The Deeter Group, market leaders in the design, development and manufacture of electronic sensors and control systems, have attained ATEX and IECEx approval on a wide range of sensor products enabling them to be used in hazardous environments.
ATEX Directive 94/9/EC is the mandatory requirement for all equipment intended for use in a potentially explosive atmosphere to conform to specific safety standards. Many manufacturing processes, including biodiesel production, generate potentially explosive atmospheres. European Directive 137 – The protection of workers from potentially explosive atmospheres – makes it mandatory under European law to assess for an explosion risk and classify the area accordingly.
ATEX approval is now available on Deeter’s market-leading, UK designed and manufactured LVCS range of continuous output stainless steel vertical liquid level sensors. Available with a number of different analogue output options, including 4-20mA current loop, the LVCS range may be specified with an 8 or 12mm sensor tube diameter and from 100 to 4000mm tube length with optional thread mounting. The ATEX approval has been granted on both the standard Deeter LVCS and the optional Hall-Effect sensor versions.