ATEX Fans | Ex Inspection, Commission & Maintenance in Hazardous Areas
Published 14 May 2020
Thorne & Derrick | Experts In Equipment for Explosive Atmospheres | UK Distributors of the Extstream Portable Ventilation Fans for Hazardous Areas | IECEx & ATEX Certified
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ATEX & DSEAR
The Maintenance, Inspection and Testing of Equipment for service in Explosive Atmospheres should be carried out by approved CompEx qualified engineers – Ex inspections develop a complete inventory of all installed ventilation equipment (the Ex register) accompanied by a separate report for each piece of equipment detailing its location, suitability for the hazardous area zone, Ex details and its operational condition.
Ex Inspections safeguard site safety to ensure client compliance with the ATEX Directive and their legal obligations under the Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (DSEAR).
1-2 Here the engineer is shown checking vibration levels as part of the commissioning instruction on an ATEX fan prior to operation in a hazardous area industry ventilation application with potentially explosive atmosphere. As part of compliance to ATEX, both the end-user and installer of the fan must ensure they have installed and commissioned the fan as per the fan manufacturers IOM.
ATEX Fan Certification | the engineer is performing the annual maintenance check as per the fan manufacture IOM instructions to keep the ATEX certificate valid for safe and reliable ventilaton and air moving in an explosive atmosphere industry.
See more information about the Exstream range of fans – the first in the World certified to both Electrical & Non-Electrical (Mechanical) requirements of the ATEX IECEx Directive.
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