| Cat Pumps® are ATEX certified |
| Many of Cat Pumps® high pressure, triplex, reciprocating PD pumps are now certified for ATEX 2, ZONE 1 or 2 including Models 45 and all 15, 18, 25, 28, 35, 38, 60, and 68 frame pumps.
These ATEX certified high pressure pumps will be specially labeled and come with a signed ATEX certificate.
Both ATEX2 and ATEX3 pumps will be numbered with the ATEX 2 or ATEX 3 suffix added to the standard pump part number.
Under the ATEX Directive, equipment is designated by the type of potentially explosive atmosphere in which the equipment may be used – Group 1 for underground mines and Group 2 for surface industries.
In Group 2 ATEX also defines categories of equipment, specified by their protection characteristics. It also designates the hazardous location zones they can be used in: zones 0, 1 and 2 for gases, vapours and mists and zones 20, 21 and 22 for dusts.
Cat Pumps ATEX 2 certified pumps include:
Group 2, Category 2, Zones [G] 1 & 2 and [D] 21 & 22 ****
Cat Pumps ATEX 3 certified pumps include: Group 2, Category 3, Zone [G] 2 & [D] 22 ****
Please contact our technical sales team with any questions you have on our ATEX pumps.
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