Keith: In regards to the Machinery Directive.........
According to Annex V, the TCF (Technical Construction File) must include, among a list of other items, "for series manufacturing, the internal measures that will be implemented to ensure that the machinery remains in conformity with the provisions of this directive." "The manufacture must carry out the necessary research and tests on commonest, fittings or the completed machine to determine whether by its design or construction, the machine is capable of being erected and put into service safely" Therefore, if you have relevant documentation in place, via some documented quality system (ISO 9001, etc.), you must assess if this documentation is adequate enough to control the production and manufacturing of this piece of equipment to ensure that the essential Health and Safety Requirements (EHSR) of this Directive is met. So if you feel confident through your documentation, build and inspection procedures that for example, the ground continuity circuit is complete and the same as the type tested unit, then no production testing would be required. However, this inspection criteria would be used in place of the production tests in the TCF. As an EU third party certifer, we follow the CENELEC MC7 form for our Routine Factory Inspections, which includes Hipot and Ground Continuity testing for Class I (earth grounded) units. I hope this helps. Mark A. D'Agostino 978 739 7016 md'[email protected] http://www.tuvps.com ------------- Original Text From: "Nicholas, Keith L" <[email protected]>, on 4/16/98 4:53 PM: Regarding the Machinery Directive..... In series production of machines, must each unit be tested for "continuity of the protective bonding circuit", "insulation resistance test" and "High voltage test" (these are in 60204 section 20) before the CE mark can be applied. OR Can one unit be tested with the information be placed in the Technical File. Thank you for your comments in advance. Keith L. Nicholas Manager, Electrical Controls AMP Incorporated, Automachine Systems Group Mail Stop: 161-39 * (717) 810-2601 * (717) 810-2443 * [email protected]
