Directive 2006/42 goes to Regulation 2023/1320 from 20.01.2027 with immediate effect…
Being on a conference one of the speakers was adressing the tangible and intangible values of safety engineering. This has given me the idea to have a look on the topic of explosion protection with...
How EPC projects unintentionally turn end users into EPCs — again and again.
What ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU asks is "what are you placing on the market?" What ATEX 153 asks is far more personal: Who are you inside the hazardous workplace — and what are you responsible for...
A Self-Knowledge Test Inspired by the ATEX Directive. Explosion protection is often discussed in terms of equipment, zones, standards, and certificates. Much less often do we ask: Who are you in...
A document with evidentiary value
PPE intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres must be designed and manufactured in such a way…
Because NO single stakeholder controls the whole chain
…to support the selection of the most appropriate candidate from a shortlist of industrial facilities.
Unauthorized modifications - compliance to design stage - Checking of this is a definite to do for any Ex inspection focusing on Ex hazardous area compliance for both electrical and non.electrical...
The most common failures in Ex compliance engineering come from incorrect zone classification, wrong equipment selection, poor documentation, weak inspection cycles, and lack of continuous...
The CE mark should NOT be on any conformity assessment certificate, because the manufacturer is responsible to affixing the CE mark to the product when it complies with all the legislation applicable...
ATEX = industrial law, not household. But ATEX principles still apply wherever a flammable gas can leak. ATEX is a mindset, not just a mark. Even in a household, flammable refrigerants require...
Mandatory Leakage Detection Systems A key requirement is the installation and regular verification of leakage detection systems in all applications using fluorinated gases or hydrocarbon...
Levels of Ex Inspection The Ex standards define different inspection grades.
General Considerations on Ex Hazardous Area Inspections Legal/Regulatory: Required by ATEX 1999/92/EC (ATEX Workplace Directive) and IEC 60079-17 (inspection and maintenance of Ex installations)....
CapEx / OpEx / explosion protection Both terms (CapEx, OpEx) well we know, and apply. Relations to Ex compliance engineering? Short summary to grab your attention towards.
Owning a Car vs. Explosion Protection (Ex) My best ever Ex.ample for about Ex compliance engineering is about ownership of a CAR.
Hazard and Risk Valid terms related to Ex compliance engineering. Trendy words, each and every person is familiar within process safety related industries. Besides all specially important to the...
Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi described flow as a mental state of deep focus, where individuals are so fully absorbed in an activity that time seems to disappear, self-consciousness fades, and...
Hazardous Area Industries do have various level of regulations, standardizations, directives and schemes related. All in charge have to be the most up-to-date.
Even if you are not an HA industry player, your daily life is full with Ex related issues: petrol stations, sugar, kakao powder, but wastewater network too may explode, if one does not give the minimum respect.