The Ex inspection behind your certification,
item by tag, instead of spreadsheets and photo folders.
Refineries, petrochemicals, sugarcane mills, grain silos, offshore platforms. Every luminaire, motor, sensor and cable gland in the classified zone must be inspected by grade against IEC 60079-17, tied to its tag. uInspect gives every Ex inspection a traceable track: item by tag, by grade, with GPS, date and time recorded at capture, even in a plant with no signal. When the auditor asks for the evidence, the report holds up.
The asset inventory already has an owner. The evidence of the inspection does not.
The certified Ex inspector walks the zone and checks every item by grade, noting it in a spreadsheet checklist.
The finding photos sit loose in a drive, with no evidence that the item at tag X was inspected at that grade, on that date.
The frequency and sampling the standard requires are hard to prove, and the grade history of each item gets lost.
Every inspector delivers in their own format, and labor inspectors demand the inspection as practical evidence of safety compliance.
From the Ex equipment to the report, everything runs through uInspect
Engineering publishes the checklist by protection type and grade, and the inspection happens in the classified zone, even without signal. At the end, an Ex report comparable item by tag, with photos at the equipment's coordinates.
From request to auditable report.
- 1 The request enters the workspace, with the frequency and sampling defined, with the operator, the Ex services company and the audit in the same environment.
- 2 The inspector walks the classified zone offline: every non-conformity enters as photo, video and audio, with GPS, date and time recorded at capture and the origin of the media logged.
- 3 The checklist guides by protection type (Ex d, e, i, n, p, o) and by grade (visual, close, detailed), generating a report comparable item by tag.
- 4 The evidence ties to the tag, dated and geotagged, and on reconnection the Ex report goes out signed in the field, preserving the original metadata.
The capabilities that turn the inspection into evidence.
The same horizontal platform, with the features this industry actually uses. Everything inside the inspection, not in spreadsheets and scattered chats.
Checklists by protection type and grade, modeling IEC 60079-17 with conditional logic, to end the format drift between inspectors
Evidence tied to the tag with GPS, date and time recorded at capture, to prove which item was inspected, when and at which grade
Offline capture in the classified zone, on the platform or in the silo, preserving the original metadata on sync, so no finding is ever lost for lack of signal
An Ex report comparable item by tag, generated and signed in the field on completion, under your brand, ready for the audit
A chain of custody from media to file, with logged provenance and bureau checks on individuals and companies, so the dossier withstands scrutiny
Integration via API and webhooks with the SAP and the asset system the plant already has, so the inspection sits alongside the inventory, not in its place
Concrete use cases in this industry.
IEC 60079-17 compliance inspection of classified zones at refineries and petrochemical plants, item by tag and by grade, to sustain the area's certification
Ex inspection of classified areas at sugarcane mills and grain silos, where combustible dust defines zones 20, 21 and 22
Ex inspection on offshore platforms and installations, with offline capture and logged provenance where there is no signal
Ex equipment inspection as practical evidence for labor safety inspectors, and as an input to the plant's occupational risk management program
Assembly of the item-by-tag dossier for the IECEx or national certification audit, reconstructing each item's grade history in minutes instead of hours of digging through folders
IEC 60079-17 and occupational safety regulations
Compliance inspection against IEC 60079-17 is demanded by the IECEx or national certification auditor and by labor inspectors as practical evidence of safety compliance, increasingly as an input to the plant's risk management program. Frequency and sampling are hard to prove without a traceable trail.
The inspection that holds up, side by side with today's.
- Spreadsheet checklists, loose photos in a drive
- No proof of grade, date and inspector per item
- Frequency and sampling hard to prove
- Every inspector delivering in their own format
- Checklists by protection type and grade
- Evidence tied to the tag, dated and geotagged
- The grade history of every item preserved
- A comparable Ex report, signed in the field
Evidence is born trustworthy at capture, and the buyer controls what it releases.
Every photo leaves capture with its provenance, GPS, date and time, and the inspection carries the questionnaire and the chain of custody of the media all the way to the report. With document bureau checks (individuals and companies), anti-fraud stops being a talking point: it is provenance plus a verified document. More than 100,000 inspections on record, and more than 15,000 per crop season, all to the same standard. The report stops being a loose sheet and becomes evidence that holds up when disputed, and the payer controls what it releases.
uInspect is the auditable inspection layer, item by tag, by grade, dated and geotagged. It is not an Ex asset inventory system, does not read QR or RFID, does not monitor condition by sensor and does not replace the inspector with certified competence. It integrates via API with SAP; it does not compete with it.
Questions from teams operating in hazardous areas (ex).
Is uInspect an Ex asset inventory system?
No. The asset register, QR or RFID tagging and the inventory stay in SAP or the operation's system. uInspect is the evidence layer of the IEC 60079-17 compliance inspection, and integrates with that layer via API. You keep control of the inventory where it already lives, and gain the traceable inspection trail on top.
Does it replace the certified Ex inspector?
No. Ex inspection requires an inspector with certified competence in the field. uInspect gives their work a chain of custody, with capture tied to the tag, by grade, dated and geotagged. The evidence of who inspected what, when and at which grade is recorded and auditable.
Does it work offline at the plant?
Yes. The app works without a network in the classified zone, on the platform or in the silo, and syncs on reconnection, preserving the original GPS, date and time of capture, not those of the sync. No finding is lost for lack of signal.
How does the checklist cover the protection types and grades of 60079-17?
The questionnaire models IEC 60079-17 by protection type (Ex d, e, i, n, p, o) and by grade (visual, close, detailed), with conditional logic. Each inspection can have more than one questionnaire, and each answered questionnaire generates a report comparable item by tag. That ends the format drift between inspectors.
How does uInspect prove the frequency and sampling the standard requires?
The inspection campaign records what was inspected, when, by whom and at which grade. The next campaign is planned from each item's criticality and history. When the IECEx or national certification auditor asks for evidence of frequency and sampling, it is reconstructed from the trail, not dug out of folders.
How is the evidence protected against fraud or photo reuse?
The proof comes from logged provenance. Every file arrives with GPS, date and time recorded at capture and its origin logged, camera or gallery, with the device data, and stays traceable through to the report via the chain of custody. Bureau document checks on individuals and companies complement the verification. The guarantee is not a technology label: it is the provenance and the chain of custody linking inspector, evidence and tagged item, from the field to the file.
Does the report hold up before the audit and the labor inspectors?
Yes. The Ex report is generated on completion, under your brand, with the signature collected in the field and a chain of custody from media to file. It is the item-by-tag dossier that withstands the IECEx or national certification audit and labor safety scrutiny. The more auditable the report, the lower the exposure to stop-work orders, fines and harsher terms on the large risk insurance.
Does it integrate with SAP and the plant's asset system?
Yes. Via API and webhooks you open inspections and receive the report, photos and answers in your asset system, one by one or in batch. uInspect sits alongside the inventory, not in its place.
The same evidence, in any inspection mode.
This industry starts with the mode that makes the most sense, but the platform is one. Explore the three modes, or see the other industry solutions.
Put evidence at the center of your hazardous areas (ex) operation.
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