Contrary to popular opinion, the TCF route is not designed to "get around"
standards.
Bob Heller
3M Product Safety, 76-1-01
St. Paul, MN 55107-1208
Tel: 651- 778-6336
Fax: 651-778-6252
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John Woodgate
<jmw@jmwa.demon To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
.co.uk> cc: (bcc: Robert E.
Heller/US-Corporate/3M/US)
Subject: Re: CE MARKING A SYSTEM
04/30/2002
08:55 AM
Please respond
to John
Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Gordon,Ian <ian.gor...@edwards.boc.com> wrote
(in <E1BA0362B28ED211A1E80008C71EA30601818F4F@EXC_EAS01>) about 'CE
MARKING A SYSTEM', on Tue, 30 Apr 2002:
>Can anyone advise the course of action in applying a CE mark as regards
EMC
>to a system some of whose component parts are not built by us and whose D
of
>C's claim light industrial immunity. However, the system has been running
in
>very harsh environments e.g. plasma etch applications at customer sites
and
>we wish to claim industrial level immunity for the system. The system is
>obviously "fit for purpose" in the intended environment.
>We have performed radiated testing to this level on the whole system.
>Unfortunately if we surge test these "light industrial" components which
>form part of the system we are certain they will fail at the appropriate
>levels. One component is an "industrial" PC.
>Does anybody have any suggestions as to what action to take to allow us to
>apply the CE mark and claim industrial immunity?
If you are sure it won't pass the normal industrial immunity tests, but
is fit for purpose and thus you don't want to have to make it conform,
you have to use the Technical File route.
--
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