3 guides on compliance for hazardous-area procurement teams.
Three certification systems cover the same physics and stop short of recognising each other. What IECEx, ATEX and the NEC hazardous location articles each cover, how to read a certificate schedule and a marking string, and which one a buyer needs in which country.
Read the guideZone 0, 1 and 2 against Class I Division 1 and 2, how areas actually get classified and by whom, what changes when a site adopts the NEC zone articles, and how the classification on the drawing turns into a device specification.
Read the guideBuyers search for an explosion proof mobile phone and almost always need an intrinsically safe one. Here is what each protection concept means, why a handset is Ex ib rather than Ex d, and how to write the specification so the right device answers it.
Read the guideAsk for the certification schedule and datasheet for your market.
