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Five things to settle before a machine specification says ATEX

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The word ATEX appears in more and more specifications for machines, panels and instruments. On its own it settles nothing. Between the end user who writes the specification and the engineer who has to meet it, five points need to be agreed before the word means anything.

Five things to settle before a machine specification says ATEX

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