ATEX Standards

ATEX Area Classification

EN 16985: Spray booths for organic coating material – Safety Requirements
The new standard for spray booths EN 16985 was published in 12-2018. This document comprises the former standards EN 12215, EN 13355 and EN 12981 which have bee...
EN 16985: Spray booths for organic coating material – Safety Requirements
IEC 60079-46
When dealing with products suitable for an ATEX atmosphere, you need to bear in mind that there are 5 types....... The standard IEC 60079-46: 2017 details how to assess and certify Assemblies.
IEC TS 60079-42
This part of IEC 60079; which is a Technical Specification, provides guidance for equipment manufacturers where electrical safety devices are used to reduce the likelihood of potential ignition sources becoming effective in Ex Equipment located in Ex...
EN 80079-20-2: Explosive atmospheres: Material characteristics - Combustible dusts test methods
This part of ISO/IEC 80079 describes the test methods for the identification of combustible dust and combustible dust layers to permit classification of areas w...
EN 80079-20-2: Explosive atmospheres: Material characteristics - Combustible dusts test methods
EN 60079-10-1: ATEX STANDARD AND CLASSIFICATION OF AREAS WITH PRESENCE OF GAS
The latest edition of the ATEX standard was published as IEC on December 2020. The ATEX standard EN 60079-10-1 is concerned with the classification of areas wh...
EN 60079-10-1: ATEX STANDARD AND CLASSIFICATION OF AREAS WITH PRESENCE OF GAS