Fixed & Portable ATEX & IECEx Fans for Hazardous Areas & Explosive Atmospheres

Published 17 Apr 2026

ATEX & IECEX Fans

Fixed & Portable ATEX Fans

ATEX & IECEX Fans

Fixed & Portable Tank Ventilation Solution For Hazardous Areas

Thorne & Derrick distribute a range of cost effective ATEX fans offering a high performance fixed and portable tank ventilation solution for hazardous areas and explosive atmospheres. Suitable for confined space applications where fresh air is required to provide a safe working environment and for gas freeing of oil and chemical tanks.

These ATEX & IECEx fans can be fully portable so can be used on a wide range of vessels. Safety is paramount nowadays particularly in the workplace and the Tank Vent ATEX Portable Fan range provides fresh air when entry into a confined space for workers in tank cleaning is unavoidable.

Thorne & Derrick can provide a portable, electrically driven unit to provide fresh air for the safety of workers and of the vessels while cleaning of storage holds and tanks takes place.

These units can be independently ATEX and/or IECEx Certified and are certified to both Electrical & Non-Electrical standards for safe ventilation of hazardous area workplaces and potentially explosive atmospheres – providing a world wide safety solution.

ATEX & IECEx fans continuously move fresh, uncontaminated air through a hazardous area as an effective means of controlling an atmospheric explosive hazard.

ATEX & IECEX

Currently Thorne & Derrick distribute the following ATEX & IECEx Fans Approved for Ventilation of Explosive Atmospheres:

ATEX Fan - Tank Vent Fan 575

ATEX Fan – Tank Vent Fan 575

Does Your Portable ATEX Fan Comply?

The following check-list provides information to clients to ensure their ventilation fans are safe and compliant with ATEX and IECEx requirements for service in potentially explosive atmospheres and hazardous area locations.

  • Hazardous area certification must show compliance to BS EN 14986: 201
  • Beware of product only using the certification from the electrical equipment. ATEX covers both mechanical and electrial equipment.
  • Dedicated ATEX documentation with regard to operation, installation and maintenance
  • Clearances between rotating elements and fan casing
  • Rigid impeller construction with over-speed capacity
  • Spark minimisation using correct material pairing
  • Dedicated fan ATEX nameplate
  • Anti-static protection through correct earthing
CONFINED SPACES | LIGHT, POWER, HEAT & VENTILATION FOR EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES

Thorne & Derrick International distribute an extensive range of ATEX & IECEx Certified Products for safe use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres & Hazardous Areas – these products help overcome the dangers of confined space working alleviating risks with the provision of certified and safe confined space lighting, power, heat and ventilation – keeping workers safe during maintenance, repair and installation works in hazardous area locations in potentially explosive atmospheres.

The Exstream range of 3rd Party Certified Portable Fans distributed by Thorne & Derrick are independently dual certified IECEx & ATEX portable ventilation fans certified to both Electrical & Non-Electrical standards to provide a world wide safety solution.

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