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Fagom is a company located in the outskirts of Barcelona, with extensive experience in adapting equipment and facilities to European ATEX Directives.
We offer extensive technical team to test the conformity of your facilities, taking into account the Directives 99/92/EC and 94/9/EC, which aim to protect the Safety and Health of workers and equipment canceling or minimizing the maximum risk of explosion.
A potentially explosive atmosphere is composed by air mixtures of gases, vapours, mists or dusts, which can ignite under certain operating conditions.
The Equipment and Protective systems intended for use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres (ATEX) Directive 94/9/EC provides the technical requirements to be applied and the relevant conformity assessment procedures before placing this equipment on the European market. These requirements are given technical expression by "Harmonised Standards", developed by the European Standardisation Organisations: CEN (for non-electrical equipment) and CENELEC (for electrical equipment).
The 99/92/EC directive refers to the workplace. Indicates the minimum installation requirements for improving the safety and protection of health of workers at risk from explosive atmospheres.
Hazardous places are classified in terms of zones on the basis of the frequency and duration of the occurrence of an explosive atmosphere.
The extent of the measures to be taken in accordance with Annex II, Part A, is determined by this classification.
Explosive atmosphere equipment must be certified according to state regulation (in Spain the Royal Decree 400/1996) which transposes the EU Directive 94/9/EC which establishes the criteria to be met by teams according to their field of application to be intrinsically safe.
Consequently, both the devices used in these areas, as their protection systems, components and associated equipment to ensure proper operation, should be properly marked.
Classification of hazardous places:
Effective ignition source is a term defined in the European ATEX directive as an event which, in combination with sufficient oxygen and fuel in gas, mist, vapor or dust form, can cause an explosion. Methane, hydrogen or coal dust are examples of possible fuels.
Effective ignition sources are:
OWN INERTING SIL2 SYSTEM
- Fagom has developed an inerting system for tanks and reactors with SIL2 certified. Its goal is to reduce the ATEX classification within a classified equipment as zone 0/20 to become ATEX zone 1/21.
- Different inerting techniques exist according to requirements, geometry and services under which the system is designed. Fagom design the optimal system for each application, making it SIL2 reliable to get a secure system management.
Benefits:
- Implementing SIL (Safety Integrity Level) rules to make more reliable detection systems and performance IEC-61508 and IEC-61511.
- Index of explosiveness determination.
- Control systems evaluation.
Risk are part of our daily lives and it is defined as the probability that a dangerous event will occur multiplied by the resulting consequences.
It is impossible to provide absolute protection from risks, however it is possible to limit them efficiently. Thereby, the objective is to avoid possible damage insofar as possible and to minimize the unavoidable residual risk to an acceptable extent.
To prevent negative impact on personnel, technical equipment and the environment, the first step is tod etermine the possible risks. Next, suitable mechanical or electronical measures need to be implemented.
Measures to reduce the probability of a hazardous incident can be divided into different hierarchical levels under the following principle:
"if one protective level fails, the next highest level is automatically activated"
The reduction of the existing risk is the result of all measures on the various protection levels.
The various parts of a processing system are associated with different risks.
The criteria for determining this risk set down in IEC/EN 61511, which dictates the measures to be taken to reduce the risk.
As a risk increases, the need for the availability of the Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) also increases. If this risk is limited with the help of installed automation technoloy, then the components must meet the criteria contained in IEC/EN 61508.
SIL is a measure of the probability that the safety system can meet the requiered safety functions for a particular period. The higher the safety integrity level the greater the risk reduction and is divided into four safety stages: SIL1 for a low-level initial risk to SIL4 for a very high-level initial risk.
Fagom main asset is our people and the knowledge they have. Our workers (engineers, electricians and welders) have specific training in the ATEX directives 99/92/EC and 94/9/EC with the ability to work safely in hazardous areas ATEX.
The result is a specialized and versatile team with extensive experience to meet the protocol for declassifying Atex zone and to select the equipment, instrumentation and technology most appropriate for each project.
David García Fortuny
Head of Production
Engineer with extensive experience in the industrial world, especially in the electricity sector.
Expert in the design and development of projects of electrical installations for industries and automation projects for both machinery and processes.
Expert in PLC programming, HMI screens and SCADAs.
Experience in coordinating work of installation and commissioning of automated manufacturing processes and the integration of machinery.
Marc Duxans Bosch
Industrial Engineer
Engineer with +15 years experience in the development, management and legalization of industrial facilities projects.
Responsible for preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance in electrical installations.
Accredited expert in risk analysis and technical solutions in facilities and equipment located in ATEX areas.
Product Manager in Termografics (infrared thermography service).
Ignasi Pijoan Bori
Industrial Engineer
Project Manager for compliance with ATEX directives and requirements for SIL in the chemical, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries.
Experience in performing automated manufacturing lines.
Experience in the power supply needs of the production machines in industrial environment.
Expert in control instrumentation.
Manel Roma Sólvez
Founding Partner and CEO of Industrial Facilities Fagom SL
High degree of specialization in industrial installations in process, chemical and pharmaceutical industry.
Expert in implementing energy solutions, particularly in the electric field, as well as ATEX installations and commissioning of facilities.
Ricard Molins Rovirosa
New Business Developer
Telecommunication Technical Engineer, Electronic Engineer, and MBA (Merboune - Australia)
Extensive experience holding positions of general and comercial management of products and services, in particular university education and consultancy.
Company registered with the Department for Innovation, Universities and Enterprise of the Generalitat de Catalunya (RASIC) with no. 080099428 (Electrical Low Voltage Specialist category, High Voltage Electricity, Water, Gas, fire protection systems and Chambers Thermal Installations in Buildings).
Accredited company by SVS @ CAP with no. 8 363 0344 163 for commissioning app ATEX Directives and management of security functions SIL according to EN 61508-1 to 7.
Company registered and accredited in the field of construction of Catalunya REA with no. 09000024278.
Member of the Association of Industrial Engineers of Catalonia.
Member of the Association of Guilds Installers Catalunya (AGIC)
Member of the Association of Electrical, Plumbing, Gas and Related Installers from Vallès Oriental.
No. Liability Policy. 58-931901 contracted with AXA company insured 1,100,000.
Insurance Policy for Collective Agreement No.64010 contracted with Aseq company.
Occupational Risk Prevention Service contracted with Laborsalus company.
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