For certain consumer products, mechanical safety is a major concern. Protecting people, animals, and property from damage is gaining more and more attention around the world, especially in the growing European market. For manufacturers who want to sell their mechanical products in the European Union (EU), applying for the CE mark is used to indicate that their products have passed the required tests according to their types and nature of use. In order to obtain the CE mark, a company may have to spend a lot of time, manpower, financial resources and energy to understand the corresponding regulations so that its products meet the basic health and safety requirements stipulated in the mechanical regulations.
For the EU Machinery Directive and Low Voltage Directive, having experts guide you through the process more efficiently. Our company works with its customers to provide detailed information on the requirements of the Machinery Directive and how to apply them to your product. Next, we will test whether your product meets the basic health and safety points of the directive. Once completed, if your product meets the basic requirements, your technical structure file will be compiled and the CE certification mark will be officially applied. With expert identification and support, market access is guaranteed.
What exactly is the EU Machinery Directive? By definition, the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC) applies to mechanisms, mobile machinery, mechanical devices, machines used to lift and transport people, and safety accessories. The essential health and safety requirements (EHSR) stipulated in the regulations cover the entire field of mechanical engineering and are extremely important aspects of industrial society.
The Machinery Directive applies to the following products:
* Ring joint components
* At least one moving part
* Regulator, control and main circuit
*Material processing, handling, transportation and packaging
* Several machines work together
*Interchangeable devices
*Hazards not covered by the Low Voltage Directive
*Not covered by other instructions
The Machinery Directive stipulates that for mechanical products and safety components belonging to Appendix IV, certification bodies must conduct CE type testing. This catalog defines and includes all types of products related to this directive:
machine:
*Circular saw, sawing machine
*Manual feed surface planer for woodworking
*Planer for single-side trimming
* Band saw
*Combined wood processing machine
*Manual mortising machine
*Manual vertical axis molding machine
*Portable Chain Saw
*Pressing machines, including presses for cold working of metals
*For plastic and rubber molding machines
*Machines for underground work: machines for use on rails, hydraulically powered lifts, internal combustion engines
*Manual loader for household waste with compression mechanism
* Guards and detachable drive shaft with universal joint
*Car lifting equipment
* Equipment used to lift people and carries a risk of falling from more than 3 meters
*Machinery used to make fireworks
Safety components:
*Inductors (non-contact inductive protection devices, shielding, electromagnetic probes, gratings, etc.)
* Two-hand/two-person control operation device
*Automatic removable screen
*Anti-rollover protection device
*Anti-falling protection device
Main steps of CE certification product safety labeling
(1) Design products to comply with relevant product safety standards
(2) Establish a technical file (TCF) (i.e., specific information displayed to confirm that the product has met the basic safety requirements of the relevant CE certification directives)
(3) Implementing a quality assurance system
(4) Certification by an approved certification body or signing of a self-declaration of conformity (certain products must be approved by an approved certification body before they can be affixed with the CE certification mark)
(5) Attach CE certification mark.
Our industrial machinery CE certification service content
1. Explanation of relevant product safety directives and standards, evaluation of applicable product safety directives and standards, and explanation of the requirements of relevant product safety directives and standards.
2. Product safety standards review and correction suggestions: based on the basic health and safety requirements of relevant directives (such as the Machinery Directive) and relevant product safety standards, we will conduct actual review of your company’s products and make correction suggestions, and write a review report based on the results;
3. Product risk assessment and countermeasures report: Write product risk assessment and countermeasures report according to EN1050;
4. Assist in confirming and editing relevant technical information of products: complete mechanical drawings, specification sheets, mechanical structure drawings, safety device marking drawings, circuit diagrams and electrical component tables, oil/gas pressure diagrams and oil/gas pressure component tables, operation manuals, etc.;
5. Carry out relevant tests on site at the factory: mechanical safety structure inspection, electrical safety test, noise test, etc.;
6. Confirm the verification samples, guide the manufacturers to prepare the verification samples according to the requirements of the standards, and confirm the compliance of the verification samples.
7. Editing and writing of CE safety technical documents (TCF), including: description of product functions and characteristics, comparison of differences between series products, description of quality assurance system, CE declaration of conformity, description of applicable directives and standards, compliance check report of basic health and safety requirements of machinery directive, product risk assessment and countermeasures report, compliance check report of relevant product safety standards, test report of relevant safety standards, and noise test report;
8. Assist in establishing a correct and complete CE declaration of conformity;
9. Confirm the deficiencies mentioned by the verification personnel and confirm the direction of product correction;
10. Confirm product modification status;
11. The product has passed verification and obtained the certificate;
12. Other services (optional):
Technical drawing preparation, warning sign production, technical drawing translation services, instruction manual preparation, operation and maintenance manual preparation, instruction manual preparation translation services, operation and maintenance manual preparation translation services, relevant English standard translation services (English to Chinese).
