Equipment and products operating in hazardous areas are required to meet stringent criteria. They must be ‘protected’ to avoid the possibility that they could become a source of ignition. Weighing systems are often an integral part of a process within the hazardous area and therefore must have suitable protection.

Thames Side Sensors, as a manufacturer and supplier of weighing equipment, complies with the ATEX 95 equipment directive 94/9/EC(also known as Article 100a and Article 95). We are a market leader in the design and manufacture of load cells for weighing in hazardous areas, having developed a range of load cells specifically designed for such demanding applications, for example chemical weighing.

• All our ATEX approved load cells have certification to ATEX Ex ia IIC T6 for all gas zones 0, 1, 2 and all dust zones 20, 21, 22.
• Several models have certification to ATEX Ex ta IIIC, allowing use in all dust zones 20, 21 and 22 without safety barriers.
• Others have certification to ATEX Ex nAT6, allowing use in gas zone 2 without safety barriers.

View the key details of our ATEX and IECEx approved load cells: by certificate number, ATEX coding and key parameters

Load Cells with Hazardous Area Approval

VC3500 (2000-200,000kg)

• stainless steel sensor
• fully welded and hermetically sealed IP68/IP69k
• High Accuracy
• ATEX and IECEx approval

T34 rocker column (10,000-1000,000kg)

• stainless steel load cell, for weighbridges/truckscales and silo weighing
• fully welded and hermetically sealed to IP68/IP69k
• Calibrated in mV/V/Ohm
• OIML C4 and NTEP approval to 60,000
• ATEX
• Durable polyurethane cable