Explosion Protection
Do you need to use your electronics near flammable liquids, gases or dust?
As a leading engineering service provider, we also realise your system for potentially explosive environments. We are the only service provider in Europe that offers expertise both for intrinsically safe (Ex-i) electronics and pressure resistant housings (Ex-d) from a single source. We offer explosion protection against both gases and dust.
Engineering Services
- Competent consulting
- Conception and development of explosion-proof products up to Zone 0 / 20 according to the following types of protection
- Intrinsically safe electronics (Ex-i)
- Encapsulation (Ex-m)
- Flameproof enclosures (Ex-d)
- Pressurized encapsulations (Ex-p)
- Increased Safety (Ex-e)
- Equipment dust ignition protection by enclosures (Ex-t)
- Upgrading existing products to make them explosion-proof
- Evaluation of intrinsically safe systems through ispark modelling
- Products for Zone 2 with types of protection nA and ec
- Preparation and support for certification
Tests according to IECEx OD 024
In cooperation with PTB, tests of electric motors and generators according to IECEx OD 024 are performed in our laboratories.
Tools
- ispark (PTB)
- Rules checker for Altium (embeX)
We work to the following standards and directives among others
- ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU for explosion protection
- IECEx
- IEC 60079: “Explosive atmospheres”
- NEC 500
- NEC 505
- Hazardous locations
- CSA
- UL
- FM
Who to contact
José Leonett
Head of Business Unit Process Automation
Marketing and Sales
Phone: +49 761 479799-707
Mobile: +49 151 1681 1779
j.leonett@embeX.de