PCIC Europe, London 2022

During this year’s PCIC conference in London, we are pleased to present our thoughts on the role and content of the Ex equipment manual. Abstract Recent surveys have shown a lack of consistency for the contents of instructions regarding Ex equipment. As a major...

ISHPMIE 2020

The 13th ISHPMIE (13th International Symposium on Hazards, Prevention, and Mitigation of Industrial Explosions) conference took place on July 27-31. This year, the conference was organized by the PTB in Germany. Although this time an internet platform was used as a...

ATEX Guidelines 3rd edition (May 2020) published

In May 2020, the next (already third) edition of the guide to Directive 2014/34 / EU (ATEX) was published. The guide is a very useful document. It not only gives interpretations of individual provisions of the Directive but is also a binding interpretation of the...

EN 1127-1 new edition has just arrived

Just (08.2019) the long-awaited next edition of the EN 1127-1 standard has been released. The standard, which is the basic standard in the scope of Directive 2014/34 / EU (ATEX), is also harmonized with the machinery directive (MD: 2006/42 / EC). In the case of the MD...