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UNE-EN 60079-28:2016

Current

Current

The latest, up-to-date edition.

Explosive atmospheres - Part 28: Protection of equipment and transmission systems using optical radiation

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Published date

06-04-2016

£81.91
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Summarise this standard

INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General requirements
  4.1 Optical equipment
  4.2 Risk levels
5 Types of protection
  5.1 General
  5.2 Requirements for inherently safe optical radiation
       'op is'
  5.3 Requirements for protected optical radiation 'op pr'
  5.4 Optical radiation interlock with optical fibre breakage
       'op sh'
  5.5 Suitability of types of protection
6 Type verifications and tests
  6.1 Test set-up for ignition tests
  6.2 Reference test
  6.3 Test mixtures
  6.4 Tests for pulse trains and pulses between 1 ms and
       1 s duration
7 Marking
  7.1 General
  7.2 Marking information
  7.3 Examples of marking
Annex A (normative) - Reference test data
Annex B (informative) - Ignition mechanisms
Annex C (normative) - Ignition hazard assessment
Annex D (informative) - Typical optical fibre cable design
Annex E (informative) - Introduction of an alternative risk
        assessment method encompassing 'equipment protection
        levels' for Ex equipment
Annex ZA (normative) - Normative references to international
         publications with their corresponding European
         publications
Annex ZZ (informative) - Coverage of Essential Requirements
         of EC Directives
Bibliography

Describes the potential ignition hazard from equipment using optical radiation intended for use in explosive gas atmospheres. Also covers equipment, which itself is located outside but its emitted optical radiation enters such atmospheres.

Committee
CTN 202/SC 31
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
46
PublisherName
Asociación Española de Normalización
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
I.S. EN 60079-28:2015 Identical
NBN EN 60079-28 : 2015 Identical
IEC 60079-28:2015 Identical
BS EN 60079-28:2015 Identical
NF EN 60079-28 : 2016 Identical
EN 60079-28:2015 Identical

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