January 9, 2004
MECHANICAL PRODUCT LINES CONFORM TO EUROPEAN INTRINSIC SAFETY STANDARDS
Watertown, Ma - United Electric Controls (UE)
As a worldwide leader in the manufacturing of pressure and temperature switching and sensing products, United Electric is pleased to announce that it has upgraded Option M405 – CENELEC Intrinsic Safety – to conform with European ATEX Intrinsic Safety standards. Available as a UE option January 5, 2004, the following product lines comply with the M405 intrinsic safety option: 6 Series, 10 Series, 12 Series, 21K Series, 100 Series, 105 Series, 117 Series, 120 Series, and 400 Series.
To insure proper product marking for ATEX intrinsic safety, you must order option M405 with the product type and model. The option includes the sticker of approval (with appropriate ATEX marking) along with a drawing explaining maximum entity parameters for an I.S. Barrier used in conjunction with any of the available products. An EU Declaration of Conformity certificate is available by ordering ISDOC.
The approval description is:
CENELEC intrinsic safety compliance per EN 50 014, EN 50 020, EN 60079-14
II 1 G EEx ia IIC T6 -50°C £ +60°C
Certificate No. DEMKO 03 ATEX 0335063
UE’s mechanical switch products are inherently intrinsically safe since they do not store energy within their components. However, by providing this agency certification through UL International/DEMKO, it allows these product series, UE and it’s distributors, to penetrate multiple markets, particularly in Europe where intrinsically safe switches are a top priority in hazardous area environments.
The ATEX Directive was designed to regulate the use of equipment (electrical or non-electrical) in potentially explosive atmospheres (created by the presence of flammable gases, vapors, mist, and dust) and the intrinsic safety standards are a component of this directive. The “new approach” ATEX Directive 94/9/EC (Potentially Explosive Atmospheres Directive), had replaced the “old approach” CENELEC intrinsic safety standards on July 1, 2003.
Please direct all questions to Joseph Mancini at United Electric Controls Co., 617-926-1000, ext. 323.
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