[PSES] RoHS 2 - Definition of Industrial Monitoring Equipment

2013-07-09 Thread Carl Newton
Group, I'm trying to find some reputable definitions of industrial monitoring equipment as it relates to RoHS 2. There is a very brief reference in the WEEE Directive Annex IB which refers to equipment installed within an industrial control panel, and that example is much too narrow. The

Re: [PSES] RoHS 2 - Definition of Industrial Monitoring Equipment

2013-07-09 Thread John Woodgate
In message 006601ce7cce$ea8f2540$bfad6fc0$@gmail.com, dated Tue, 9 Jul 2013, Carl Newton emcl...@gmail.com writes: I?m trying to find some reputable definitions of industrial monitoring equipment as it relates to RoHS 2.  Does it matter? I'm not all that familiar with RoHS2, but I guess that

Re: [PSES] RoHS 2 - Definition of Industrial Monitoring Equipment

2013-07-09 Thread Steven Brody
Carl, It depends on how the product is marketed and who it is sold to. Also, was the standard used for evaluation part of the EN 61010-x family, which would then ensure it is part of Measurement and Control Equipment. In the 12 December 2012 version of the RoHS2 FAQ, which is he first one

Re: [PSES] RoHS 2 - Definition of Industrial Monitoring Equipment

2013-07-09 Thread Brian Oconnell
What safety standards are scoped? What EMC standards are scoped? A stand-alone handheld device is typically not industrial equipment, but you have until 2017 for monitoring equipment. Your stuff needs to be defined in Article 2(4). Brian -Original Message- From: emc-p...@ieee.org

Re: [PSES] RoHS 2 - Definition of Industrial Monitoring Equipment

2013-07-09 Thread Crane, Lauren
I have experience with the question, but no experience getting a good answer. I have had the opinion that test and measurement equipment is different from monitoring and control equipment, but apparently, many companies used the old WEEE+RoHS exclusion from RoHS for monitoring and control

Re: [PSES] RoHS 2 - Definition of Industrial Monitoring Equipment

2013-07-09 Thread Carl Newton
Lauren, Thanks for the link to the ERA report. There's some excellent information in there. I wish that their recommendations had made it into the recast for cat 8 and 9. I noted that one of their examples of industrial monitoring and control is a bench-top LCR meter which is clearly test