Guidance documents on the ATEX 94/9/EC Directive issued by the authorities in the UK and the European Commission.
As more become available we will post them here.
| Title | Synopsys | Word | Abobe |
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| ATEX Guidance | Guidance issued by the UK for implimentation of the ATEX Directive, a good all round publication |  |
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| ATEX - European Guidance | Guidance document issued by the European Commission on the the ATEX Directive - 2nd Edition | |
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All equipment certified under the ATEX Directive 94/9/EC, must be appropriately marked, and the main identification symbol which must be placed on the equipment is shown opposite.
This must be followed by the appropriate code for the type on environment where the equipment can be used.
Such as
II 2 G/D
The first letters (II) represent the group of the Equipment. in this example for above ground use.
The second numeral (2) relates to the Category of equipment, either 1, 2 or 3 depending on the severity of the environment.
Equipment Categories
The ATEX Directive, in Annex I, defines five categories of equipment:
M1 and M2 (mining use)
CAT 1, CAT 2, and CAT 3 (non-mining use)
Finally, the remaining letters indicate either (G) a Gaseous environment or (D) a Dust environment or as in our case both
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