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Category Archives: IP Testing
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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EU’s Rapid Alert System for dangerous non-food products
The EU has a direct conduit for market surveillance authorities to communicate information about non-compliant products directly between 31 EU member nations and the European Commission. This system is called the Rapid Alert System, or RAPEX. This is not where … Continue reading
Posted in ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU, CE marking, Consulting, EMC Directive 2014/30/EU, EN 60601-1, General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC, IP Testing, Lasers, Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU, Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, Medical Devices Regulation (EU)2017/745, PPE Regulation (EU) 2016/425, Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU, Product Testing, Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU, RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU
Tagged CE, CE mark, CE marking, EU consumer protection, EU market surveillance, European Commission, European compliance, RAPEX, Rapid Alert System
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IP69 vs. IP69K
We are presented with a request for quote for IP69K testing on a regular basis at F2 Labs. Usually my first reply to the customer is this, “Do you mean IP69 or IP69K?” Believe it or not, there is a … Continue reading
Posted in IP Testing, Product Testing
Tagged IEC 60529, Ingress protection, IP testing, IP69, IP69K, ISO 20653
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What is IP Testing?
At F2 Labs, our IP testing chambers are constantly filled with projects undergoing testing to IEC 60529. Since I work in the sales department at F2 Labs I field a lot of questions, every day, about IP testing, what it … Continue reading
Posted in IP Testing, Product Testing
Tagged dust testing solid foreign object testing, EN 60529-1, IEC 60529, Intrusion protection, IP23, IP55, IP56, IP65, IP67, IP68, IP69, water testing
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