Quite often, equipment is supplied or operated in combination with other equipment or components. These are often considered as single functional units (assemblies) in the scope of the Directive 2014/34/EU, IECEx 02 and INMETRO. Examples of such products are valves and their operating gear, pumps and fans. Complete plants may also be marketed as an assembly or a functional unit (like a device according to RL 2014/34/EU). For this, they need to be evaluated according to their ignition hazard, also in interaction with separate parts.
At DEKRA, we offer the following services to manufacturers of such plants and systems (assemblies) as part of the conformity assessment:
• Risk assessment for the assembly regarding additional ignition hazards and other relevant risks
• Test of safe use of bought-in ATEX products
• Assessment of electrostatic ignition hazards at plants and within processes
• Use of components without CE marking
• Special requirements in the documentation (e.g. instruction manual) of assemblies
In addition, DEKRA offers solutions to manufacturers who want to assemble customized plants by combining several components into modular systems.