{"id":6978,"date":"2025-11-25T15:41:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T14:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cdrpompe.com\/?p=6978"},"modified":"2026-05-31T17:35:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T15:35:58","slug":"atex-zone-pump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cdrpompe.com\/en\/pompe-zona-atex\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnetic drive centrifugal pumps in ATEX zones"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the industry chemistry<\/a> e pharmaceutical<\/a>, Risk management is an integral part of the production process, a responsibility that all stakeholders must take on.<\/strong>. Given the complexity of the process industry, every component installed in a plant must meet precise safety requirements, especially when operating in the presence of potentially explosive gases, vapors, or dusts.<\/strong> This is precisely what is meant by ATEX zone<\/em><\/strong>: an operating context strongly regulated by European directives that define the necessary and essential prevention measures to avoid any possibility of ignition.<\/p>\n

In these delicate environments, the choice of the right technology and the correct configuration of the pump based on real production needs is an aspect that directly affects the safety of places and workers. Magnetic drive centrifugal pumps<\/strong> produced by CDR Pompe<\/strong><\/a> are distinguished precisely by their ability to ensure complete hermeticity of the circuit, without points of leakage or direct contact between fluid and atmosphere.<\/strong><\/p>\n

CDR designs and manufactures certified pumps for ATEX zone<\/em>, supporting companies from the earliest stages of technical analysis, configuring, right from the kickoff meeting<\/a>, the most suitable solution for the type of fluid, temperature, and environmental classification, up to commissioning and periodic maintenance<\/a>.<\/strong> A skill that stems from direct experience in the most complex industrial plants and translates into real, documented safety that complies with all currently applicable European regulations.<\/p>\n

Safety and Classification in ATEX Zones<\/h2>\n

The term ATEX is the acronym for Explosive Atmospheres<\/em><\/strong> and indicates All areas where the interaction between flammable substances and oxygen can generate an explosive atmosphere, resulting in a risk of blast or explosion<\/strong>. These conditions occur when mixtures of combustible gases, vapors, mists, or dusts accumulate in concentrations high enough to explode upon contact with an ignition source. In the industrial facility, this risk is present in tanks, reactors, pumping systems, loading and unloading lines, synthesis laboratories, and mixing areas. To give a concrete example from everyday life, The gas stations where you refuel every day are ATEX classified environments<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To manage this type of danger, the European Union has introduced two fundamental directives: the 2014\/34\/EU<\/strong><\/a>, which regulates the design and certification of equipment intended for use in explosive atmospheres, and the 1999\/92\/EC<\/strong><\/a>, which defines minimum safety requirements for workers.<\/p>\n

The ATEX zone <\/em>they are not all the same, but they are classified based on the frequency and duration of the presence of an explosive atmosphere:<\/strong><\/p>\n