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Welcome to the new Fercell Website. The site has been completely redesigned and improved.The site is much improved from the previous one with development in navigation, product selection and data downloads, making it very user friendly.

The changes have produced a site, which covers a far greater range of Fercell products and services than before. As well as improvements in the design and navigation there are additional sections covering specific applications and a newsletter detailing product development and recent contracts.

Newsletter
WEIMA in the UK
Fercell have been appointed the sole UK distributor for WEIMA GmbH, a leading manufacturur of shredders, briquette presses and granulators. Click here for more information.

Product Update
ATEX regulations and complianceAs from 1st July 2003 the regulations covering Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (DSEAR1) with prescriptive requirements, mandatory by law, apply to areas where explosive atmospheres may occur. Previous regulations for explosive atmospheres did not cover the risk of explosion created by dust, simply looking at explosive gases and vapours.The new regulations address the potential devastating explosions and fires caused by dust laden atmosphere (including settled dust).

Responsibility
The zone classification is the responsibility of the client (the company on whose premises machinery is in operation) and also the responsibility of any company manufacturing machinery that is designed to be used in risk area.

New Plant
As part of Fercell's responsibility as a manufacturer, the design, manufacture and supply of new plant for use within (identified) risk areas meets with the new ATEX regulations. Fercell's products have full certification and carry correct identifying labelling, including a re-assessed CE mark conforming to the new regulations.

Existing Plant
The new directives are designed specifically to reduce the danger to personnel, working within risk areas, therefore considerations should be given to bringing existing sites/plants up to the new standards. Fercell can carry out an ATEX audit on existing sites/plants, detailing levels of compliance and corrective action.

Attention must be paid to the ability of suppliers (of plant covered by the directive) to provide the correct certification, as the ultimate responsibility lies with the client and the ATEX issue is an area which both the Health and Safety Executive and insurers will be considering.

New Product
ST Suction Bench (Free Standing Dust Extraction on a budget)

Fercell's self contained dust extraction benches offer a free-standing, fully self contained dust and fume extraction system suitable to even the most modest of budgets.

This latest addition to product range is designed to extract and eliminate harmful dusts, which can cause skin disorders, rhinitis, asthma and even nasal cancer.

The benches are made from galvanised sheet steel with a perforated tabletop, and dust is sucked through the perforations at the top of the bench via a uniform downward airflow. Once the particle-laden dust has been removed from the working area it is pulled through the main filter and the heavier particles fall into the dust collection drawers. The lighter dust is sucked onto the face of the filter, where compressed air jets keep the filters working at their optimum level to ensure consistent filter efficiency. The filtered air is then returned to the work area via secondary filter panels located at the back of the self-contained unit.