IEC 60079-1 REDLINE : 7ED 2014
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EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES - PART 1: EQUIPMENT PROTECTION BY FLAMEPROOF ENCLOSURES 'D'
01-09-2014
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Level of protection (equipment protection level, EPL)
5 Flameproof joints
6 Sealed joints
7 Operating rods
8 Supplementary requirements for shafts and bearings
9 Light-transmitting parts
10 Breathing and draining devices which form part
of a flameproof enclosure
11 Fasteners, associated holes and blanking elements
and openings
12 Materials and mechanical strength of enclosures -
Materials inside the enclosures
13 Entries for flameproof enclosures
14 Verification and tests
15 Type tests
16 Routine tests
17 Switchgear for Group I
18 Lampholders and Iamp caps
19 Non-metallic enclosures and non-metallic parts of
enclosures
20 Marking
21 Instructions
Annex A (normative) - Additional requirements for crimped
ribbon elements and multiple screen elements of
breathing and draining devices
Annex B (normative) - Additional requirements for elements,
with non-measurable paths of breathing and draining
devices
Annex C (normative) - Additional requirements for flameproof
entry devices
Annex D (normative) - Empty flameproof enclosures as Ex
components
Annex E (normative) - Cells and batteries used in flameproof
'd' enclosures
Annex F (informative) - Mechanical properties for screws
and nuts
Annex G (normative) - Additional requirements for flameproof
enclosures with an internal source of release
(containment system)
Annex H (normative) - Requirements for machines with
flameproof 'd' enclosures fed from converters
Bibliography
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