Michael Hello, 1. You state a "piece of equipment". Is this piece going to be integrated into an end-product? If so, it is wise to ask the Irish end- product manufacturer or installer, what the requirements (EMC, Safety, etc.) for the end-product are and work accordingly. Otherwise, you may be designing to the wrong standards and/or Directives.
If your piece of equipment is a component, you might be exempt from the Machinery, LVD and EMC Directives depending on the equipment - not enough details were provided! However, you still need to design to the appropriate standards and Directives and prepare a file to submit to the end-product manufacturer or installer. The end-product manufacturer or installer having confidence in your test results, will then CE their equipment. Regarding hazardous materials within a piece of equipment, you may wish to contact TUV Rheinland, Koln, Germany. If you wish, I can provide you with a contact name. 2. If you are the end-product manufacturer, you may not require to comply with the Machinery Directive - again depending on the type of equipment. A risk analysis should be made to determine if the risks are more mechanical or electrical. If mechanical hazards are more than the electrical hazards, the Machinery Directive route is more appropriate. If hazards are more electrical, the Low Voltage Directive route is more appropriate. 3. Please be aware that for the Machinery Directive, the Official Journal lists many standards. You must make sure that you pick the most appropriate standards (and believe me for a typical Machinery Directive investigation you could easily use up to 5 or 6 standards). Many people think that by complying with EN60204 they solved their Machinery Directive requirements. This is absolutely incorrect since this standard pertains to the electrical requirements for machinery. There are many other standards to consider. 4. Please be aware that other Directives might be needed - again depends what your piece of equipment does. For example, if conneccted to the telecom network, you may need to comply with the TTE Directive (unless your modem or other telecom interface has a host-independent European Approval). Should you wish, I can discuss these requirements in detail with you and our PSTC members; however, I believe that you need to provide me with additional info regarding your equipment before I proceed any further. From: "Michael Garretson" <m.garret...@ieee.org> To: <emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org> Subject: CE Approval of equipment utilizing HPMs Date sent: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 17:17:45 -0700 Send reply to: "Michael Garretson" <m.garret...@ieee.org> > I am forwarding this question on behalf of one of our clients. Please > forgive the lack of detail in some areas. CE marking is not within the > normal scope of my responsibilities, so my awareness of the specific > requirements is not great. I would appreciate clarification of some of > these issues so that we can provide the information to my client in the > early stages of their design evaluation. It is my understanding that they > are working with a US-based lab for portions of this work, but are not > confident that they are being provided with accurate information regarding > what requirements may exist to achieve CE marking of the equipment. > > My company is working with a manufacturer that is intending to send a piece > of equipment to Ireland for the first time. The equipment is intended to be > installed in a non-classified location, however it uses flammable liquid > (hazardous) process chemicals (details unavailable at this time). I am > under the impression that the manufacturer plans to assemble a Technical > Construction File in order to demonstrate conformance with the applicable > requirements of the pertinent CE directives. > > At this time, they intend to demonstrate compliance with the applicable > portions of the Low Voltage, Machinery and EMC directives. Due to the > hazardous chemical issues, it has also been suggested that conformance with > 94/009 EEC may be required. > > I would appreciate it if anyone can provide me with guidance on whether this > approach is reasonable or whether alternatives need to be pursued. Also if > there are specific pitfalls that this manufacturer may encounter, please > indicate where those may be, as well. > > If you require additional detail in order to assist my client with this > matter, please let me know what information you require and I will pass the > request on to my client. > > Michael Garretson > Sr. Compliance Engineer > Electro-Test, Inc. > +1 503 653 6781 voice > +1 503 659 9733 fax > mailto:m.garret...@ieee.org > > > --------- > This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. > To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org > with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the > quotes). 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