KOSHA’s test guarantees export of explosion proof motor

to 30 nations

10^th February, 2012

IECEx Scheme of OSHRI’s ExCB and ExTL were admitted by the International Electro-technical Commission on 8, February 2012, for its observance of the international standard. As a result, exporters from now on, are allowed to export electrical machinery and device such as explosion proof motor to thirty nations with only passing through the KOSHA’s test.

KOSHA joined the IEC’s IECEx in 2000 for the first time in Korea. The agency gets annual surveillance ever since becoming the member of the IEC and is given reassessment every five years to remain qualified as the international explosion proof certified agency. In this year’s reassessment, Mr. Jim Munro, the Lead Assessor, evaluated as the chairman of TC31, IEC.

※IEC/TC31: IEC-affiliated committee on explosion proof technology

IECEx Scheme is the mutually accepted international scheme for explosion proof electrical machinery, established by IEC in 1997, under the goal of “one standard, one test, one certification and one mark”. KOSHA has issued around 300 certifications, acknowledged by 42 agencies in 30 nations.

Motors with explosion proof type for internal pressure were certified by the KOSHA, which were known for their quality and technology around the world, taking up 14 percent of the global market. The motor, with its safety, is used to prevent occupational accidents such as explosion in the chemical plants.