Maximum safety for flammable substance storage

Refrigerators and freezers are often used to store flammable substances, which may create a potentially explosive atmosphere inside the cabinet.

The issue:
If the factory seal on a volatile substance container has been broken, vapours can escape the container, emitting potentially explosive atmospheres inside the cabinet. When the cabinet is opened the potentially explosive atmosphere inside the unit gets drawn outside — creating a potentially explosive atmosphere around the cabinet.

The ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU dictates that if that is the case, the cabinet exterior must also be ATEX compliant. Guidelines to Directive 2014/34 EU, link in the first comment.

So, internal ATEX alone is not enough – in the real world there will always be broken factory seals on volatile substance containers.

The Gram BioLine range of laboratory refrigerators and freezers provides you with full ATEX compliance – both internal and external – at no extra charge or inconvenience.

We are the only manufacturer offering both internal and external ATEX compliance for a refrigerator or freezer in serial production.