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Ex Equipment Maintenance StrategyÂ
Installing correctly specified Ex certified equipment is only a small part of a long term program to ensure the workplace remains in a safe condition.
WITH EXPLOSION PROTECTED EX CERTIFIED EQUIPMENT FORMING PART OF FIRE & GAS AND EMERGENCY SHUT-DOWN SYSTEMS THEIR CONTINUED SAFE OPERATION WITHIN POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES IS ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE.
It is vitally important that safety critical elements such as Ex certified equipment function as intended by the original design – especially when called into operation under emergency conditions.
Ex certified equipment must therefore be correctly maintained to ensure the preservation of the special manufactured safety features that make the equipment safe to operate in hazardous locations.
Long term maintenance of Ex certified equipment can be extremely labour intensive and expensive so it is important to ensure the correct maintenance strategy is in place.
AN INAPPROPRIATELY DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED MAINTENANCE STRATEGY IS NOT ONLY FINANCIALLY WASTEFUL BUT ALSO TIES UP VALUABLE MANPOWER RESOURCES, OFTEN MANIFESTING ITSELF IN HUGE MAINTENANCE BACKLOGS.
At APR Safety, we are vastly experienced in the design of Ex equipment maintenance strategies. We utilise a risk based approach that fully endorses the recommendations within IEC (BS-EN) 60079-17, the recognised benchmark standard for the maintenance of Ex certified equipment, it is an approach that has been successfully applied to a number of our clients’ assets resulting in tangible resource and financial savings.