Which iPhone models do you support?

Xshielder currently supports the iPhone 16 Pro Max, with plans to support additional models in the future.

Can I use my iPhone's features when it's inside the enclosure?

Yes. Our enclosures are designed to maintain full usability, including the camera, touchscreen, Face ID, and buttons. The phone can be charged wirelessly while inside the enclosure.

Is the enclosure permanently attached to the phone?

No, the device can be returned and the iPhone extracted for resale or re-use outside hazardous areas

Is it possible to make phone calls while using the enclosure?

Yes. The design allows sound transmission, and you can use Bluetooth headsets or speakerphone functionality as needed.

What certification does the enclosure have?

Our enclosures are certified according to ATEX and IECEx Zone 1/21 standards. They are also IP65/IP66 rated and compliant with ISO 9001:2015.

Where can I purchase or get a quote?

You can request a quote via a partner or our website at https://xshielder.com/get-a-quote or contact us at apb@xshielder.com.

Energy & hydrogen

Electrolysers, gas storage, dispensers. IIC explosion-proof iPhones for the new fuels.

The hazard

Where the hazard is

Hydrogen leaks more readily than other gases and ignites with a fraction of the energy methane needs. Compressor seals, vents and dispensers are typical Zone 1 release points. With a certified iPhone, a lone operator stays reachable inside them, and on an iPad they close checksheets at the skid.

Electrolysis and gas processing

Hydrogen rises and collects under the roof of an enclosed electrolyser, and its flame is close to invisible in daylight. Typically Zone 1.

Compression, storage and vents

At several hundred bar a small leak becomes a jet, and boil-off from liquid hydrogen tanks is vented. Zone 1 outdoors.

Turbine halls and battery rooms

Generator casings hold pressurised hydrogen, which leaks most at shaft seals and during purging. Battery rooms gas on charge. Zone 1 and 2.

The cost today

What the two-device routine costs

Most sites solve the zone boundary with a second device: a legacy Ex phone with a small screen, a weak camera and its own app catalogue. The cost rarely shows up on an invoice. It shows up as photos that get retaken, readings written down and typed in later, and calls that wait until someone is back in the safe area.

Two devices, two loginsOne for the office, one for the zone. Neither talks to the other.
Paper between zone and deskReadings and checklists re-typed after the round, with the errors that brings.
Grainy photos, no videoLegacy cameras cannot show the problem well enough for onshore or the vendor to help.
Apps that do not existYour MES, CMMS or Teams have no version for the rugged handset.

The shift

One device. Every zone on the site.

From the control room to the electrolyser hall and out to the dispenser, the classification changes at every skid boundary. The device does not. Select an area to see what changes and what stays the same.

Zone 1Zone 2Non-hazardous

The work

What your team does with it

Lone worker cover on an empty plant Check-in, escalation and a normal phone call from inside Zone 1.
Commissioning and handover in the field Checksheets, punch items and tag photos at the equipment. Whatever your EPC runs completions on.
Video call to the electrolyser supplier Show the OEM the fault on the skid. A first diagnosis without a flight.
Operator rounds and readings Cell voltage, electrolyte level, dryer status, logged at the instrument. Straight into the CMMS.
Permits, isolation and purge verification Open the permit, photograph the isolation, confirm the purge. Signed where the work is.

Your systems

Works with what you already run

It is a standard iPhone or iPad. Your existing systems run as they are. No ruggedised OS, no separate app store, no retraining.

SAP PM
IBM Maximo
AVEVA
Cognite
Omega 365
Microsoft Teams

The offer

What Xshielder provides

Not a rugged phone with a small app store. A certified enclosure around the iPhone and iPad your people already know, delivered ready for Zone 1.

Xshielder enclosure for iPhone 17 Pro Max, front and back

ATEX and IECEx Zone 1/21

Phone and enclosure certified together as one unit. Certificates and documentation ready for your HSE file.

Standard Apple devices

iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone 17 and iPad Pro 11". Same iOS, same apps, same MDM your IT already runs.

Delivered assembled

Arrives ready to hand out. No field assembly, no user-serviceable parts, certification intact.

Camera and LiDAR intact

Photo, video and LiDAR work through the enclosure. We test it and publish the results.

Enterprise ready

Apple Business Manager and your MDM. Lock it to camera-only or open it up fully.

Built to stay in service

Apple's long update cycle and our support keep devices in the field for years, not seasons.

iPhone 17 Pro MaxThe Zone 1 smartphone for prosView product iPhone 17The lightest, slimmest smartphone for Zone 1View product iPad Pro 11"The most powerful iPad for Zone 1View product

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Related industries

Oil & gas

Offshore platforms, refineries, terminals. Where the explosion-proof iPhone started.

Chemical & petrochemical

Solvents, reactors and tank farms. ATEX Zone 1 iPhones from intake to loading bay.

Pharma & life sciences

GMP floors, API synthesis, solvents. Batch records on an ATEX iPhone at the point of work.

Mining

Reagent stores, SX plants, charging bays. ATEX Zone 1 iPhone and iPad for the mine site.

Food & beverage

Flour, sugar, grain, spirits. Explosion-proof iPhones for zones most people never think of.

Paint & coatings

Spray booths, mixing rooms, solvents. Explosion-proof iPhones from dissolver to final coat.

Utilities & wastewater

Digesters, pump stations, biogas. An explosion-proof iPhone for every site on the estate.

Manufacturing & logistics

Warehouses, filling lines, tank cleaning. Scan, log and call on an ATEX iPhone in Zone 1.

Commissioning a new hydrogen plant?

Send us the area classification drawing and your commissioning schedule. We will come back with a device count and a delivery date.