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Risk assessment
2026-07-283 min

A Risk Assessment Is Only Valuable If Its Quality Is Right

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Law and standards
2026-07-235 min

Explosion safety law is mandatory. The standard is not—or is it?

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CE marking
2026-07-194 min

A CE Marking Does Not Automatically Mean an Explosion-Safe Installation

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Equipotential bonding
2026-07-154 min

CABLE ARMOUR AND CABLE SCREENING: A SMALL DIFFERENCE WITH MAJOR CONSEQUENCES

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Machinery Regulation
2026-07-145 min

The Machinery Regulation is already here. The question is: who is already acting on it?

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Ex certification
2026-07-115 min

An Ex certificate is not a label added at the end

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Explosion safety management
2026-07-095 min

Explosion safety rarely fails within the zone — it often fails between disciplines

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Lithium-ion batteries
2026-07-075 min

The risk is not always where we expect it

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Ex d enclosures
2026-07-045 min

May an Ex d enclosure be sanded and repainted?

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Hybrid mixtures
2026-06-305 min

Wet dust is not always safer

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Dust explosion safety
2026-06-274 min

The Kst value: perhaps one of the most misunderstood values in ATEX and dust explosion safety

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Explosion safety
2026-06-264 min

Heatwaves and explosive atmospheres: when ambient temperature reduces the safety margin

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Explosion safety
2026-06-224 min

The greatest explosion risks are often not shown on the hazardous area classification drawing

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Management
2026-06-134 min

Managers do not buy ATEX. They buy continuity, availability and controlled risk.

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Explosion safety
2026-06-114 min

The most expensive ATEX mistake is often not shown on the hazardous area drawing

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Explosion safety
2026-06-094 min

Outside does not automatically mean safe

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Explosion safety
2026-06-064 min

Is a plant from 1975 automatically non-compliant under ATEX?

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Explosion safety
2026-05-314 min

Is a 2012 installation still demonstrably safe today?

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Dust risk
2026-05-224 min

Food industry and explosion risk: ventilation is not just a drawing note

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Explosion safety
2026-03-264 min

ATEX Electric Motor: a Silent Risk with Major Consequences

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Maintenance
2026-03-244 min

ATEX Installations Are Safe… Until Maintenance Begins

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Zoning
2026-03-214 min

The biggest mistake in ATEX zoning is the one nobody corrects

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Explosion safety
2026-03-184 min

Most ATEX professionals know the formula.

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IEC 60079-28
2026-03-144 min

The new reality under EN IEC 60079-28: optical radiation as an ignition source

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Explosion safety
2026-03-094 min

The Day After an Explosion, Nobody Asks Technical Questions First

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Earthing
2026-03-074 min

Earthing systems in Ex installations

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Zoning
2026-03-044 min

An explosion in Zone 0

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Hydrogen
2026-02-264 min

Hydrogen and explosion protection: are we underestimating ignition energy?

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Explosion safety
2026-02-244 min

Temporary deviation without losing control of safety

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Maintenance
2026-02-224 min

When does maintenance become a reassessment?

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Explosion safety
2026-02-194 min

Why ATEX Knowledge Cannot Be Fully Automated

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Explosion safety
2026-02-144 min

The case seems simple: a drum, a sack truck, and a pump.

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Explosion safety
2026-02-134 min

Evidence in explosion safety

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LEL / LOC
2026-01-314 min

LEL and Limiting Oxygen Concentration: two limits, one physical reality

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