Каталог Weidmuller: Enclosures and Cable Glands

ATEX directive 94/9/EC
Technical appendix
ATEX directive 94/9/EC
Article 95 of the European Community Formation Treaty deals
with the equalization of laws of the Member States. The ATEX
directive 94/9/EC sets out the basic requirements for health
and safety protection as a directive following the new concept.
It is aimed at manufacturers of equipment and components
designed for used in potentially explosive atmosphere areas.
The ATEX directive 94/9/EC was transferred into national law.
For Germany these are:
1. German Equipment and Product Safety Act (GPSG),
06/01/2004, Federal Law Gazette Part I, 09/01/2004 p. 2.
2. Eleventh supplementary regulation to the GPSG (11th
GPSGV), 12/12/1996, Federal Law Gazette I, p. 1914, last
amended by Article 18 of the Act on the restructuring of the
safety of technical equipment and consumer products,
06/01/2004 , Federal Law Gazette Part I, 09/01/2004 p. 17.
This conformity assessment process of the directives sets out
different procedures. For device category 3, the manufacturer
can perform the conformity assessment itself. For devices of
categories 1 and 2, this conformity check must be carried out at
a notified body in the form of a EC type-examination. In addition,
quality assurance must be monitored for the devices of
categories 1 and 2.
Weidmüller has devices and components in its product range.
Empty enclosures are components and are certified at the
factory as such. Installing certified components does not create
a certified equipment. To do this, additional tests must be carried
out.
Weidmüller offers customer-specific devices available as certified
solutions. The production of assembled enclosures is monitored
by a notified body.
This directive sets out the requirements for the products
depending on their equipment group and category. This is
the category as set down by the ATEX directive 1999/92/EC
applicable for each appropriate zone.
To prove conformity with the basic health and safety regulations,
harmonised standards are used. If the requirements as laid out
in the Official Journal of the EU are met, then it will be in
compliance with the standard requirements for conformity
(presumption of conformity). Various, mostly equivalent,
protection types have been standardised harmoniously (see
table)
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