BS EN 50018:2000

GENERAL
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Apparatus grouping and temperature classification
SPECIFIC CONSTRUCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS
5 Flameproof joints
6 Cemented joints
7 Operating rods
8 Supplementary requirements for shaft and bearings
9 Light-transmitting parts
10 Breathing and draining devices which form part of a
   flameproof enclosure
11 Fasteners, associated holes and closing devices
12 Materials and mechanical strength of enclosures;
   materials inside the enclosures
13 Entries for flameproof enclosures
VERIFICATIONS AND TESTS
14 General
15 Type tests
16 Routine tests
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
17 Switchgear
18 Lampholders and lampcaps
19 Non-metallic enclosures and non-metallic parts of
   enclosures
20 Pressure transducers using capillaries
ANNEX A (normative) Additional requirements for crimped
        ribbon elements of breathing and draining devices
ANNEX B (normative) Additional requirements for elements,
        with non-measurable paths, of breathing and draining
        devices
ANNEX C (normative) Additional requirements for flameproof
        cable entries
ANNEX D (normative) Additional requirements for Group I,
        IIA and IIB for empty flameproof enclosures to be
        certified as Ex components and the utilization of
        such Ex Component certificates to obtain certificates
ANNEX E (normative) Cells and batteries used in flameproof
        'd' enclousers
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Defines the specific requirements for the construction and testing of electrical apparatus with type of protection flameproof enclosure 'd' meant for use in potentially explosive atmospheres.