Norgren: Your Reliable Partner for Maximum Explosion Protection

Norgren has been the leading partner in explosion protection for many years. The protection of equipment and personnel within potentially explosive atmospheres is of the highest importance to Norgren and we have strongly supported the development of government regulations and technical standards to ensure a high level of safety.

The new EC Directive 94/9/EC was established in 1994. This Directive is widely known as “ATEX” – which derives from the original working title “ATmosphère EXplosible”. Since July 1, 2003 only the ATEX Directive remains binding. This means that all Ex equipment approvals obtained under previous directives are no longer valid – only devices and safety systems that comply with the ATEX Directive may be allowed onto the market. ATEX Directive 94/9/EC expands earlier guidelines by including non-electric components such as pneumatic actuators. These now have to be certified.

Due to these changes, companies have to rely on a number of devices that did not need to be certified before. Norgren offers an extensive range of ATEX certified products and is undertaking great efforts to extend this range even further. No matter which Ex zones are relevant for your business, Norgren will help you to find the right product and support you with extensive documentation and certificates of conformity.

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