Hazardous Location Global Compliance: Understanding the Global Standards

Testing and certifying equipment for use in explosive atmospheres can be complex and confusing. With the many regional and global certification schemes having similar or overlapping standards, it’s crucial that manufacturers understand their regulatory obligations, as well as how to minimize re-testing and the risk of compliance failures.

Why download this Whitepaper? 

Download this whitepaper to gain:

• A breakdown of global Ex standards and insight for manufacturers to achieve product conformity
• Understand the different standards for global certification schemes across the UK, EU, North America and Rest of World
• Introduction to applying protection concepts

Hazardous Location Global Compliance: Understanding the Global Standards: Abstract

This whitepaper covers the global Ex standards behind the certification schemes for all major markets, helping manufacturers to understand their testing and compliance requirements. This whitepaper is part 2 of a series of papers, providing an introduction to global hazardous location compliance. It covers an IECEx certified equipment scheme; EU CE Mark and ATEX certification (including harmonised and non-harmonised standards); UKCA and UKEx certification; United States HazLoc; Canada; Asia (including China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan); Rest of World certification schemes (such as Middle East and Australia), and considerations for applying protection concepts.

Hazardous Location Global Compliance: Understanding the Global Standards: Excerpt

This excerpt outlines the considerations for manufacturers designing and selling products for use in explosive atmospheres to local or global markets. It explains the different regions the whitepaper will cover, and how the paper aims to educate manufacturers about the different standards covered within the global and regional certification schemes.

"When seeking approvals for market access to the numerous regions of the world, it’s important to know what each region uses when determining if a product is compliant.  

This whitepaper is part of Element’s Ex Global Compliance whitepaper series, where we are introducing and explaining the basics of global certifications and the standards used in various regions of the world for demonstration of conformity. 

We consider the requirements of some of the most common markets for explosive atmosphere products, such as the UK, Europe, the USA, Canada, South Korea, China, and more, as well as the requirements for regions not listed."

In this whitepaper, we aim to educate engineers and compliance managers about the different global regulatory schemes and their associated standards, and considerations for applying protection concepts.

Download to Read More and gain insight into the global standards required to achieve compliance for products designed for use in explosive atmospheres.