As a leading Global manufacturer of air movement products, ACI can provide fans and blowers for extraction, cooling, ventilation, vacuum, aeration, drying and many more industrial applications.
What is the ATEX Directive?
European Directive 94/9/EC commonly referred to as the
ATEX Products Directive concerns equipment and
protective systems intended for use in potentially
explosive atmospheres.
The purpose of this directive is to create a set of
harmonised legal safety standards for electrical and nonelectrical
equipment for use in potentially explosive
atmospheres to facilitate free movement of such goods
across the European Union (EU) and European Economic
Area (EEA). There is also a second ATEX directive
covering the safety of working operations, which must
also be taken into account by the end user, Directive
1999/92/EC (ATEX 137 or ATEX Workplace Directive).
Who does it apply to?
Applicable since 1st July 2003, the directive applies to
the whole of the EU and EEA and all new installations must conform to this regulation. In addition, all existing
installations have to be analysed and risk assessed using this new code by the end of June 2006.
If products come within the scope of the ATEX
directive, companies that wish to sell them or have
them put into service have to comply with the Essential
Health & Safety Requirements (EHSR) specified in the
directive. The manufacturer must identify machinery
conforming to the ATEX regulations by attaching a
nameplate displaying the manufacturer's details, ATEX
classification, CE mark, European Commission mark for
Ex products.
Who is responsible?
It is the responsibility of the end user to specify to the
blower manufacturer the zone and category required and it
is their duty to ensure that they supply sufficient
information to obtain the appropriate blower for the job.
The zone can be different for inside and outside the blower
and the category of the machinery has to correspond to the
more dangerous zone.
Air Control Industries Ltd provide an ATEX Customer
Form to assist our customers in supplying all necessary
information to ensure the correct category and zone are
selected for each fan.
Air Control Industries Ltd Silver Street, Chard, Somerset, TA20 2AE, UK -- Tel: UK 0845 5000 501 | ROW +44 1460 67171 -- Email: sales@aircontrolindustries.com
ACI supplies industrial fans, axial fans, air blowers, centrifugal blowers, centrifugal fans, air knives and nozzles. We also supply ebm papst products.
