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THE DOUBT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do Equipment containing potentially explosive atmosphere and installed in safe areas, fall under the ATEX Directive 2014\/34\/EU <\/span>(also called ATEX 114)?<\/span><\/p>\n

CONSIDERATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Consider for example a Mixer, that contains a potentially explosive atmosphere but completely closed when it works. It is installed in a non-classified area while the manufacturer, during the risk assessment, has defined a Zone 0 inside it. Shall it be CE Marked Category 1<\/strong> according to the ATEX Product Directive, therefore involving a Notified Body before it is placed on the market? The answer is no.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The ATEX Directive is applicable to Equipment installed in ATEX Classified Areas, in other words in areas that are classified before the machine is installed. Here what the directive states:<\/span><\/p>\n

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[2014\/35\/EU] Article 1 –\u00a0Scope<\/strong>
\n1.\u00a0This Directive shall apply to the following, hereinafter referred to as \u201cproducts\u201d:
\n(a) equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And here is what the Official ATEX Guide states:<\/span><\/p>\n

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[ATEX 2014\/34\/EU GUIDELINES: 2024] \u00a7 34 Place of intended use<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

[\u2026] It is important to underline in this context how machinery\u00a0having a potentially\u00a0explosive atmosphere inside under operating conditions, but having no interface to\u00a0external potentially explosive atmospheres has to be considered.\u00a0Such machines, as\u00a0an integral whole, do not fall under scope of the ATEX Directive 2014\/34\/EU.\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The same approach is for the Machinery Directive. Hereafter the language from its official guide:<\/span><\/p>\n

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[2006\/42\/EC] \u00a0ANNEX I: Essential health and safety requirements relating to the the design and construction of machinery<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

1.5.7 Explosion<\/strong>. Machinery must be designed and constructed in such a way as to avoid any risk of\u00a0explosion posed by the machinery itself or by gases, liquids, dust, vapours or other\u00a0substances produced or used by the machinery [\u2026].<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the official Guide to the Machinery Directive the following text is written:<\/span><\/p>\n

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[Guide to 2006\/42\/EC] \u00a7228 Explosion<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

[\u2026] Although\u00a0the ATEX Directive is not applicable as such to explosion risks generated\u00a0within the machinery itself, [\u2026]\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

CONCLUSIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

When the Equipment or the Assembly or, in general, the Machinery,<\/strong> contains a potentially explosive atmosphere, a risk assessment according to EN 1127-1 and all the applicable harmonised standards to the ATEX product Directive, shall be done. <\/span><\/p>\n

If equipment, like instrumentation, are used inside the machine, those shall be CE Marked according to the ATEX Directive 2014\/35\/EU. However, the Machine itself, if installed in a non-classified area, normally, does not fall under the ATEX Product Directive<\/span>. An exception<\/strong> would be if the inside athmosphere can generate an ATEX area outside like, for example, in the case of a piping containing exploive gas (Methane) at high pressure.<\/p>\n

But, in general, the inside does not need to be CE marked according to the ATEX Directive.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div> <\/div>\n \n \n

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