RMQ Titan with ATEX Approval

ATEX = ATmospheres EXplosibles = explosive atmospheres

[picture of ATEX-approved RMQ items] Moeller now offers the following in conformity with the manufacturer's guidelines: ATEX guideline 94/9 EC (mandatory from 06/2003) devices from the RMQ Titan range and the FAK range.

The switches are approved for device group II, with area of application "all except mining" as well as for category 3. The approval has the test number BVS 06 ATEX E023U, BVS 06 ATEX E024X.

The enclosures, push buttons, indicator lights etc. as well as the foot and palm switches are marked with equipment designation:
II3D IP5X T85°C.
According to the guideline for operators:
guideline 1999/92/EC (mandatory from 06/2006),
all the devices with test number BVS 06 ATEX E023U, BVS 06 ATEX E024 can be used in dust areas, zone 22, category 3.

The devices in surface mounting enclosures with the ATEX approval are used in dust hazard areas, for example in mills, metal grinding plants, wood processing and wood process areas, cement factories, the aluminium industry, the foodstuffs industry, grain storage and processing facilities, agriculture, pharmaceutical industry, etc.

The following device groups from the RMQ-Titan range can be ordered according to the ATEX directive:

Push button, flat
Push button, raised
Mushroom actuators
Selector switches
Key operated actuators
Illuminated push buttons
Indicator light lens assemblies

Double actuators
Illuminated selector Switch actuators
Joysticks
4-way push buttons
Emergency-Stop buttons
Foot and palm switches
Potentiometers

Accessories for use with ATEX on request.

ATEX type examination certificates

for the M22 range (968KB)

for the M22 enclosure and FAK (600KB)

This page last updated: 18 August 2007