Bob Quoting from the Guide for the EMC Directive 2004/108/EC, available from http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/electrical/documents/emc/guidance/index_en.htm
1.2.6 Products for own use Where an apparatus is manufactured for own use, placing on the market is considered to take place at the moment of putting into service; the obligation to comply with the Directive begins with first use. Your text fixture may well meet the requirements of a "fixed installation": 4 FIXED INSTALLATIONS 4.1 Essential Requirements "Fixed installation" means a particular combination of several types of Apparatus and, where applicable, other devices, which are assembled, installed and intended to be used permanently at a predefined location Owing to their characteristics fixed installations are not subject to the need for free movement within the Community. Therefore, they are not subject to the requirements for CE marking, DoC or for formal EMC assessment before putting into service. However, fixed installations have to comply with the protection requirements and other specific requirements (Annex I of the Directive) which are applicable to them. It is, of course, in your own interest that the equipment operates as intended in the EM environment of you manufacturing facility and does not unduly affect the operation of other equipment. Regards Charlie From: Robert Heller [mailto:rehel...@mmm.com] Sent: 19 September 2012 13:24 To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES] Test Fixture for Self If a manufacturer builds a test fixture only to be used by the manufacturer (not commercially available), does the test fixture need to undergo EMC testing? If so, where is this called out? Can "placing on the market" and "putting into service" be different things? Thanks, Bob Heller St. Paul, MN 55107-1208 Tel: 651-778-6336 Fax: 651-778-6252 - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org<mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org>> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <emcp...@radiusnorth.net<mailto:emcp...@radiusnorth.net>> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org<mailto:mcantw...@ieee.org>> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <j.bac...@ieee.org<mailto:j.bac...@ieee.org>> David Heald <dhe...@gmail.com<mailto:dhe...@gmail.com>> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <emcp...@radiusnorth.net> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
