The European "Machinery Directive" (89/392/EEC) requires that the instructions must give information concerning airborne noise emissions. The "Machinery Directive" does not lay down noise limits (unlike other European Directives relating to noise emission). Machinery that falls within the scope of the "Machinery Directive", however, will only be able to be CE marked, once the requirements of section 1.7.4 (noise information) have also been complied with. Technical equipment which is not covered under the "Machinery Directive" may, however, be covered under other national regulations. In Germany for instance, the "German Equipment Safety Law" (the German "GS-mark" indicates compliance) requires also that noise information must be given in the instructions (requirements are very similar to the requirements of the "Machinery Directive"). A proper test report with indication of the test method (standard), operating conditions, test environment, test equipment, etc., should (must) be part of the technical construction file. There are European standards dealing with noise emissions for various equipment. These standards can (should) be used in order to determine the noise emission values. For most machinery (depending on the noise emission) on-site testing with portable sound level meters could be performed.
Wilfried Beyer, [email protected] TUV Rheinland of NA Orlando Area Office Sanlando Center Office Park, Suite 160 2170 West State Road 434 Longwood, FL 32779 Phone (407) 774-1222 Fax (407) 774-1033 --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
