FAQ: I look for ATEX certified battery for 12V application. How can you help me?

ATEX Directive

The ATEX Directive 94/9/EC was designed to ensure that people who work in flammable and potentially explosive conditions take extra safety precautions. The battery powered equipment they use in such environments, such as lamps, gas detectors, and air-monitoring devices, is held to the highest safety standards.

The ATEX safety directive identifies electronic components that have built-in safety features designed to safeguard users who work under hazardous conditions and places the onus on equipment manufacturers for designing and testing their equipment to ensure that it incorporates all of the required safety features. 

There are several different technical design options are available to comply with the ATEX directive, including explosion-proof enclosures, specific protection devices and encapsulation. This includes the pre-certification standard of “Intrinsically Safe” (IS) components such as batteries that do not produce sparks and should not release electrical or thermal energy that could caused any sort of reaction, even when the component is abused (for example short circuited).

Application of ATEX

The ATEX directive applies primarily to complete products. It is a matter of the design of the complete product that is constructed in a way to meet the requirements of the directive.

GWL/Power supplies the raw components and individual products “as they are”. The individual components are not tested as to ATEX directive. However our customers may use the individual components to built solutions that will as a whole be applicable for the ATEX compliance. 

We welcome suggestions for co-operation in regards to the production of the ATEX compatible products and solutions.

Photo: ATEX compatible products may be produced using the ATEX approved housing and connections. For example: a battery pack with protective SBM installed in an IP67 and APEX certified housing.