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Supports IECEx, ATEX (EU), and UKCA certificates
Upload an ATEX or IECEx certificate PDF. The parser extracts equipment marking, gas group, temperature class, protection type, and more. all in your browser.
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Ex Certificate Scanner reads ATEX, IECEx, and UKCA certificate PDFs and extracts the information engineers actually need: the marking string (for example Ex db IIC T4 Gb), gas or dust group, temperature class, protection type, equipment protection level (EPL), IP rating, ambient temperature range, notified body, validity dates, and any special conditions of use (the X suffix). Everything runs in your browser using PDF.js and Tesseract.js. The file never leaves your device.
Certificates from the major certification bodies parse reliably, including SIRA, DEKRA, TÃœV (Rheinland, SÃœD, Nord), UL, FM Approvals, CSA, Baseefa, KEMA, INERIS, PTB, Intertek, and Nemko. Text-based PDFs give the best accuracy; scanned or image-only PDFs fall back to OCR and may need manual review.
A typical scan produces a structured record like this:
{
"certificateNumber": "IECEx DEK 18.0042X",
"standard": "IEC 60079-0:2017, IEC 60079-1:2014",
"manufacturer": "Example Instruments Ltd.",
"equipment": "Pressure Transmitter PT-2000",
"marking": "Ex db IIC T4 Gb",
"marking_breakdown": {
"protection": "db (flameproof enclosure)",
"gasGroup": "IIC",
"temperatureClass": "T4 (max 135 °C)",
"epl": "Gb (Zone 1)"
},
"ipRating": "IP66",
"ambientRange": "-40 °C to +70 °C",
"notifiedBody": "DEKRA Certification B.V. (0344)",
"issueDate": "2018-03-14",
"specialConditions": "X — see conditions of use"
}This scanner is entirely client-side. Your certificate PDF is parsed in the browser using JavaScript. Nothing is uploaded to a server, logged, or stored off-device. History is kept only in your browser's local storage, and you can clear it with one click. That matters because Ex certificates often carry confidential product, customer, or site information.
No. The scanner is a quick lookup tool for engineers and procurement teams. For compliance decisions, always read the original certificate, including the schedule of limitations, drawings, and conditions of safe use.
The parser falls back to Tesseract OCR. Accuracy depends on scan quality — expect ~80–95% for clean scans, lower for faxed or low-DPI documents. Always spot-check the marking string and certificate number against the original.
No. The tool extracts the issue and expiry dates printed on the certificate, but does not check against IECEx On-Line or notified-body registers. Always verify validity at the issuing body's public database before relying on a certificate commercially.
Certificate number, marking string, gas group, temperature class, and notified body parse correctly from almost all text-based certificates. Manufacturer and equipment model vary more with layout, and special conditions sometimes need manual review.
Yes. Each scan can be copied as JSON or exported to CSV. The history view can also export all scans at once.
The parser targets the common IECEx/ATEX/UKCA templates in use since roughly 2010. Older certificates, mining (Group I) certificates, and non-English certificates may have fields that do not match the patterns. Parsing confidence is shown with every result so you can judge whether manual review is needed.
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