products formed
QUIETPRO QP100Ex
‘Industrial’ Launched
QUIETPRO QP400
‘Government’
Launched
SINTEF research team
‘spin-off’ to form Nacre AS
1990
2000
2005
2007
2010 2012
Sales > 65,000 systems world-wide
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Product Overview
QUIETPRO Proposition
• An advanced communication system with intelligent hearing
protection providing:
1. Clear two-way safety critical communication in high and
changing noise environments.
2. Verifiable protection to advise the worker of protection
provided;
 Automatic fit test of headset to ensure passive protection.
 Personal Sound Exposure Monitoring with direct feedback.
 In-ear and personal noise ‘dosimetry’.
3. Natural hearing through the headset.
 Increases personal safety allowing worker to hear sounds around
them.
 Headsets adapts to environmental noise and provides hearing
protection only when needed.
Enhancing SAFETY CRITICAL Communications
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Product Orientation
• Headset Assembly
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• Accessories / Options
- Control Unit mounting
Dual sided
Small and lightweight
Replaceable eartips
Connects to Control Unit
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• Radio Interface Cable
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- Connect Control Unit to
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Communications device
(radio / cell phone)
Select cable to suit radio
QUIETPRO can be used
as an intelligent HPD
without connecting to
radio
-
devices.
Additional radio interface
cables.
Custom molded personal
earplugs.
High performance foam
eartips in multiple sizes.
Battery charger.
Equipment vests.
Connector protective
covers.
Other spare items.
• Control Unit
- Controls for the Radio Press-to-talk
- MENU control with voice feedback through the headset
- Volume control for ambient sound and communication
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volume.
Visual indications for Personal Sound Exposure
Monitoring
Headset, Radio and charger connection
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Headset Assembly
• Fitting of headset ensures good protection from
noise and clear communications.
Outer Microphone
o External sounds
o Noise levels
Eartip
o 4 x sizes of foam tip
o Creates seal from noise into
ear.
Loudspeaker
o External sounds
o Communications
o ANR signals
Earpiece
o Fit to each ear
o Contains 2 x microphones, 1 x
loudspeaker
Inner Microphone
o Voice
o Sound exposure levels
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Control Unit
• Performs the advanced acoustic signal processing.
Battery Charging Connector
LED Indicators
o Rechargeable Li-Ion battery
o Personal Sound Exposure
Monitoring status and alarms
o Menu confirmations
o Auto Fit Test alarm
Press to Talk
o Control radio transmit
of voice
Menu
o Control all functions of
QUIETPRO System
Volume
o External sound
o Radio Volume
o Menu voice feedback
Headset Port
o Quick release of headset
Confirm
Communications Port
o Power ON/OFF
o Menu selection
o Radios
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Product Overview: QP100Ex LEDs
• Indicator Lights
• Yellow pulsating:
- Fit check underway
• Double Green pulse:
• Red pulsating:
- Action completed
- Confirmation of menu
- Fit check failed
- Dose exceeding permitted
selection
exposure level
• Continuous Green
• Continuous Red:
- During keying of radio
- Battery very low
- Auto shutdown
- Hardware error
LED – Light Emiting Diodes
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Key Product Characteristics
QUIETPRO Key Characteristics
Automatic headset Fit Test
Personal Sound Exposure Indicator
Hear-Through external sounds
Voice feedback menu easy to operate
High levels of hearing protection
Protect from all noise types
Clear two-way communications
Connect to radios & cell phones
Compatibility with PPE
Product Certification
Intrinsic Safety
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QUIETPRO Key Characteristics
Automatic headset Fit Test
Personal Sound Exposure Indicator
Alerts user of poor fit, indicators on Control
Unit and in the headset.
Hear-Through external sounds
Voice feedback menu easy to operate
High levels of hearing protection
Protect from all noise types
Clear two-way communications
Tests the integrity of the seal and fit of each
eartip.
Ensures minimum passive noise
attenuation threshold is achieved (20dB).
Actual ‘achieved’ attenuation will most likely
be much greater than the minimum
threshold for the fit test alarm.
Connect to radios & cell phones
Automatically starts on system power-on.
Compatibility with PPE
Can be manually re-started by user if
needed during shift.
Product Certification
Intrinsic Safety
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QUIETPRO Key Characteristics
Automatic headset Fit Test
Personal Sound Exposure Indicator
Hear-Through external sounds
Voice feedback menu easy to operate
High levels of hearing protection
Protect from all noise types
Clear two-way communications
Connect to radios & cell phones
Compatibility with PPE
Product Certification
Intrinsic Safety
Personal Sound Exposure Monitoring
(PSEM) function.
Provides the worker’s with an indication of
their personal exposure to sound, behind
the eartip, during the working shift.
Worker sound exposure includes external
noise, but also sound from communication
device.
Alerts the worker in ‘real-time’ if maximum
permitted sound exposure level is reached.
Sound exposure level is set to comply with
local noise regulations directives.
Allows immediate action to be taken to
minimize risk of Noise Induced Hearing
Loss (NIHL).
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QUIETPRO Key Characteristics
Automatic headset Fit Test
Personal Sound Exposure Indicator
Hear-Through external sounds
Voice feedback menu easy to operate
High levels of hearing protection
Protect from all noise types
Clear two-way communications
Connect to radios & cell phones
Environmental sounds external to headset will
be heard ‘naturally’ by worker.
Ensures safety awareness of immediate
surroundings.
Always allows worker to hear sounds as
though the headset is ‘transparent’ to sound,
when safe.
When harmful noise is detected, the ultra-fast
acoustic processing in the Control Unit
responds and limits the sounds that are
allowed through the eartips. Impulse sounds
are effectively blocked and will not harm the
user.
Compatibility with PPE
Worker can manually control sound level – up
and down.
Product Certification
Automatically protects hearing ONLY when
required.
Intrinsic Safety
QUIETPRO never overprotects the worker and
isolates them from their environment.
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QUIETPRO Key Characteristics
Automatic headset Fit Test
Personal Sound Exposure Indicator
Hear-Through external sounds
Voice feedback menu easy to operate
High levels of hearing protection
Protect from all noise types
Clear two-way communications
Connect to radios & cell phones
Control Unit provides easy to navigate
menu to control functionality of QUIETPRO
system.
Menu system enables worker to configure
the QUIETPRO to suit their needs and
preferences.
Clear spoken feedback is provided to
worker through headset.
Two different languages for voice feedback
can be loaded into Control Unit. Selectable
by the user.
Compatibility with PPE
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QUIETPRO Key Characteristics
Automatic headset Fit Test
Personal Sound Exposure Indicator
Hear-Through external sounds
Voice feedback menu easy to operate
High levels of hearing protection
Hearing protection is provided by:
1) Eartips (passive noise reduction).
2) Acoustic processing of the Control Unit
(digital Active Noise Reduction).
Passive Noise Reduction (ProTIPS LS):
NRR 30dB (ANSI S.3.19-1974)
SNR 30dB H31, M26, L27 (EN352-2:2002)
SLC80 29dB (AS/NZ 1270:2002)
Protect from all noise types
Clear two-way communications
Connect to radios & cell phones
Compatibility with PPE
Active Noise Reduction:
Provides additional 3-9dB of attenuation of
frequencies below 500Hz.
Automatically activated only when
beneficial.
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QUIETPRO Key Characteristics
Automatic headset Fit Test
Personal Sound Exposure Indicator
Advance sound processing provides
protection from all types of noise:
Hear-Through external sounds
1) Continuous (broadband) noise
Voice feedback menu easy to operate
2) Continuous (tonal) noise
High levels of hearing protection
3) Impact / Impulse / Percussive noises
Protect from all noise types
4) Changing noise environments, levels
and noise types
Clear two-way communications
Connect to radios & cell phones
Compatibility with PPE
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QUIETPRO Key Characteristics
Automatic headset Fit Test
Personal Sound Exposure Indicator
Transmitted voice from worker is free from
external noise.
Hear-Through external sounds
Voice feedback menu easy to operate
High levels of hearing protection
Protect from all noise types
Clear two-way communications
Connect to radios & cell phones
Compatibility with PPE
In-ear microphone picks up workers voice
within ear canal.
Received communications by worker is
heard clearly due to high noise attenuation
provided by the QUIETPRO headset.
Attenuating the unwanted noise allows the
worker to decrease the volume of the
radio/cell phone.
This further limits personal sound exposure
and promotes healthy hearing.
Product Certification
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QUIETPRO Key Characteristics
Automatic headset Fit Test
Personal Sound Exposure Indicator
Hear-Through external sounds
Voice feedback menu easy to operate
Radio ‘transmit’ function can be controlled
from Control Unit or from radio device.
Connections available for a wide selection
of popular radios; Motorola, Icom,
Kenwood, Sepura, plus others.
High levels of hearing protection
Protect from all noise types
Connection QUIETPRO to the audio jack
socket of Smart phones.
Clear two-way communications
Connect to radios & cell phones
Compatibility with PPE
Control Unit can be connected to wide
variety of communication devices using a
smart interface cable.
Some versions of QUIETPRO have an
option to provide hands-free capability to
control the ‘transmit’ function of the radio.
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QUIETPRO Key Characteristics
Automatic headset Fit Test
Personal Sound Exposure Indicator
Hard Hats – the small earpieces do not
interfere with the head protection.
Hear-Through external sounds
Voice feedback menu easy to operate
High levels of hearing protection
Protect from all noise types
The QUIETPRO headset is compatible with
many combinations of Personal Protection
Equipment:
Eyeware / Goggles / Faceshields – the
earpiece fits within the outer ear. There is no
issue with the strap or frame of the eye
protection breaking the seal of the earmuff and
reducing its optimal attenuation.
Compatibility with PPE
Respirators – voice is picked up from within
the ear canal which allows for clear
communication even if wearing a mask in front
of your mouth. No boom microphone that is
not compatible with respirators and full face
mask.
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No need to try and connect a voice module
from the respirator to the radio.
Intrinsic Safety
No breathing noises caused by wearing
breathing apparatus being transmitted to the
receiving party.
Clear two-way communications
Connect to radios & cell phones
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QUIETPRO Key Characteristics
Automatic headset Fit Test
QUIETPRO has been tested and certified to meet
rigorous operational criteria.
Personal Sound Exposure Indicator
Hear-Through external sounds
Voice feedback menu easy to operate
High levels of hearing protection
Protect from all noise types
Temperature:
Usage Temp -30°C to +55°C
Storage Temp -40°C to +63°C
Water resistance:
IP67 rated. Full immersion to 1 meter for 30
minutes. Allows equipment to washed if it becomes
soiled during operation.
Contamination:
Tested to withstand effects of lubrications, oils and
other contaminants.
Connect to radios & cell phones
Electromagnetic Compatibility:
Immunity from Electromagnetic interference up to
60 V/m. Survive Electromagnetic pulse of up to 50
kV/m.
Compatibility with PPE
Especially important if being operated in strong RF
fields or close to radar / aircraft.
Clear two-way communications
Product Certification
Intrinsic Safety
EMC 2004/108/EC.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) CFR
47, part 15 ‘un-licensed’
EU Certification (Foam Eartips):
European PPE Directive 89/686/EEC. EC Category
PPE Cat II. Standards EN352-2, EN352-7
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QUIETPRO Key Characteristics
Automatic headset Fit Test
Personal Sound Exposure Indicator
Hear-Through external sounds
Voice feedback menu easy to operate
ATEX Directive 94/9/EC
Ex ia IIB T4 Ga
(Category 1 Approved for Zone 0, Equipment
group 2, Gas group IIB Temperature class T4)
IECEx Conformity Assessment
Ex ia IIB T4 Ga
High levels of hearing protection
Protect from all noise types
ETL Listed ‘Intertek’ Certification
Class I Div. 1 Group C&D Ex ia T4
Clear two-way communications
Connect to radios & cell phones
CSA Listed ‘Intertek’ Certification
Class I Div. 1 Group C&D Ex ia T4
Compatibility with PPE
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Sound Management
Technologies
Passive Noise Reduction
• Ear tips provide passive hearing
protection – very similar to a
foam ear plug.
• Very effective at reducing mid to
high frequency noises.
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Sandblasting
High pressure water / air
Impulse sounds. Pneumatic values
Gun Shots, explosions
• QUIETPRO impulse noise
capability is a function of high
performance ear tips and ultra
fast hear-through processing
and not Active Noise Reduction.
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Active Noise Reduction (ANR) Principle
delay
• Loudspeaker puts antinoise back in to the ear.
• Sounds cancel each
other.
• Result is a significantly
lower noise in ear.
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Unwanted noise
Sound pressure
• Unwanted noise in ear is
picked up by inner
microphone
• Electronics process the
noise to create antinoise
- Invert it 180 degrees
- Matching amplitude levels
- Ultra fast with minimum of
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Residual noise
Anti-noise
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ANR vs. Passive Attenuation
• Active Noise Reduction provides higher attenuation
of lower frequencies
• Passive protection in mid/higher frequencies
Attenuation
40
35
30
25
20
Passive
Active
15
10
5
0
10
100
1000
10000
100000
Active Noise Reduction Technologies
Effective for these frequencies
Passive Noise Reduction Techniques
Effective for these frequencies
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Personal Sound Exposure
Monitoring
PSEM
Personal Sound Exposure Monitoring
• PSEM provides an ‘indication’ of real
personal noise exposure of the worker.
- Also includes effect of communication /
volume.
• Exposure indication for a full working shift
- Shift patterns 8 – 12 hours in duration
• Automatic voice message in the headset
- When approaching exposure limits
- when the maximum exposure level has been
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reached.
Voice messages can be cancelled by worker
to allow continued working. (not
recommended)
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Personal Sound Exposure Monitoring
• LED indicator lights provide
visual indicators
- Maximum exposure LED indicator
can not be cancelled without
resetting PSEM function.
• Exposure limits set in Control
Unit according to local noise
regulations
• Data is processed within Control
Unit
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Intrinsic Safety
Intrinsically Safe Ratings
IECEx: Ex ia IIB T4 Ga
Ex
ia
IIB
T4
Ga
Atmosphere
Temperature Class T4 (135ºC)
Explosion Group
ATEX: Ex ia IIB T4 Ga
Type of protection. Approved for Zone 0
Explosion proof in accordance with ATEX 94/9/EC
Temperature Class T4 (135ºC)
Protection Concept Code
(Permitted for Zone 0)
ETL: Class I Div. 1 Group C&D Ex ia T4
Class
1
CSA: Class I Div. 1 Group C&D Ex ia T4
Div
1
Group
C, D
Ex
Ia
T4
Gas Groups (Ethylene and Propane)
Area Classification. Intermittent or continuous hazard
Hazard Class. Flammable gases
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QUIETPRO Summary
• An advanced communication system with intelligent hearing
protection providing:
1. Clear two-way safety critical communication in high and
changing noise environments.
2. Verifiable protection to advise the worker of protection
provided;
 Automatic fit test of headset to ensure passive protection.
 Personal Sound Exposure Monitoring with direct feedback.
 In-ear and standard noise personal ‘dosimetry’.
3. Natural hearing through the headset.
 Increases personal safety allowing worker to hear sounds around
them.
 Headsets adapts to environmental noise and provides hearing
protection only when needed.
Enhancing SAFETY CRITCAL Communications
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Q&A
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