Scott, The New LVD as with the latest Machinery Directive requires a Risk Assessment of the Essential Health and Safety Requirements called out in the Directive. Most likely the new ISO EN 12100 Risk Assessment standard will be harmonized to the LVD and you can use this on your DoCs to show compliance for safety in additional to any other applicable safety standards. The world of product safety is changing from a list of do's and don't found in product safety standards to a proper Risk Assessment of your products. There are several good articles out there on this topic.
The color image is optional. I'm curious to see how many manufacturers include color images and how they implement them on DoCs. I think this was added because in some cases there may be items that cannot be properly identified by other means in which case the color image may be required. I think the only requirement of the image is that it must show the product in a way where it can be properly identified from other products if you are relying on the image for that purpose. Regarding sample testing, I'm not sure. This could refer the 100% type testing performed in Production, which you should already be doing. Or it could refer to actual product audits, which I am highly in favor of but many companies do not bother with; except for the factory inspections performed by 3rd party certification houses. If and how you do sample testing of production to insure you are shipping compliant products will vary from company to company depending on many factors and can only really be determined by the manufacturer. I hope this was helpful. The Other Brian -----Original Message----- From: Scott Xe [mailto:scott...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 8:47 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES] New LV Directive 2014/35/EU There are 3 additional requirements as compared with existing one. The technical documentation shall include an adequate analysis and assessment of the risk(s). What is objective and scope for these? Do these analysis and assessment refer to 3rd party verification of compliance with applicable standard(s) or are they on top of compliance with applicable safety standard(s)? In DoC, a suitable identification of the product should be included - a colour image of the product could be employed. Is there any guideline for this product image? One exterior front view photo like one on front cover of catalogue or a series of different views of the product? Article 6, point 4 regarding manufacturers’ obligations, to protect the health and safety of consumers, carry out sample testing of electrical equipment made available on the market. Does it mean the sample testing, i.e.. dielectric strength test, earth continuity test, etc. is taken in production at factory or in warehouse of destined market? Your guidance is highly appreciated! Regards, Scott - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <sdoug...@ieee.org> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com> ________________________________ LECO Corporation Notice: This communication may contain confidential information intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you received this by mistake, please destroy it and notify us of the error. Thank you. - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <sdoug...@ieee.org> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
