IECEx Equipment | Expert Consultancy at Capeserve

Equipment Certification

Equipment intended to be used in explosive atmospheres must conform to industry requirements and regulations. IECEx equipment certification refers to assessing and testing the construction of products required to be certified under the IECEx Equipment Certification Scheme.

The IECEx Certified Equipment Scheme provides fast track access to international trade in equipment and services for use in explosive atmospheres while maintaining the required level of safety.

The objective of the IECEx schemes are

To reduced testing and certification costs to the manufacturer
To reduced time to market
One international database listing
Maintaining International Confidence in equipment and services covered by IECEx
Certification

Relevant documentation for the IECEx Certified Service Facility Scheme

IEC 60079-0 Part 0: General requirements
IEC 60079-1 Part 1: Flameproof enclosures ‘d’
IEC 60079-2 Part 2: Pressurized enclosures ‘p’
IEC 60079-7 Part 7: Increased safety ‘e’
IEC 60079-11 Part 11: Intrinsic safety ‘i’
IEC 60079-18 Part 18: Construction, test and marking of type of protection encapsulation ‘m’ electrical apparatus

What Services Do We Offer?

At Capeserve we provide consultancy services to our client, complete with a gap analysis which allows the client to understands the technical and compliance requirements of the IECEx Equipment certification scheme.