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EU ATEX Directive 94/9/EC controls equipment for use in explosive atmospheres. VG Knife Valves are available Certified to ATEX.
VG ATEX Certified Knife Gate Valves
Ductile Iron and Stainless Bodied
DN50 - DN1200
All Standard Actuators
Short delivery time
Category 2 or 3. Zones 1, 2, 21, 22
Full Range of Ignition Temperatures
Gas and Dust
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VG ATEX Certified Valves – In Depth
Categories or Zones
The various ATEX regulations boil down to three different areas:
Category 3 |
Also called Zone 2 for Gas or Zone 22 for Dust. This is an area where an explosive atmosphere is unlikely to occur. We can supply Valves certified to this area. |
Category 2 |
Also called Zone 1 for Gas or Zone 21 for Dust. This is an area where an explosive atmosphere is likely to occur. We can supply Valves certified to this area. |
Category 1 |
Also called Zone 0 for Gas or Zone 20 for Dust. This is an area where an explosive atmosphere is highly likely to occur. We cannot supply Valves certified to this area. |
Temperature Classes
More applicable to solenoid valves and limit switches fitted to the valves rather than the Knife Valves themselves these indicate the maximum surface temperature that the equipment can reach and therefore restricts the equipment to which ignition temperatures it can work with.
We can supply Knife valves Certified to any of the Temperature Classes. For reference, here are the temperatures:
T1 450 °C
T2 300 °C
T3 200 °C
T4 135 °C
T5 100 °C
T6 85 °C
Pneumatic Actuator
We can supply ATEX Certified Knife Gate Valves fitted with double acting and spring return pneumatic actuators.
Manual Actuator
We can supply ATEX Certified Knife Gate Valves actuated by Handwheel, Lever or Square top.
It is our understanding that manually operated valves are excluded from the scope of ATEX Directive 94/9/EC but we do have customers insisting on ATEX Certificates for these.
Electric Actuator
Electrically operated ATEX Certified Knife Gate Valves are looked at case-by-case, please contact us for more information
Materials
All our standard material configurations can be ATEX Certified.
ATEX Knife Valve Sizes
The VG ATEX Slide Valves
are available in the following sizes in both Ductile
Iron Body and Stainless Body: DN 50, DN 65, DN 80, DN 100, DN
125, DN 150, DN 200, DN 250, DN 300, DN 350, DN 400, DN 450, DN 500,
DN 600, DN 700, DN 800, DN 900, DN 1000, DN 1200. Or, in
Imperial: 2 inch, 2 1/2 Inch, 3 Inch, 4 Inch, 5 Inch, 6 Inch,
8 Inch, 10 Inch, 12 Inch, 14 Inch, 16 Inch, 18 Inch, 20 Inch, 24
Inch, 28 Inch, 32 Inch, 36 Inch, 40 Inch, 48 Inch.
ATEX Valves on a quick lead time to suit your budget
All we need to quote for your ATEX Knife Gate
Valves is for an ATEX Questionnaire to be completed. Contact us to discuss
your application or you can complete it yourself and send it to us.
Complete the ATEX Questionnaire here
ATEX Questionnaire
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