ATEX Compliant Belts
Why?
Atex Approved Conveyor Belts explained, manufactured for the following: –
Suspended combustible particles spread by air at a given concentration can produce an explosion if three main factors are present:
- Dust of a given size and concentration.
- Burning agent (oxygen) that produces the combustion process.
- An ignition point or heat source (sparks from static electricity).
Processes involving dusts, powder, particles therefore are susceptible to the risk of explosions.
Esbelt collaborates in preventing the risk of explosions by manufacturing anti-explosive ATEX approved conveyor belts in the ESPOT, DRAGO and FEBOR series.
These belts are anti-static in accordance with ISO 284, i.e. they do not accumulate static electricity and facilitate its discharge, preventing sparks that could cause ignition.
These belts are certified in accordance with Directive 2014/34/EU as non-electrical components used in equipment for operation in potentially explosive atmospheres and ATEX-Category 2 in accordance with EN13463-5:2011.
Suitable for potentially explosive atmospheres with inflammable substances in the form of gases and/or dust. e.g. in bucket elevators, storage silos, refined sugar processing.
With preventing aims, the European ATEX Directive applies to components of machinery, such as belting, working in potentially explosive environments. Explosions may occur in processes with dust, milling, drying, conveyance and storage in silos, most particularly if bucket elevators are involved.
Due to this, the Esbelt ATEX certified belts are all of the Espot, Drago and Febor series. Within the different existing ATEX categories the Esbelt belts are ATEX Category 2, meaning compliance with Directive 94/EC, which applies to non-electrical components of machinery for use in potentially explosive atmospheres.
Contact us for more details
PTB Innovation Ltd : Drogheda : Co Louth : A92 FR9X : T: 00353 1800 93 8765
M: 00353 (0) 89 474 8666 : sales@ptbltd.ie