Meeting of ITC42/TC403, Russia, St. Petersburg

Dear colleagues!

We are pleased to announce that on April 5, 2017, with the participation of the GORELTEX, the next meeting of the technical committee TK403.

During the meeting, important issues related to the production, certification and use of explosion-proof equipment were discussed:

- use of fire-fighting equipment in explosive environments that uses pyrotechnic elements.

It was decided that in order to study this issue in more detail, it was necessary to involve other Technical Committees, as well as to study approaches to resolving this issue in other markets.

- issues of lithium-ion battery safety in hazardous areas. A decision was made to engage other Technical Committees and lithium-ion battery manufacturers in Russia and the EAEU countries in joint work on this issue;
- a draft new version of the EAEU Technical Regulations for Equipment in Explosive Atmospheres was reviewed;
- proposals were made to amend the 2018-2019 PNS;
- a decision was made to admit new members to TC403;

The meeting address: 191123, Russia, St. Petersburg, Shpalernaya St., 40, Conference Hall of the Explosion-Proof Equipment Plant LLC "ZAVOD GORELTEX ".