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ATEX Zone Classification: What It Is, How It Is Determined and How It Is Represented
Many industrial facilities handle flammable substances, such as gases, liquids or combustible dusts, that can form explosive atmospheres when mixed with air. These situations pose a significant safety risk to people, equipment and the facilities themselves.To control this risk, it is essential to identify the areas where these hazardous atmospheres could form. The classification of […]
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Baghouse and Dust Collector Explosions: Causes and How to Prevent Them
In industrial facilities that handle bulk solids, dust collectors are essential equipment for ensuring safety and operational efficiency. However, they also represent one of the points with the highest explosion risk in the process.This is because they concentrate large amounts of fine suspended dust in an enclosed space where oxygen is always present. Under these […]
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Explosion Risk Assessment in Bucket Elevators
(CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE E-BOOK VERSION (SPANISH)) Bucket elevators, used to convey bulk solids in industry, require a detailed explosion risk assessment
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Explosion Prevention and Protection in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Fluid Bed Dryers
In some of its processes, the pharmaceutical industry uses, handles or produces substances considered combustible or flammable, in the form of dust or liquid. One of the main processes in this industry is the granulation, coating and drying of powders, carried out in equipment called a fluidized bed dryer (also known as a fluid bed […]
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Explosion Risk Assessment in Dust Collectors (Baghouses)
Dust collectors are one of the most critical explosion hazard areas in facilities that handle combustible dust Dust collection systems are among the main installations in industries that handle powders, used mainly to control dust emissions and reduce pollution. Baghouse dust collectors are the main component of dust collection and solid-gas separation systems, and they […]
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Discover the New Unified ATEX Certificate for Explosion Vent Panels
After more than 12 years manufacturing ATEX-certified explosion vent panels, Adix Ingeniería offers a broad product range to protect equipment such as baghouse dust collectors, cyclones, storage silos and bucket elevators Workplace safety is an essential requirement that every industry must be aware of and responsible for. Explosion vent panels are one of the key […]
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Overview of the New EN 60079-10-1 for ATEX Hazardous Area Classification
In industries that store, produce or use flammable gases or liquids capable of forming an explosive atmosphere, hazardous area classification is the first step required by Directive 1999/92/EC to develop the “integrated safety” process, in other words, the starting point of any risk assessment. Both the EN 60079-10-1: Classification of areas – Explosive gas atmospheres […]
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The ENHIGMA Project Continues Its Progress at ITECAM
On November 28, 2018, the ITECAM(Castilla-La Mancha Industrial Technology Center) headquarters in Tomelloso hosted a new progress meeting for the project ENHIGMA, “Optimization and improvement of PEM electrolysis cells for hydrogen production through simulation and experimentation”. The session was attended by representatives of each of the consortium members working on the initiative: The main goal […]
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NOVEx II: The New Flap Valve from Adix Ingeniería
After months of research, development and testing, we are introducing the new NOVEx II flap valve from Adix for passive explosion isolation With a more compact, lighter design that makes installation and maintenance easier, the new NOVEx II valve from Adix Ingeniería comes with a wide range of improvements for use in facilities with explosive […]
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NOVEx Flap Valve Certificate Extended to Metal Dust
Ten years have passed since Adix created its first flap valve, years of continuous development to improve explosion protection The Adix NOVEx explosion isolation flap valve is the result of the evolution of our first explosion protection project, VEX. Since then, its design and performance have been refined with new opening and closing systems, materials […]
