About Element Skelmersdale

Element Skelmersdale is a European Explosive Atmosphere Testing center of excellence. We help manufacturers of electronic devices with testing and certification of their products for use in potentially explosive or hazardous atmospheres including petrochemical, oil and gas, mining, food processing, aircraft refueling, and pharmaceuticals. 

Laboratory Capabilities and Services Our areas of expertise at Skelmersdale include Explosive Atmosphere Testing, EMC Testing, Radio Testing, and Global Market Access (GMA).

Our capabilities:

  • A shielded rooms
  • Semi / fully anechoic chambers
  • A screened room (transient) shielded room
  • (Semi / fully anechoic (MAC) numerous bench laboratories
  • A wide range of power supplies are available
  • A freezer/oven enclosure size for a thermal stability test
  • A humidity enclosure size for a thermal stability test
  • A dust chamber

There are different worldwide certification schemes that define the safety levels of products for use in hazardous areas, such as oil and gas, petrochemical, aerospace, and military refueling. Our experts at Skelmersdale can determine which certification scheme is most suitable for your equipment and help you meet the requirements of global explosive atmosphere protection standards and directives.

Standards we test to and things we test

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Electronic devices intended for use in: 

  • Explosive or hazardous atmospheres
  • Petrochemical environments
  • Oil and gas industries
  • Mining operations
  • Food processing facilities
  • Aircraft refueling areas
  • Pharmaceutical production

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