Evaluation and certification of non-electric equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres according to the ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU. The certification process will normally follow three steps:
Gexcon Certification
Located in Bergen, Norway, we provide evaluation and certification of non-electric equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres according to the ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU. Our Notified Body number is 2795 and we are registered in the NANDO database.
1. Pre-Assessment of Equipment
The overall goal of Pre-assessment of equipment will be to document the relevant requirements set by the ATEX-directive and applicable harmonized standards, such that the equipment can be ATEX-certified at a later stage. During the Pre-assessment we will review the technical documentation for the product and provide a list of additional requirements according to the requirements in the ATEX-directive (2014/34/EU). For request for Pre-assessment or more information, please contact us.
2. Certification of Equipment
Gexcon Certification as a Notified Body will assess the equipment and its documentation against the requirements in the ATEX Directive and applicable harmonised standards. The result from the assessment will typically be one round of commenting on the documentation and a non- conformity list with reference to specific items needing to be corrected before a certificate can be issued. To achieve ATEX-certification of a product, testing of equipment against international and/or European harmonized standards may be required. Gexcon Certification have extensive experience with the performance of explosion testing and can evaluate testing according to requirements in harmonized standards and the Directive. As part of the evaluation, test witnessing and site assessment can be performed at the manufacturer or external laboratory. For certification application, requests or more information, please contact us.
3. Certification Documentation
When conformity of a product to the ATEX Product Directive is documented, Gexcon Certification can issue a certificate. Where a certificate is not required under the Directive, Gexcon Certification can store the technical documentation for the equipment and issue a receipt for this to the manufacturer. When approved, equipment will be marked with the ex-symbol followed by the equipment-group and category. For more information regarding certification documentation, please contact us.
Control Committee
Gexcon Certification has addressed the issue of impartiality by establishing a control committee.
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Gexcon Certification AS, Fantoftvegen 38 NO-5072 Bergen , Norway
Tel: +47 55 57 43 30 Email: certification@gexcon.com
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