Mailing ListHarmonization of Hazardous Location Equipment Standards
Written by John Astad
Topic: General
Date: July 24, 2008 04:19
Director, Combustible Dust Policy Institute, Santa Fe, TX, USA Currently work in the Oil and Gas Industry on the Texas Gulf Coast as a Loadingmaster-PIC while maintaining regulatory compliance on the docks between the marine terminal, red flag barges and tanker ships. B.S. Business and Public Administration-Environmental Management Major University of Houston-Clear Lake 2002
Had an interesting phone call from Steve today inquiring if I knew of any resources here in the United States that could assist in obtaining ATEX/CE certification so his company could market their coal mining equipment in the EU under the ATEX directive. I really didn’t know anyone here in the USA in an ATEX consultant capacity that could help. But that did get the wheels turning and I did find some valuable resources on the web.
The ISA, which was founded in 1945 and located in North Carolina hosts the ISA12, Electrical Equipment for Hazardous Locations Committee. Currently the committee is developing standards for electrical equipment in hazardous locations with the close cooperation of the Underwriters Laboratories standards technical panel (UL STP 60079).