While for many industrial devices part 15 may not be required, they will generally have some portion of part 18 limits and requirements that must be met. And part 18 is FCC
[cid:image002.png@01D6E8D6.5F702A00] Dennis Ward Senior Reviewing Engineer PCTEST Engineering Laboratory, LLC. 7185 Oakland Mills Road Columbia, MD 21045 1 410 290 6652) dennis.w...@pctest.com<mailto:dennis.w...@pctest.com> | www.pctest.com<http://www.pctest.com/> | www.element.com<http://www.element.com/> This communication and any attachment contain information from PCTEST Engineering Laboratory, LLC. and is intended for the exclusive use of the recipient(s) named above. From: André Videira <agvide...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 10:13 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] FCC Emissions on Industrial Equipment CAUTION:This email originated from outside of Element Materials Technology. DO NOT click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact IT Service Desk if you are in any doubt about this email. Just saw I sent my e-mail only to Brian. Hello Brian, I worked for some time with industrial equipment, and rarely FCC was required. >From my understanding, it is only required if your machine has any type of >radio device in it. About the Europe requirements, this depends a bit on the product you are testing ans certifying. Usually, the equipment has its own standard, and should be referred to it. This standard sometimes may have different levels from the EN 55011, even though it uses the same setup for tests. It is a case-by-case evaluation. I worked a long time with frequency inverters, and its basic standard for EMC is the IEC/EN 61800-3. In this standard, the test setup is almost the same as from the EN 55011 (the standard is referenced, but there are a few differences) , but there there are changes in the limits (they are called C1, C2, C3 and C4, instead of Class A and Class B). For example, the C3 from radiated emission is a higher limit, that I don't remember if there is any similar in EN 55011. Hope I could help a bit. Best regards, André Em ter, 12 de jan de 2021 18:21, Brian Kunde <bkundew...@gmail.com<mailto:bkundew...@gmail.com>> escreveu: I am working on the first Industrial Machine of my career so I could use some advice and clarification regarding the requirements for FCC emissions. I have been told by many that in North America, Industrial Equipment does not have to be tested, verified, or anything for FCC by the manufacturer of the equipment. Is this true? I was told that interference is unlikely, even if the equipment exceeds the FCC emissions limits. Meeting the FCC limits is recommended, and voluntary, but not required. True? On the other hand, Europe is not so. If EE equipment goes to Europe, it has to pass the EN 55011 emissions test as well as the immunity tests. Is that correct? Any additional information that would be helpful to me would be appreciated. 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