Certifying your products to meet EU standards for market access is crucial. As an authorized ATEX Notified Body (NB), Element provides indispensable support, ensuring your products meet strict EU standards effortlessly. From personalized guidance to streamlined processes, we navigate the complexities, accelerating your time-to-market and ensuring compliance. Let Element simplify your path to obtaining the CE Mark and distinctive European Hexagon Mark for EU market readiness.
What is ATEX certification
ATEX Certification is a product regulation that ensures the safety of equipment intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres in the European Union.
In the European Union, all equipment with a potential ignition source (electrical or mechanical) including protective systems, must meet ATEX requirements for the health and safety of workers employed in hazardous atmosphere installations. Certifying your products to ATEX helps improve safety and protect the health of workers potentially at risk from explosive environments such as those found in the petrochemical industries, underground mining, or food production.
The benefits of obtaining ATEX certification with Element
- Improved Safety Standards: Element upholds the highest safety standards by the ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU. Our thorough assessments ensure your equipment meets regulatory requirements, safeguarding your workforce and assets.
- Expert Guidance at Every Step: Benefit from our comprehensive suite of services, tailored to your needs. From personalized feedback during product testing to direct communication with our engineers, we make sure that you're fully involved and informed throughout the certification process, guaranteeing compliance and peace of mind.
- Efficiency in Time-to-Market: Accelerate your time-to-market with Element's design reviews. Our invaluable insights at each stage of your manufacturer's R&D process streamline development, expediting product launches and enhancing competitiveness.
- Dual Certification: We are experts in both ATEX and IECEx certifications, we minimize duplication of efforts, ensuring efficient compliance with regulatory standards.
- Comprehensive Support: From testing to storage of ATEX technical files, Element offers a comprehensive suite of services to meet all your certification needs. We also provide on-site services where our team comes directly to your location. This eliminates the hassle of sending your products elsewhere, providing you with convenience and flexibility without compromising on the quality of testing and certification.
- High-Level Security: For your peace of mind, we offer a range of high-level security measures, including shielded rooms and specialized facilities. These measures demonstrate our commitment to maintaining the confidentiality and integrity of your sensitive projects
Simplifying the ATEX certification process
Navigating the complex process of ATEX certification can be overwhelming, leading to potential delays and uncertainties in compliance. As a European Notified Body (NB) for the ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU, Element streamlines this process for you. Our breadth of technical expertise will help you meet all the mandatory and voluntary testing, factory inspection, document storage, and certification requirements you need to use the CE Mark and distinctive European Hexagon Mark.
We provide personalized feedback and tailored assistance throughout the process, ensuring your full understanding and active participation. With our comprehensive support, you can navigate ATEX certification confidently, ensuring timely compliance and market readiness.
Overcoming challenges in sending products for ATEX certification Testing
Sending products off-site for ATEX certification testing can disrupt workflow and add logistical challenges, delaying time-to-market and increasing costs. Element's on-site ATEX certification testing services eliminate the inconvenience of shipping your products elsewhere.
Our team of experts travels to your location, conducting tests in a familiar environment. This tailored approach not only saves you time and resources but also ensures that testing is conducted efficiently and effectively. By bringing the testing directly to you, we minimize disruptions and streamline the certification process, helping you achieve compliance and market readiness faster.
ATEX certification of electrical equipment
As an ATEX-notified body, we can assist with the key standards for ATEX certification and testing of electrical equipment, including:
- EN 60079-0 – General Requirements
- EN 60079-1 - Flameproof equipment
- EN 60079-2 - Pressurised equipment
- EN 60079-6 - Liquid immersion
- EN 60079-7 - Increased safety
- EN 60079-11 - Intrinsically safe equipment
- EN 60079-13 - Pressurised room
- EN 60079-15 - Non-incendive equipment
- EN 60079-18 - Encapsulation
- EN 60079-28 - Optical
- EN 60079-31 - Dust protected equipment
ATEX certification of mechanical equipment
As an ATEX-notified body, we can support you with testing for mechanical equipment, including ATEX certification to the following key standards:
- ISO 80079-36 - General requirements (replaces EN 13463 series)
- ISO 80079-37 - Protection by Construction
Why choose Element?
As a UKAS and A2LA accredited test laboratory for EMC testing, Radio/Wireless testing, Safety, and Environmental testing, we possess industry-leading expertise to support your qualification and certification requirements for successfully CE marking your products for the EU Market.
Our distinction as a trusted ATEX Notified Body ensures that our certification processes hold the highest standards of quality and compliance. To learn more about our explosive atmosphere testing or ATEX certification services, visit our about us page or you can contact us with your specifications and requirements.
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