All of our range of Super Dragin air powered vacuum pumps can be converted into anti-static models that then become safe to use in explosive or hazardous environments. We convert the vacuum pump and then ship the unit as a kit including anti-static earth strap, anti-static hose, anti-static camlock system and anti-static, metal wand.

We have had our air powered vacuum pumps assessed by a qualified electrical engineering and consulting assessor and this is what he has to say.........

Either CENELEC or IEC explosion protection standards provide specific design
requirements for various explosion protection philosophies which prevent ignition
of explosive, flammable or combustible mixtures of gases, vapours or dusts in air
by any of the following means, either alone or in combination:
a. Energy and heat reduction (cannot ignite)
b. Ignition containment (ignition is controlled and cannot spread)
c. Ignition avoidance (explosive, flammable or combustible mixtures cannot gain
access to an ignition source).

This apparatus, by its nature and design, is inherently and unconditionally safe in
a constantly hazardous explosive or combustible atmosphere as there are no
ignition sources or mechanisms for ignition incorporated within it, under normal
operation.
Certification under any national or international explosion protection scheme,
including ATEX Approval or IECEx Certification or to any explosion protection
standards is therefore unnecessary as this apparatus is outside of the scope of
these schemes and those standards.

it is the opinion of E.P.E.E. Consulting
Services that the apparatus as described in Figure 1 of this Letter of Opinion is
inherently and unconditionally safe in explosive, flammable or combustible
atmospheres in that it will not ignite explosive mixtures of flammable gases,
vapours or mists, combustible mists or combustible dusts, during normal
operation.

Paul Spresser
Principal Consultant
E.P.E.E. Consulting Services Pty Ltd
Bachelor Engineering (Electrical and Computers) - QUT 1992
Associate Diploma Electrical Engineering – DDIAE 1986
Electrical Equipment in Hazardous Areas (EEHA) Auditor No. 02/0093 Category 3 (Gas, Vapours and Combustible Dusts) (DEIR/ESO
Queensland)
Member – Engineers Australia
Member – Standards Australia EL-014, EL-023 and MS-011 subcommittees
Past Member – IECEx Assessment Team