Brian, Industrial equipment is not exempt from FCC Part 15 regulations. The common belief that it is exempt is based on a misinterpretation of Part 15 Section 15.103(c) which states as exempt "A digital device used exclusively as industrial, commercial, or medical test equipment.". I sent an inquiry to the FCC some time ago and their response was: “It is an exemption for demonstrating compliance for the digital logic contained in test equipment exclusively used in commercial, medical and industrial situations, not commercial equipment.” Therefore, unless the industrial equipment is test equipment, it is not exempt. Note however that even exempt equipment is subject to the general conditions of operation contained in Section 15.5 and 15.29 that the operator of the exempted device shall be required to stop operating the device upon a finding by the Commission or its representative that the device is causing harmful interference. Operation shall not resume until the condition causing the harmful interference has been corrected. Although not mandatory, it is strongly recommended that the manufacturer of an exempted device endeavor to have the device meet the specific technical standards in this part. Basically, the procedure for the equipment authorizations is verifying that the device is within limits for unintentionally radiating unwanted emissions as good quality engineering.
Refer also to FCC KDB 772105 D01<https://apps.fcc.gov/kdb/GetAttachment.html?id=aPHDD74GRH5N2s050fBjxA%3D%3D&desc=772105%20D01%20Exempt%20Devices%20v01r01&tracking_number=33062> Bill Stumpf - Lab/Technical Manager D.L.S. Electronic Systems, Inc. 166 South Carter Street Genoa City, WI 53128 262-279-0210 From: Brian Kunde [mailto:bkundew...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 11:22 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES] FCC Emissions on Industrial Equipment I am working on the first Industrial Machine of my career so I could use some advice and clarification regarding the requirements for FCC emissions. I have been told by many that in North America, Industrial Equipment does not have to be tested, verified, or anything for FCC by the manufacturer of the equipment. Is this true? I was told that interference is unlikely, even if the equipment exceeds the FCC emissions limits. Meeting the FCC limits is recommended, and voluntary, but not required. True? On the other hand, Europe is not so. If EE equipment goes to Europe, it has to pass the EN 55011 emissions test as well as the immunity tests. Is that correct? Any additional information that would be helpful to me would be appreciated. The Other Brian - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe)<http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html> List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <sdoug...@ieee.org<mailto:sdoug...@ieee.org>> 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://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>
