
ATEX / Air Pollution Control Act
ATEX
The ATEX Directive 94/9/EC defines the prescribed technical requirements for equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres in Europe.
All Boerger Rotary Lobe Pumps can be used in potentially explosive atmospheres in accordance with the ATEX Directive.
Air Pollution Control Act
The technical guideline for air quality control is the German government's “first general administrative regulation under the federal air pollution control act”.
Under the Air Pollution Control Act only technically sealed pumps, valves and seals with leak rates in accordance with VDI 2440 may be used for pumping certain toxic media.