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Category Archives: Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC
Compliance for Electric Bicycles, E-Bikes, and the EU
Understanding e-bike compliance under the scope of the EU machinery, electromagnetic compatibility, and restriction of hazardous substances directives. Continue reading
CE marking FAQ
Frequently at F2 Labs we get very deep into various topics regarding CE marking and other compliance requirements. I can only imagine the sinking feeling that a manufacturer must feel when seeing this on a request for bid: CE marking … Continue reading
Posted in ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU, CE marking, Consulting, EMC Directive 2014/30/EU, Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU, Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, Medical Devices Directive 93/42/EEC, Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU, Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU, RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU
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Sending equipment to the EU when compliance is not an obvious path
Manufacturers contact F2 Labs from around the world to ask for assistance with EU regulations. While F2 Labs primarily focuses on electro-mechanical devices, including medical devices, we have also assisted many people with an understanding of what is legally required. … Continue reading
Changes to the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC
Some pretty drastic changes to the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC were published on the European Commission’s Machinery Directive page on March 18, 2019. Most noticeably, prior to March 18, all of the harmonized standards attached to the Machinery Directive and published … Continue reading
Critical Component List
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
Posted in CE marking, Consulting, EN 60601-1, General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC, Listing, Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU, Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, Medical Devices Directive 93/42/EEC, Product Testing, Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU, RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU, UL 60335-1, UL 61010-1, UL 62368-1
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CE marking, harmonized EN standards, & EN 60204-1:2018
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
Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, Article 1 (b) interchangeable equipment
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
The Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC and Notified Bodies
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
Automatic Bar Controls, Inc. – Pizza Sauce Dispenser
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
Posted in CE marking, Consulting, EMC Directive 2014/30/EU, FCC, General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC, IP Testing, Listing, Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU, Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, Product Testing, RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU, UL 60335-1, UL 61010-1, UL 62368-1
Tagged UL 60335-1, US Listing
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Partly completed machinery and the requirement for Assembly Instructions
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 if the equipment is not in scope of any other Directive(s) and must follow a … Continue reading
Posted in CE marking, Consulting, Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, Product Testing
Tagged CE, CE mark, CE marking, CE marking Directives, Declaration of Incorporation, Declaration of incorporation for partly completed machinery, EC declaration of conformity, EU Directives, MD 2006/42/EC, Partly completed machinery
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