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ATEX Advisory Service provides specialist advice for companies who use hazardous atmospheres equipment and for companies who supply equipment for use in hazardous atmospheres. Both are subject to European Directives which have applied from July 2003.
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If you employ persons in a potentially explosive atmosphere, you will be subject to ATEX
137 Directive, known as the User Directive.
If you are a supplier or manufacturer of equipment intended to be
used in potentially explosive atmospheres or if you import such equipment
into the European Community you will be subject to the ATEX
100A Directive. Hazardous atmospheres include those resulting from a mixture of flammable substances in the form of gases, vapours, mists or dusts; with air under atmospheric conditions in which after ignition the combustion spreads to the entire unburnt mixture. A potentially explosive atmosphere is an atmosphere which could become explosive due to local or operational conditions. It is only this kind of potentially explosive atmosphere which products falling under the Directive are designed for.
Industries likely to be affected include mining, petrochem, offshore and food industry, particularly those involving the use or manufacture of flour, sugar or other potentially explosive dusts.
ATEXAS offers a free
half hour telephone advice service on the applications of the Directives
to your operations and specialist consultancy services either on a
hourly rate basis or fixed fee for specified elements of the work.
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Directive 99/92/EC is the "Worker Protection Directive" and places responsibilities on employers of persons working in potentially explosive atmospheres.
This Directive is commonly referred to as the ATEX 137 Directive.
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Suppliers of equipment
for use in hazardous atmospheres are subject to European Directive
94/9/EC, commonly referred to as the ATEX 100A Directive.
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