Avelair ATEX Zone 2 air compressors for Indonesia
Avelair have recently supplied two ATEX zone 2 75kW rotary screw air compressors for an off shore Floating Platform in Indonesia.
The compressors are ATEX rated for Zone 2 use – ATEX ZONE II, Gas IIA. T3 and offer 535 m³/hr at 11 bar(g). The compressors were designed and built in Bury St Edmunds, UK and were fully certified and tested prior to dispatch.
Standards
The compressor has been manufactured to the following standards although the list is not exhaustive.
BS EN 60079-0:2012
Explosive atmospheres. Equipment. General requirements
BS EN 62061:2005
Safety of machinery. Functional safety of safety-related electrical, electronic and programmable electronic control systems
BS EN 60204-1:2006+A1:2009
Safety of machinery. Electrical equipment of machines. General requirements
BS 7671:2008+A1:2011
Requirements for electrical installations. IET Wiring Regulations. Seventeenth edition
2006/42/EEC
New Machinery Directive
94/9/EEC
ATEX Directive 23 March 1994
EN 1012-1
Compressor and Vacuum Pumps – Safety Requirements
BS EN 60204-1
Safety of Machinery – Electrical Equipment of Machines
BS EN 954-1
Safety of Machinery – Safety Related Parts – General Principles
BS EN ISO 13849-1
Safety – related parts of control systems
BS EN 62061
Safety of Machinery – Functional Safety Control Systems
EN 292-1/2
Safety of Machinery Basic Concepts, General Principles For Design
EN 418 1992
Safety of Machinery Principles of Design, E-Stop Equipment
EN 60439-1
Low Voltage Switchgear Machines and Control Gear Assemblies
BS EN 13463-1:2009, -2:2004, -3:2005, -5:2003, -6:2005, -8:2003
Non-electrical equipment intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres.
