After reading this thread, am not certain why functional safety and EMC safety would not apply to heavy equipment for U.S.
The FCC's scope exception is for "transportation vehicles". The Bagger 288 is a magnificent machine, but 'transport' vehicle is certainly not among its incredible capabilities. EMC safety for both industrial and personal machinery in the U.S. has been overtly stated by adjudication, and is directly implied for the corporation by OHSA workplace safety requirements. Brian -----Original Message----- From: John Woodgate [mailto:j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 12:46 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] construction machinery in USA In message <00381d375d464f42b729f8999d3ff...@bl2pr03mb372.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> , dated Wed, 27 Aug 2014, Ted Eckert <ted.eck...@microsoft.com> writes: >Brian brings up some good points and I would like to thank him for >correcting and amending my original statements. I would like to think >that industrial equipment wouldn't malfunction due to electromagnetic >noise. I would hate to think what the Bagger 288 could do if its >control systems went awry. This is the real danger in not updating requirements until 'something happens'. If what happens is '50 dead', many other things will happen as a result. The FCC administration should ponder on that. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. With best wishes. See www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Quid faciamus nisi sit? John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) 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>
