Far safer than quills packed with gunpowderIn 1831, Cornishman William Bickford patented the safety fuse. This simple invention, which is a length of string containing gunpowder coated in tar, went on ...

THIS OBJECT IS PART OF THE PROJECT 'A HISTORY OF CORNWALL IN 100 OBJECTS'. TREVARNO. William Bickford was born at Ashburton in Devon and became a currier and leather merchant at Illogan. Upset by the ...

Bel Fuse is aiming at hazardous environments with a series of 3 x 8.4mm fast-acting ceramic tube fuses. Type 0AMA fuses are designed for barrier circuits in intrinsic safety applications – ...

Littelfuse, Inc., introduced its first encapsulated surface mount fuse, certified to UL 913 standard designed for intrinsic safety protection. During overcurrent and short circuit fault conditions, ...

Power management company Eaton and its Bussmann business launched the Fuses Made Simple - Control Circuits program to help enhance the control fuse selection process and safety in a variety of ...