ATEX Gas Environment Manual Chain Hoists (Zone 1 & 2)
ATEX Gas Environments
Lifting Equipment For ATEX Zones 1 and 2
Hoist UK offer a range of electric chain hoists, wire rope hoists, trolleys, winches and pneumatic lifting and handling equipment that is rated as safe to use within ATEX Zones 1 and 2.
ATEX Zone 1 is an area that is classified ‘as a place in which an explosive atmosphere consisting of a mixture with air or flammable substances in the form of gas or vapour or is likely to occur occasionally during normal operation’.
Whereas ATEX Zone 2 is an area that is classified ‘as a place in which an explosive atmosphere consisting of a mixture with air or flammable substances in the form of gas or vapour is not likely to occur in normal operation but if it does occur, it will be present for a short period of time only’.
ATEX Gas Environment Electric Chain Hoists (Zone 1 & 2)
ATEX Gas Environment Electric Belt Hoists (Zone 1 & 2)
ATEX Gas Environment Electric Wire Rope Hoists (Zone 1 & 2)
ATEX Gas Environment Trolleys (Zone 1 & 2)
ATEX Gas Environment Winches (Zone 1 & 2)
ATEX Gas Environment Pneumatic Rope Balancers (Zone 1 & 2)
ATEX Gas Environment Pneumatic Arm Manipulators (Zone 1 & 2)
WHAT IS ATEX ZONE1, 2, 21 AND 22?
When equipment is rated as ATEX, what does this mean?
ATEX is the name commonly given to the two European directives for controlling explosive atmospheres. ATEX lifting equipment can mean electric chain hoists, wire rope hoists and belt hoists, winches, trolleys and pneumatic lifting equipment, and can be referred to as spark proof or Ex equipment.
ELECTRIC CHAIN HOISTS FOR OFFSHORE ZONE 1 ATEX ENVIRONMENT
Our Oil and Gas industry customer required 3 ATEX rated electric chain hoists for their offshore working environment to safely lift and handle equipment, tools and machinery.
Lifting equipment supplied for any Oil and Gas application must be ATEX rated for use in either Zone 1 or 2 as defined by the exact working environment and the associated risks involved. Our customer specifically required an ATEX Zone 1 rated sparkproof electric chain hoist that was safe to use in a hazardous gas, vapour and mist environment that could be configured with existing steel work on the oil rig where it would be installed.
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