In message <of33cb9c08.b6458cda-on86257639.0065c98b-86257639.0067e...@amat.com>, dated Tue, 22 Sep 2009, [email protected] writes:
>This motor IM seems to be one of those that apply to components of >larger systems, as it's scope is the placing on the market and the >putting into service of motors "including where integrated in other >products" [Art1.1]. But then as quickly this regulation seems to take >this back by excluding "Motors completely integrated into a product >(for example gear, pump, fan or compressor) of which the energy >performance cannot be tested independently from the product." [Art 2.b] > >So if motors "completely integrated into a product" are exempt, does >this leave only motors "partially" integrated (whatever that might be) >or not integrated at all? Then what's the point of the original >"including where integrated into other products."? You have to have a course in Brussels-speak. If a motor, complete in itself, is built into a product, but can be taken out **as a functioning motor**, then the IM applies, because you can 'test the energy performance independently from the product'. But if the motor is so much part of some functional unit that it cannot be removed as a functioning motor, then the IM does not apply. For example, it's quite common for such a motor to have only one end-plate, the other end of the shaft being supported in the gear, pump, fan or compressor housing. The height of integration can be seen in refrigerator and small central heating pumps, where you can't really tell where the parts stop being 'motor' and become 'pump'. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk Things can always get better. But that's not the only option. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.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 <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
