Category Archives: CE marking

Critical Component List

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Peter Jolles

F2 Labs performs safety evaluations & testing, EMC testing, and consulting for various compliance related issues faced by our customers. We open safety evaluations at F2 Labs by sending a list of information we need in order to review the … Continue reading →

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RoHS 2011/65/EU and a Tale of Three Guitars

Posted on January 11, 2019 by Peter Jolles

The world has many good guitar manufacturers but it is commonly accepted that the very best guitars are made in the United States. Few guitar players will dispute that. In the world of acoustic guitars there are three ‘big’ manufacturers … Continue reading →

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CE marking, harmonized EN standards, & EN 60204-1:2018

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Peter Jolles

The main electrical safety standard for machinery, EN 60204-1, was revised by CENELEC and published on September 14, 2018. The currently harmonized version, EN 60204-1:2006+A1:2009, is still the officially recognized version. What does this mean? As a primer, I suggest … Continue reading →

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Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, Article 1 (b) interchangeable equipment

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Peter Jolles

As usual, I opened the RAPEX Weekly Report that delivers to my inbox every Friday morning. Scrolling through, I reviewed three cases involving saw blades. These are interesting because they were stopped for violating the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. Normally when … Continue reading →

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The Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC and Notified Bodies

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Peter Jolles

What is a Notified Body and what does it have to do with the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC? In most cases presented to us, absolutely nothing. I wanted to write this article because we are asked, from time to time, if … Continue reading →

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CE marking Ambiguity

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Peter Jolles

Yesterday I posted an article pertaining to last week’s RAPEX report and the scope of the Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU. Today I reviewed this week’s ‘catch’ of non-conforming products and it is a very illustrative of the opaqueness, sometimes, of … Continue reading →

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The Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU, its scope, and products that operate from DC voltage.

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Peter Jolles

“F2 Labs is not the EU police and I do not know any EU police.” I say that very often to customers when I speak with them, particularly as it relates to the Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/Eu and its scope, … Continue reading →

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Automatic Bar Controls, Inc. – Pizza Sauce Dispenser

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Peter Jolles

F2 Labs and Automatic Bar Controls, Inc. have collaborated on many compliance projects over the years and so we are pretty familiar with some of their products. It was very interesting to see some of the pizza sauce dispenser… which … Continue reading →

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REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 – Article 7, Annex VII, and practical considerations for manufacturers – the CRASH COURSE

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Peter Jolles

One possible cause for an audible “gulp” coming from the reader of a specifications sheet is coming across a requirement to comply, vaguely, with the REACH Regulation (EC) 1907/2006. Broadly, REACH is meant to ensure that products in Europe do … Continue reading →

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Partly completed machinery and the requirement for Assembly Instructions

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Peter Jolles

Manufacturers who build parts of machines or incomplete machinery (for example: no controls) must be aware that their equipment must not carry a CE marking and must follow a separate compliance path in the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. This is an … Continue reading →

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