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SSH EN 60079-18:2009

Explosive atmospheres - Part 18: Equipment protection by encapsulation "m"

Apr 29, 2010
95.99 Withdrawal of Standard   Apr 10, 2018

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IEC 60079-18:2009 gives the specific requirements for the construction, testing and marking of electrical equipment, parts of electrical equipment and Ex components with the type of protection encapsulation 'm' intended for use in explosive gas atmospheres or explosive dust atmospheres. This part applies only for encapsulated electrical equipment, encapsulated parts of electrical equipment and encapsulated Ex components where the rated voltage does not exceed 11 kV. The significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition are as follows: - Incorporation of level of protection 'mc' - Equipment protection levels (EPL Ma, Ga, Da, Mb, Gb, Db, Gc, Dc) - Incorporation of the dust requirements - Incorporation of switching contacts for level of protection 'ma'. This publication is to be read in conjunction with <a href='http://webstore.iec.ch/webstore/webstore.nsf/artnum/038403'>IE C 60079-0:2007</a>. <span style='color:red'>NEW!</span> IEC 60079-18:2009 is also available as <a href='http://webstore.iec.ch/webstore/webstore.nsf/artnum/S0317918'>IEC Standards+ 60079-18:2009</a> which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition. The contents of the corrigendum of June 2009 have been included in this copy.

Related directives

Directives related to this standards.

94/9/EC

Equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (ATEX)

Harmonized
2008/68/EC

Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the council of 24 September 2008 on the inland transport of the dangerous goods

2014/34/EU

Directive 2014/34/EU Of The European Parliament And Of The Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (recast)

Life cycle

PREVIOUSLY

WITHDRAWN
SSH EN 60079-18:2004

WITHDRAWN
SSH EN 61241-18:2004

NOW

WITHDRAWN
SSH EN 60079-18:2009
95.99 Withdrawal of Standard
Apr 10, 2018

REVISED BY

PUBLISHED
SSH EN 60079-18:2015

Related project

Adopted from EN 60079-18:2009

Adopted from IEC 60079-18 Ed. 3.0 b