Please help me to understand the “Marking” of equipment requirements for systems made up of multiple components. I’m going to cross categories for the purpose of the examples, so don’t get confused by that.
Example 1: I buy a PC. It comes in a large box. Inside I get a PC tower, mouse, keyboard, speakers with power cube, and maybe a printer with external power supply. Each of the individual pieces I listed has its own Nameplate Label with Manufacturer’s name, model, serial, a CE marking, blah blah blah. The manual has a page that looks like a Declaration of Conformity and it identifies the PC. The DoC may also have a statement that says something like, “includes all options and configurations”. Questions: Since each component has its own CE marking, shouldn’t each component have its own DOC? If the model number on the PC and on the provided DoC only covers the PC, how are products made up of many EE identified and documented for CE? Should there be another label added with a Model Number that encompasses the entire system and that number be listed on the DoC? And if so, how do you know what components are included with that model? Example 2: Laboratory equipment system made up many components such as analyzers, heaters, sample loaders, ovens, external vacuum pumps, power supplies, PCs, monitors, keyboards, mouse, robot arm, measurement equipment, all interconnected and sold as a System with integrated software. Each major component has its own Rating Label (Nameplate Label). The manufacturer of the System sells it as a Model SuperXYZ. Though this number is advertised and used to sell/order the system, the number does not appear anywhere on the product. Should it appear on the product? If so, where do you put it? What do you put on your DoC? Does the manufacturer of the system have to provide DoCs for every component? Example Last: In the above example, a USA company designs a builds a small box that gets mounted on the back of one of the components purchased from another company. A nameplate label is added to the box with all the normal information including “Made in USA”. However, when the combined product was shipped to another country, they were told they couldn’t list the “Made in USA” because the larger component it was attached to is made in a different country. I do not understand the issue because the two are separate assemblies; each having their own Nameplate label and power cord. Help me to understand. Thanks, The Other Brian PS: Sorry if I made my examples too wordy. I tend to do that. ________________________________ LECO Corporation Notice: This communication may contain confidential information intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you received this by mistake, please destroy it and notify us of the error. Thank you. - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) 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]>
