I do not know of any document that states the intended "primary usage", but my experience indicates the most common application seems to be as a reference for the factory FUS audit. All agencies, NCBs, CBs, NRTLs, TCBs, etc that I deal with have a corresponding form that is called the 'CDF' or something similar as part of the certification documentation. I also consider the 'CDF' an essential element of a Technical Construction File.
The other common usage, as you suggested, is for initial assessment of the product. So typical usage would seem to be 1. Conformity assessment 2. Construction audit As no one will still be conscious after reading this, I can safely admit that I once wrote a CDF for my dog and cat... luck, Brian From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org]On Behalf Of Scott Xe Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 7:09 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Constructional Data Form, CDF, in test report I notice that the LVD test reports almost always have a Constructional Data Form section. The form containing components is provided from the client. Some people said those are the critical components and very useful if you need to verify the correlation between the sample and the test report. Can someone advise is it the primary usage of this section. Thanks and regards, Scott - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
