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SJW Compliance Services Ltd |
SJW Compliance Services is a privately owned limited company based in the North West of England. |
We develop strong, long term relationships with our clients. It is important for us to understand them as individuals as well as the culture of their business so that we are able to optimise the balance between cost, time and quality. This way our clients benefit from the solution that best fits their requirements. |
Steven Waterhouse is the founder and principle of the company. He spent many years in engineering design and development of equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres before spending several years as a project engineer for a UK Notified Body. He is enthusiastic, practical and rises to the challenge of a very difficult problem to solve. |
The ATEX Directive is a 'New Approach' Directive - essentially a mandatory trading directive. The main impact of this Directive is that equipment which is marketed as intended for hazardous area use and which "is capable of causing an explosion through its own potential sources of ignition" must comply with the requirements of the Directive in order to be placed on the market or put into service within the EC. Equipment which does not present a potential source of ignition is outside the scope of the Directive. In practice, such equipment would not normally be sold as specifically intended for hazardous area use. Equipment which is already installed on site does not need to be changed to be 'ATEX Compliant'. Providing it is safe, for example equipment certified to European Standards prior to ATEX and which is still in good condition may continue to be used |