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Sira Test and Certification are market-leading experts in the conformity assessment solutions field, specialising in explosion safety of equipment used in potentially explosive atmospheres (ATEX and IECEx). Sira are the UK's leading Notified Body for Ex Product Certification, setting a high standard with our excellent range of services that include ATEX & DSEAR compliance, IEC 61508 Functional Safety, ATEX Quality Assurance, Risk Assessment, and Personnel Training and Competence Certification.
We employ an experienced team of ATEX compliance engineers who offer a flexible and commercial approach to approvals. That makes Sira your single point of contact for all ATEX compliance and hazardous area requirements. We have been at the forefront of the industry for over 25 years, so when it comes to the design, manufacture, supply and application of equipment in potentially explosive environments, Sira Test and Certification has all the experience and expertise you're looking for. In fact, over the last three decades we have issued over 3000 product certificates (including over 1800 ATEX certificates) to a range of clients, from small independent organisations to global multinationals.
Whatever the size of your outfit, our flexible approach ensures we are able to meet your particular requirements. Some of our services are listed below. If you would like to find out more about any of them, please head directly to the Sira website.
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Ex Products that are placed on the European market must now be certified to ATEX directive 94/9/EC. All such products need to be tested and assessed to the latest ATEX standards. That's where we come in.
With years of experience in the ATEX explosion safety field, we are able to take your product, and, using the expertise of our engineers together with your own specialist knowledge of your product, enable you to declare ATEX compliance through successful certification. Certification can only be provided by Notable Bodies who conduct periodic surveillance of quality management systems.
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Protecting workers from fire and explosion risks relating to dangerous substances (gases, vapours, liquids, dusts) in potentially explosive atmospheres is essential in order to comply with DSEAR requirements, a framework adopted by the Health & Safety Executive. Responsibilities include:
- Risk Assessment of non-electrical equipment already installed on-site.
- Risk Assessment for work activities involving substances that are considered dangerous.
- The provision of equipment and procedures to deal with accidents and emergencies.
- The provision of employee training and instruction.
- Classification of the site in risk zones.
- The appropriate use of certified equipment in hazardous areas.
- Coordination of site health and safety for ALL site users.
Sira employs a team of DSEAR experts who have backgrounds in operation, production and maintenance for multinationals in the process industry. They can offer practical solutions for all your DSEAR related problems.
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We're all becoming used to stringent guidelines, complicated codes of practice and mandatory legislation. In today's day and age, it's imperative that the industry is alert to these complex requirements and responsibilities. Sira has being providing hazardous area training for over 25 years. Our specialised engineers and lecturers offer a comprehensive range of training courses and competence schemes to get you up to scratch. We offer courses for ATEX, DSEAR, IECEx, IEC 61508 and MCERTS - these can be taken on-site or at our premises. For information on the course structure, please follow the link to the Sira website.
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Certification to IEC 61508, 61511 and other related standards is being increasingly encouraged by regulatory authorities and sought by end-users as a way of minimising the risks posed to people and the environment. These are accepted international standards that relate to the reliability of electrical or electronic safety systems. Functional safety is primarily concerned with equipment that, in the event of a failure, could potentially do harm.
Accredited by UKAS to undertake its certification activities in accordance with the CASS scheme, Sira is able to help clients gain credibility for their products (in regard to functional safety) in the international market.
If you'd like to know more about how this service can really benefit your organisation, please follow the link to our website where you'll find Sira's IEC 61508 brochure.
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The continued monitoring of systems and processes in the manufacture of Ex products is an essential part of the overall Quality Assurance strategy. We offer a full range of Quality Assurance services, including ATEX and IECEx Product and Production Quality Assurance, Certification of Service Facilities involved in the repair and overhaul of Ex products, as well as technical auditing services. To complement these services, Sira also offers UKAS accredited ISO 9001: 2008 certification. We'll handle all of your Quality Assurance requirements in a cost-effective and efficient manner, so that you can declare compliance as quickly and as inexpensively as possible.
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Sira has a UKAS accredited laboratory with a range of state-of-the-art testing facilities which we use primarily to support our Product Certification activities, but which are also available to clients for other services. We can carry out experiments to test the effects of humidity and temperature exposure, for testing the integrity of enclosures for ingress protection and impact resistance, for testing light resistance of plastics, and for investigating the ability of an enclosure to withstand pressures induced by the internal ignition of an explosive gas. If you would like more information on these tests, or would like to find out about the other general tests we can undertake, please head directly to the Sira website.
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Sira Test and Certification Ltd is able to draw upon over 25 years of industry experience to offer a consultancy and technical support service that is tailored to the individual requirements of each and every client. These services are designed to help you get the most out of your products, processes and plants.
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Sira did not become one of the UK's leading Test and Certification experts by being one-dimensional. In addition to the services listed above, we offer a range of complementary test, calibration and certification services for our industrial clients. We are able to calibrate acceleration transducers and charge amplifiers, gas detectors, vehicle exhaust analysers and diesel smoke meters, and we can undertake climatic testing and gas detector testing. We can also offer several MCERTS Certification services.
For more information, please get in touch directly.
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http://www.siracertification.com
