Exe Reducers | Hazardous Area | Raxton Increased Safety Reducers

Product Overview

Electrical Thread Conversions & Cable Installation Solutions for Hazardous Areas & Explosion Proof/Protection Applications

Exe reducers

Raxton Increased Safety Reducers

Raxton Exe hazardous area reducers provide a means of electrical connection between different thread forms and sizes – reducers are ATEX Certified. They effectively reduce the threaded entry diameter of an enclosure to accept a smaller gland or fitting with a smaller thread. Reducers may also be supplied to accept smaller glands of alternative threads.

Standard Exe Exd reducers, manufactured by Raxton, have a hexagonal body, or for applications where space is a critical factor, reducers with a circular head can be offered having a diameter equal to the across flats dimension of the hexagonal head.

Raxton flameproof (Exd) and increased safety (Ex e) reducers are marked with the applicable approval number and size.

Certified reducers should be used following the basic rules in line with good engineering practice:- no more than one reducer should be used at one time. Stopping plugs should be fitted directly into unused entries of the equipment and not into a reducer.

Brass Reducers are supplied with a hexagonal head as standard; where space is a critical factor adaptors with a circular head can be offered with a diameter equal to the across flats dimension of the hexagonal head. Nylon Reducers are designed with a circular head. Raxton Exe Reducers are supplied with an ‘O’ ring to maintain the IP integrity of the installation and are independently tested to IP68.

Materials

• Brass: BS2874: 1985 CZ121
• Mild Steel: BS970 PT3 230M07
• Stainless Steel: BS970 PT3 316 S11
• Aluminium: BS1474/1 6082 T4 or T6
• Aluminium Bronze: BS1400 1985 AB2 or BS2874:1986 CA104
• Nylon: 30% Glass filled Nylon 66

Raxton Exe reducers are available in a variety of finishes including Nickel, Electro Zinc, Zinc Passivated, Chromatised, Electroless Nickel and Anodised.

exd exe reducer dimensions

The ATEX Certified reducers are suitable for both Zone 1 & Zone 2 hazardous area installations.

Hazardous Areas

The hazardous area reducers are certified and approved to the following international hazardous area classifications and Increased Safety Standards.

Approvals & Certifications: Sira 10ATEX1225X | IECEx SIR 07.0010X | IECEX SIR 12.0014X | GOST TС С-GB.ГБ06.В00105 | INMETRO NCC 12.0764X

reducer Thread selection

• Isometric (ISO) to BS3643:1981 and ISO 965 Pts 1 & 3
• Imperial (ET) to BS31:1940 (1979)
• National Pipe Thread (NPT) to ANSI/ASME:1983
• British Standard Pipe (BSP) to BS21:1985
• Pg to DIN 40430:1971

These reducer selection tables identify the standard thread variations produced and are designed to assist the user in selecting the correct hazardous area Exe reducer suitable for use in Zone 1 or Zone 2 potentially explosive atmospheres according to the ATEX Directive.

Isometric to BS 3643:1981

National Pipe Thread to ANSI/ASME: 1983

British Standard Pipe to BS 21:1985

Adaptors, Reducers, Stopping Plugs & Breather Drains

For further information about the complete range of Raxton electrical thread conversion and flameproof/increased safety products for use with cables and ATEX electrical enclosures installed in potentially explosive atmospheres or hazardous area locations please refer to the information below:

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