”Quick Introduction” to TÛV Denmark

TÜV Denmark - is a part of the TÜV NORD Group – a global

ATEX GUIDE
Organisation for Certification and Inspection of:

Quality Management Systems, Products, Processes and

Qualification of Persons .
A short introduction to
We got more than 130 years of experience within the area Quality and
Safety.
ATEX Terminology
Represented in more than 45 countries with a total of 7.500 employees.

Examples of Services: Equipment for use in flammable

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Food Safety: HACCP / BRC – e.g. DS 3027
EUREPGAP – food safety - GAP - Good Agricultural Practice
atmospheres
ü Quality Management Systems: ISO 9000, ISO 9001: 2000,
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Functional Safety: IEC 61508
Automobile: ISO/TS 16949, QS 9000, TE 9000 VDA 6.1, 6.2, 6.4,
Directive 94/9/EC
ü Medical products - Quality: EN 46001/2 or ISO 13485 /13488
ü Environment: ISO 14001, EC Regulations 1836/93 (EMAS)
ü Type approval of Medical Products – NB Directive 93/42/EC & 98/79/EC
ü IT Safety – ISO 17799 (BS 7799), ISO/IEC 12199 , ISO 9241
ü ATEX – Flammable Atmospheres Directive 94/9/EC – Notified Body
ü Branch specified third part Audits
ü ”Pressure equipment” – Notified Body to Directive 97/23/EC

TÜV Danmark Telephone +45 7026 8800

Diplomvej bygning 377 Telefax: +45 8870 8090
DK-2800 Lyngby Dir. Phone +45 2688 7501
Denmark Internet:
www.tuev-nord-dk or
www.tuev-nord.de
TÜV NORD: Better. Closer. More. e-mail: info@tuvdanmark.dk
 Frequently used Standards - (not complete)
What is Ex-equipment / areas? Electrical / Non-Electrical – Installation – Quality Requirements etc.
Electrical or non-electrical equipment used in an area where there is a risk of Protection Principles IEC Countries Europe
presence of a flammable atmosphere (gas or dust) - are popular called “Ex- General Requirements IEC 60079-0 EN 50014
equipment” or equipment for use in Hazardous Areas Oil Immersion – “o” IEC 60079-6 EN 50015
Pressurized Apparatus – “p” IEC 60079-2 EN 50016
Ex-equipment are typically used in places like:
Powder Filling – ”q” IEC 60079-5 EN 50017
The chemical industry Flameproof Enclosure – “d” IEC 60079-1 EN 50018
Oil refineries Encreased Safety – “e” IEC 60079-7 EN 50019
Off shore installations (platforms) Intrinsic Safety – “i” IEC 60079-11 EN 50020
Filling stations Encapsulation – ”m” IEC 60079-18 EN 50028
Tunnels/ sewers/ drains Field Bus Concept (FISCO) IEC / TC 60079-27
Milling industry/ printing-house / painting industry Laser Optics/radiation IEC 60079-28
Farmer’s installations Intrinsically Safe Systems IEC 60079-25 EN 60079-25
Mining industry Gas Detectors EN 50054
Zone 0 Standard IEC 60079-26 EN 50284
Zone 2 Standards
Scope of the ATEX Directive 94/9/EC Type ”n” Protection IEC 60079-15 EN 50021
Dust Standards
The Directive covers Electrical and Encapsulation in dust “mD” IEC 61241-18 EN 61241-18
Protection by enclosure “tD” IEC 61241-1 EN 61241-1
Non-electrical equipment! Construction & test EN 50281-1-1
Installation EN 50281-1-2
Non-Electrical
”Equipment”: Machines, apparatus, instruments, fixed or mobile
devices, control components and so on. Basic concepts and methodology EN 1127-1
”Protective systems”: e.g. equipment that can stop or delay an Basic Requirements EN 13463-1, - 5
explosion Group II engines EN 1834-1
”Components”: Essential parts for the safety but with no Petrol filling stations EN 13012
autonomous function. ATEX Quality Requirements EN 13980
Safety control and regulation equipment intended to be used Installations IEC 60079-14 EN 60079-14
outside the Ex-area - but with a function that secures the safety in
the Ex-area. Good places to find Ex-information / current Harmonized Standards:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/atex/
http://www.iecex.com/
http://www.iec.ch/
http://www.cenelec.org/Cenelec/Homepage.htm

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Example of Zone Classification Exclusions from the ATEX Scope
(Filling Station) Medical devices intended for use in medical environment.
Equipment and protective systems intended to be used in relation
with unstable chemical substances.
Equipment intended to be used in domestic and non-commercial
environments where flammable atmosphere is only a result of
accidents.
Personal protective equipment covered by Directive 89/686/EEC.
Seagoing vessels and mobile offshore units together with
equipment on board such units.
Means of transport i.e. vehicles, trailers , planes used for
transportation. (Vehicles used in potential explosive atmosphere
are not excluded).

Essential Health and Safety Requirements

Annex II of Directive 94/9/EC
Remark:
In Zone 0 – Ex-equipment must be designed for Category 1 use Principle of integrated safety
In Zone 1 – Ex equipment must be designed for Category 2 use Specific conditions of inspection and maintenance
In Zone 2 – Ex equipment must be designed for Category 3 use Environmental conditions
Marking
Instructions for use
IP Classification’s – Ingress Protection to EN 60529 Choice of materials
Design and manufacture
st IP nd Risk caused by software
Definition 1 code index Code Code Definition 2 code index
Class Ex atmospheres caused by the presence of gas, vapours and mist.
No protection 0 0 No protection
Objects greater than D: 50 mm 1 Example: 1 Vertically falling water drops Explosive atmospheres caused by presence of air-dust mixtures.
Objects greater than D: 12,5 mm 2 2 750 to 900 vertically falling water Potential ignition sources:
Objects greater than D: 2,5 mm 3 IP 5 6 3 Spraying water 600 from vertical Sparks, flames, electric arcs
Objects greater than D: 1 mm 4 4 Splashing water from any High surface temperatures
direction Acoustic energy, radiation: optical,
Dust protected 5 5 Water jets from any direction
Electromagnetic or other sources
Dust-tight 6 6 Powerful jets from any direction
7 Protection at immersion
(D = Diameter) Protected at continuous
8 immersion

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Classification by Group and Category according to Classification of gases into “Gas Groups”
intended use - Surface industry (not mining)

Group: Class and Group: Representative

Place of use
Category of Presence or CENELEC / IEC USA and Canada gas:
Level of Protection Comparison
Equipment Duration of Mines
Area to ATEX Explosive
with Present
Faults to Allow for Practice susceptible I Gaseous mines Methane
Definitions Atmosphere
to firedamp
IIA Class I Group D Propane
Continuous Very high level of
presence protection: Group II Surface IIB Class I Group C Ethylene
1 industries Class I Group B Hydrogen &
Long Periods 2 types of protection Zone 0 (gas) IIC
or Zone 20 (dust) Class I Group A Acetylene
Frequent 2 independent faults
More sensitive -
Equipment High level of less energy to ignite gas
Group II protection: Group II
IIA, IIB or IIC:
2 Likely to occur
1 type of protection. Zone 1 (Gas
These Groups are linked to how much energy that’s necessary to ignite the gas.
(surface
Habitual frequent Zone 21 (dust)
industry) Please Remark that the Group A, B or C marking is only relevant for the Ex-
malfunction
protection principles Flameproof Enclosure “d” or Intrinsically Safety “i”

Unlikely to For these protection principles the “Ex-protection technology” is directly linked to
Group II the sensitivity of the surrounding gas – this is not the case for the other Ex-
occur Normal protection:
3 Required level of protection principles.
Zone 2 (gas)
Present for a protection.
Zone 22 (dust)
short period Ex-Certification for the American Market
TÜV Denmark offers certification to the North American market for Zone 0, 1
Inflammable substances for all 3 Categories can be Gas, Vapours, Mist, and 2 and Class I, II and III, Division 1 and Division 2. This service is done in
or Dust cooperation with our American partner “ENTELA” which is an OSHA
approved NRTL (National Recognized Testing Laboratory).

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Marking Plate Conformity assessment procedure -
Minimum requirements (example) Equipment-Category 1 and M1

(Zone 0)
Explo International GmbH Group I and II - M1 (mines) and 1 (surface)
Mozart Strasse 48, 32819 Blomberg
or
Load Cell Type: 1709Ex, series 031203
0044 II 1G, RWTÜV-04-ATEX-1234
CE Type Examination CE Unit Inspection
EEx ia IIC T4 by Notified Body by Notified Body
Ui: 28 V, Ii: 98 mA Annex III Annex IX
Ci.: 10 nF, Li: 0 mH, Pi: 0,85 W EC-Type Examination
Certificate

and
Temperature Classes – (T-class)
or or
T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 Production Quality Assurance by NB
Maximum Annex IV Product Inspection
Surface ISO 9001 + EN 13980 by Notified Body
temperature Production Quality Assurance Annex V
of equipment 450 °C 300 °C 200 °C 135 °C 100 °C 85 °C Notification
– taking the
maximum Ambient
temperature into NB: Notified Body
account.
To ensure Ex-equipment can be safely used, the Gas Group must be known and
the Temperature Class must be compared with the spontaneous temperature of
the present flammable atmospheres .

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Conformity assessment procedure, Conformity assessment procedure,
equipment-category 2 and M2 equipment-category 3
(Zone 2)
(Zone 1) Group I and II - M2 (mines) and 2 (surface)
Group II - 3 (surface)

or
or or or
For electrical For non- CE Unit
equipment or internal electrical Inspection
combustion engines equipment by NB
ANNEX IX CE Unit Inspection
by Notified Body Internal Production Inspection
ANNEX IX Annex VIII

CE Type Examination Internal Production

by Notified Body Inspection
ANNEX III ANNEX VIII + Marking of equipment to 94/9/EC
Storage of technical file at NB
In addition to the required CE marking, equipment must carry
and
specific marking for potentially explosives atmospheres:

or or
0044 II 2 G and / or D
Product Quality Assurance by Conformity to type
NB Test under responsibility of RWTÜV
ANNEX VII NB Notified Body Number Gas / Dust
Equipment Group:
ISO 9001 + EN 13980 ANNEX VI surface industry
ISO 10005
European Commission mark Equipment category 2 –
for Ex-equipment For zone 1 use
NB: Notified Body

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