Protectoseal
- ATEX Approval on Pressure / Vacuum Relief Vents
Protectoseal is proud to announce conformity with European ATEX Directive
94/9/EC: Essential Health and Safety Rquirements of the Equipment
and Protective Systems in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres on the
Protectoseal models listed below
Materials of Construction: This approval covers
the models listed above in aluminum, ductile iron, stainless steel
and "Hastelloy" type nickel alloys, and would encompass
standard designs as well as designs incorporating minor modifications
that would not affect the unit's pressure / vacuum relieving characteristics.
Assessment Criteria: Each of these designs has
been assessed in accordance with EN13463-1:2001 Non-electrical equipment
for potentially explosive atmospheres - part 1: Basic method and requirements.
This assessment includes analysis of the following risks: 1) Hot surface
2) Electrostatic Discharge 3) Electrical Sparking 4) Mechanical Sparking
5) Radiation 6) Adiabatic Compression.
Labeling: All of these designs are now approved
and new orders shipped from Bensenville, USA to territories in Europe,
Africa & Middle East will be supplied with a stainless steel CE
conformity tag. The legal requirement for the tagging is applicable
to European territories.
Certification: Every unit shipped from Protectoseal
Bensenville for the defined territories will be issued with a "Certificate
of Conformance" in accordance with the ATEX requirments.
Validity: Equipment certification is to be renewed
every 10 years and applies to new equipment used in the production,
storage, processing filling and transportation of volatile products.
