HAZARDOUS AREA ATEX

Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals

Thorne & Derrick UK are specialist Hazardous Area (ATEX) Electrical Equipment Distributors - we distribute Flameproof, Explosion Proof and Intrinsically Safe electrical equipment for Zone 1, 2, 21 and 22 hazardous areas. T&D UK service the global oil, gas and petrochemical industries with LV-HV hazardous area electrical equipment.

T&D UK Core Product Ranges - Hazardous Areas :
Junction Boxes (Electrical Enclosures)
Local Control Stations
Control Panels
Power Switching
Lighting
Torches
Digital Cameras
Electrical Safety Equipment
Emergency Shutdown, Call Points, Breakglass
Sounders & Beacons
Trace Heating Systems
Duct Seals
Plugs and Sockets
Cable Containment (Tray, Ladder, Basket)
Cable Joints
Cable Glands
Cable Cleats
Cable Ties

 
Key suppliers include : CATU Electrical, CMP, Walsall Electric, 3M Electrical, Abtech, Hadar, Flexicon, Clifford Snell, Wolf Safety Lamp, Unitrunk, Vantrunk, Prysmian, Peppers, Thomas & Betts, Marechal, Exheat, Peli, Ellis Patents, Band-It, Panduit, Petrel, Cooper Crouse Hinds, CSD, Thermon, Technor and Raychem.

Hazardous Area Zones Classification
Zone 1 - where flammable atmosphere is likely to occur during normal operation.
Zone 2 - where flammable atmosphere is not likely to occur during normal operation and if it does will only exist for short period of time, typically less than 10 hours per year.
Zone 21 - a place in which an explosive atmosphere, in the form of a cloud of combustible dust in air, is likely to occur occasionally in normal operation.
Zone 22 - a place in which an explosive atmosphere, in the form of a cloud of combustible dust in air, is likely to occur in normal operation but, if it does occur, will persist only for a short period.

ATEX Certified Electrical Equipment for Hazardous Areas
ATEX is the name given to a set of European Directives relating to Hazardous Area Electrical Equipment Installations (Flammable Atmospheres) to avoid industrial accident or incident. ATEX Directive 94/9/EC (ATEX 95), is a directive adopted by the EU under the “New Approach” strategy.

The “New Approach” ATEX directive supersedes the “Old Approach” ATEX Directive, the Potentially Explosive Atmospheres Directive, 76/117/EEC – ATEX 94/9/EC (ATEX 95) facilitates free trade in the EC for hazardous area electrical equipment intended to be used in potentially explosive atmospheres. ATEX Directive 94/9/EC (ATEX 95) covers “Electrical Equipment” used in hazardous areas with potentially explosive atmospheres created by presence of gases, vapours, mists or dusts. T&D UK stock and distribute an extensive range of ATEX Certified Electrical Equipment for Hazardous Areas including cable glands, electrical enclosures, junction boxes, plugs and sockets, cable joints, control stations, cable transits, cable cleats, mobile phones, laptops, digital cameras, conduit systems, portable lighting (torches, handlamps, headlamps).


3M - Low Voltage Power, Control, Instrumentation Cable Joints
3M - High Voltage Cold Shrink Cable Joints & Cable Terminations 
Abtech - Hazardous Area Junction Boxes & Electrical Enclosures 
Band-It - Stainless Steel Cable Ties 
CATU - Electrical Safety Equipment for Substations & Switchrooms
CMP, Hawke, Prysmian - Hazardous Area, Flameproof Cable Glands

T&D UK - Hazardous Area Electrical Equipment Distributor