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Ex assembly or invidually sourced items?

Published: 14/07/2021

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Ex assembly or invidually sourced items?

You are on site, and you do Ex detailed inspection.

There are:

- a motor - Ex de - cat2 solution - T4

- a pump - Ex c - cat3 solution - TX

- Pt100 temp sensor - Ex ib - cat2 solution - T6

Only doc available: DoC of motor.

HAC: Zone 2 IIA T3

Questions:

- is it enough to comply with Ex requirements? No.

- is it assembly or individually sourced items mounted here locally? No one dataplate, so probably option 2.

- Ex c might mean nr of requirements, E.g TX, and what about dry running, pressure values, transported materials, …

- as of extra motor is with VFD, so temp monitoring shall be an issue.

Even here the min shall be per item:

- proof of Ex compliance, here: ATEX

- IOM

- dataplate

- design variables

Keep up good work!

Actual result: failed.

Ps: show must go on.

Arpad

veress@exprofessional.com

exprofessional.com

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