Re: [PSES] UK The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Thanks for sharing this, Charlie. Best Regards, -Lauren From: Charlie Blackham Sent: Friday, April 19, 2024 3:09 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES] UK The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2024 External Email: Do NOT reply, click on links, or open

[PSES] New Machinery Regulation and "emergency rescue"

this seems to be close in concept to US EPA confined space concerns, but I am not yet certain it should be understood with that level of detail. Best Regards, Lauren Crane Product Safety/Environmental Regulatory Compliance Specialist LAM RESEARCH CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail transmissio

Re: [PSES] I would like to hear your thoughts please

I think one could postulate a worst case hardware/software combination, but it would have to be well defended in text along the lines of “no other configuration could be worst case because…” followed by a discussion of the physical aspects of the other configurations and what they imply, based

Re: [PSES] UKCA Extension .... again

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[PSES] UKCA Extension .... again

Hello Experts, In Nov 22 we (this listserve) were discussing the UKCA extension aiming to allow CE marking to stand in for UKCA for a longer period. We were tracking a related statutory instrument, which I believe has been released as SI 2022 No. 1393

[PSES] Is certification 'voided' by improper operational conditions?

Hello Experts, If I have UL certified component and operate it for a period of time outside its specified conditions of operation, and then return the conditions to specified levels, is it appropriate to still think of the component as certified, or is the certification somehow voided by this

Re: [PSES] UK extends CE mark recognition indefinitely

Thanks very much for sharing this! Best Regards, - Lauren Crane **Sent from mobile phone. Please excuse typos, brevity, etc.** Confidential – Limited Access and Use From: Matthew Wilson | GBE Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2023 4:41:12 AM To: EMC-PSTC

[PSES] EU Machinery Regulation official version

FYI - now published in the OJ -- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32023R1230 Best Regards, -Lauren LAM RESEARCH CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail transmission, and any documents, files, or previous e-mail messages attached to it, (collectively, "E-mail

Re: [PSES] PLC password

Hi Steve, My Friday 2c... There is a trend of "right to repair" legislation that might contraindicate that position to some extent. See e.g. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52023PC0155 It seems odd that the approval of a product would depend on the whether the

Re: [PSES] EU and UK DoC

For what it's worth, the UK gov. sites recommends not convolving DoCs. "The UK Declaration of Conformity is a document which must be drawn up for most products lawfully bearing a UKCA marking before they are placed on the market. We recommend that manufacturers have their UK Declaration of

Re: [PSES] SV: [PSES] Product with LiPo battery - transportation

* IATA is a standard that many countries have adopted in whole or in part for their airspace. It is also a commercial condition set by many air carriers for the international 'gap' between airspaces, but each country has its own transportation regulations (some fully defer to IATA). In the

Re: [PSES] Have PSES archives been moved or restricted?

di0c7cclb4%3D=0> Rayleigh, Essex UK I hear, and I forget. I see, and I remember. I do, and I understand. Xunzi (340 - 245 BC) On 2023-01-12 17:14, Lauren Crane wrote: This statement in the footer of PSES messages does not seem to be true "All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable

[PSES] Have PSES archives been moved or restricted?

This statement in the footer of PSES messages does not seem to be true "All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at:

[PSES] "how to fish" - UKCA extension legislation

For those keeping score at home on when the UKCA 2yr extension legislation is actually passed, this is how I am tracking Goto https://commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/ Click on HTML or PDF version of "Daily Order Paper" in the "Today's business papers" section. Search on "Metrology" and you

[PSES] Link to secondary legislation draft RE: [PSES] SI amendment providing UKCA label deadline extension.

Hello All, In case you are interested in seeing it is more concretely true, here is a link to the secondary legislation laid before parliament that is a proposal to modify many (most/all) of the UKCA SI's with the extended date. Click on "full wording" top left, to see the draft.

[PSES] Time zone? RE: [PSES] SI amendment providing UKCA label deadline extension.

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Re: [PSES] SI amendment providing UKCA label deadline extension.

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Re: [PSES] SI amendment providing UKCA label deadline extension.

CJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C=tMmfJCHoSJ9m3wPnbFc2O31ulZO8xQQrCnrZ1HC8xW8%3D=0>. Unfortunately the article doesn't give much more information. On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 11:14 AM Lauren Crane <1afd08519f18-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ieee.org<mailto:1afd08519f18-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ieee.org>> wrote: Hello All, Amon

[PSES] SI amendment providing UKCA label deadline extension.

Hello All, Among all the UKCA discussion I have not noticed information on whether the promised no-label extension to 2026, though promised on government websites, is actually in the works with hope of becoming law before Jan 1, 2023. Does anyone have information on this point? Best Regards,

Re: [PSES] SV: [PSES] UKCA marking replaces the CE on 01/01/2023

Hi Amund, This https://www.legislation.gov.uk/search is a good source and offer consolidated legislation. The documents are a bit of a mess of amendments because they took the base SIs that implemented CE and then did spot amendments to realize them as UKCA/UKNI documents. Most have sections

[PSES] Machine components vs. partly completed machinery

Hello Experts, I am having trouble describing the distinction between a machine component and partly completed machinery, particularly when the machine component is a collection of parts at least one of which moves. As an example, consider a printing press sold to EU which is large and has

[PSES] Must machinery LVD-voltage replacement parts be CE marked for LVD?

Hello Experts, I am looking for help puzzling through a question - thinking in the context of large industrial machines - a total machine product that operates from LVD-voltages is out of scope of the LVD per se, but I am wondering about the LVD-voltage components. I am confident/certain the

Re: [PSES] Country Requirements -EMC Safety

Hi Ryan, The regulations are publicly available, but are not necessarily public knowledge -- in the sense that any country's regulatory requirements tend to be freely available to in a language their citizens can read, although they are not gathered together in one place with easy to

Re: [PSES] RoHS Exempt Industrial Machinery

Having contributed heavily in the advocacy that resulted in the LSIT (LSSIT) scope exclusion in the 2009/10 time frame, I think your case is probably not what was originally intended as LSIT, but intention and current interpretations are often two very different things. One thing that might be

Re: [PSES] NRTL Marks on Industrial Pump Assemblies

Brian, I'm curious if your NRTL has made it clear for what topic the pump needs certification? There are many energy efficiency criteria being applied to industrial components of various kinds these days. I cannot bring them all to mind quickly, but water circulators are certainly a

Re: [PSES] 2022 Blue Guide has been published

Thanks very much, Doug. The guide is certainly looking more formal this edition. Best Regards, -Lauren From: Kealey, Doug <1230523daaa3-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ieee.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2022 6:25 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES] 2022 Blue Guide has been published

Re: [PSES] Market access conditions in Israel (Gardening products)

Take a look at what is known as the Israel “Free Import Order” – It imposes many standards on certain item types. I do not know how it maps over your directive list, unfortunately, but it is a sort of market access hurdle. Best Regards, -Lauren Crane From: loerzer_mob...@globalnorm.de Sent

[PSES] Goodbye Machinery Directive - New Machinery Products Regulation is proposed

Hello All, There are some interesting new elements in this EU Commission proposal. https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/45508 Best Regards, -Lauren Crane - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc

Re: [PSES] ROHS and DoC

Hi Amund, You may have enough responses to meet your needs, but just in case... 2011/EU/65 is, of course, a CE marking directive, so consideration of a DoC is entirely appropriate. 2015/863 was, of course, an amending directive. It has no functional standing as a directive in its own right,

Re: [PSES] SPVD Interpretation

Hi David, My summary of your question is - does the SPVD apply both to SPVs put on the market separately AND in assemblies? For me the answer is 'yes', and the key is Article 3. "Article 3 - Making available on the market and putting into service 1. Member States shall take all necessary

Re: [PSES] Short Circuit Current Rating (SCCR)

Hi Brian, UL 508A Supplement SB has a method for this. Also the www.semi.org standard SEMI S22 has a method in one of it’s ‘Related Information’ sections. The SEMI standard RI section includes a reprint of an SCCR guide from Bussmann. The link S22 provides no longer works

[PSES] FW: IEC Warning: increased prevalence of malware

FYI - Probably many listserv members have already received this... but just in case. Regards, -Lauren From: Megan Pahl Sent: Monday, October 12, 2020 11:42 AM To: Megan Pahl Subject: IEC Warning: increased prevalence of malware TO: USNC Constituents COPY: USNC Staff Please note there has

Re: [PSES] electric shock from capacitor discharge

Hi Rich, This may fall into ‘anecdotal’ but I recall CRT televisions could store charge. I can’t recall if this was in an intentional capacitor, or capacitance inherent in the tube, etc. As a very practical, first hand experience matter, I used to work on small ion implanters (essentially

Re: [PSES] electric shock from capacitor discharge

Hi Rich, Discharge requirements are already in some electrical safety standards. Not at my desk so recall is poor, but likely 61010 or even NFPA 79 have something about caps with stored energy above x joules have to discharge within N seconds of power off... Cheers, -Lauren Sent from my

Re: [PSES] 21 CFR § 1040.10 - Laser products.

Hi Amund, I think I disagree. If you are incorporating some other manufacturer’s laser into your product, generally speaking, you are making a new laser product which must be assessed for conformance to 1040.10 (and reported etc…). The main role of the section you cited is to allow one

Re: [PSES] 21 CFR § 1040.10 - Laser products.

Hi Amund, It's been a key aspect of my work for several years. It can be quite challenging. Terminology and meaning are a little tricky. The amount of time consumed sort of depends on whether you are dealing with a product that fits nicely 'between the lines'. Regards, -Lauren

Re: [PSES] Mandatory certification

clarifications welcome). Regards, -Lauren Crane From: Kevin Robinson Sent: Friday, February 21, 2020 10:49 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Mandatory certification Brian, I manage the NRTL Program for OSHA. As I am responding from my personal address, nothing I say here can

Re: [PSES] Do We Need Flame Retardants in Electronics?

Well perhaps not 'consumer' electronics... but for industrial machinery (e.g., semiconductor manufacturing equipment used in clean rooms), one of the major insurers sets (via insurance rates) an upper limit on the kg/sqft of materials that are *not*, e.g., FM4910 compliant (which focuses also

Re: [PSES] Vacuum hazards

by improper design of a venting system), entrapment or confined space hazards (if the vacuum chambers are large) and perhaps IH hazards such as potential asphyxiation by nitrogen displacement (if venting with nitrogen). Of course, vacuum in and of itself is not harmful. Regards, Lauren Crane From

Re: [PSES] CE Marking and DoC for Multi Device Product

different. Then the item is more of an "accessory" an probably has to be CE marked etc.. on its own. Regards, Lauren Crane Tokyo Electron From: John Woodgate Sent: Monday, August 12, 2019 2:06 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] CE Marking and DoC for Multi Device Product

Re: [PSES] Trusted resources for RoHS/Reach

Charles, Do you mean a reference for the EU directives and regulations? If so, use Eur-Lex https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html It is official. It also nicely hosts 'consolidated legislation' wherein all the amendments for a given law are rolled into one document. Regards, Lauren Crane

Re: [PSES] 61010-1, UL/CSA to IEC

Hi Frank, I think more information is needed to give you a useful answer … of course, it can be shipped, and probably successfully imported and placed on the market, but maybe not in compliance with applicable regulations and directives. I’m assuming if you pad out your question it is more

Re: [PSES] RoHS 3 question

An approach I’ve also seen is “2011/65/EU as amended”. If you go for the longer version, I think the proper title of that directive is “COMMISSION DELEGATED DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/863” where the EU appears in prefix. -L From: Michael Cantwell Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2019 2:18 PM To:

Re: [PSES] Auto-Deletion of 558 Subscribers to EMC-PSTC

So did I get ‘booted’ because I was out of office a couple times this month? Has restoration work already completed? I am clearly not actually booted, ‘cause I got your message. Was this a one time glitch or will it happen again next time I have a heavy travel month and put up out of office

Re: [PSES] Work Equipment Directive 2009/104/EC

not endanger the health and safety of persons and, where appropriate, domestic animals and property and, where applicable, the environment, when properly installed and maintained and used for its intended purpose or under reasonably foreseeable conditions. Regards, Lauren Crane Tokyo Electron

Re: [PSES] Radio and Machinery Directive

Hi Mark, A mixture of opinion and facts... I think the concept of PCM is often mis-understood. For me, the important question is whether the item is being placed on the market as a product for, in effect, and 'unknown end user'. If yours will just be a B2B transaction between your company and

Re: [PSES] Intro to Safety

compliance (and others) since ’95, and I’m still catching up. That’s probably why it’s become a career rather than a task. Cheers, -Lauren Crane Tokyo Electron From: Nyffenegger, Dave Sent: Friday, February 15, 2019 1:32 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Intro to Safety If you

Re: [PSES] New EU enforcement regulations touches on all? product regulations/directives.

n 2019-02-14 17:42, Lauren Crane wrote: Hello Compliance Friends, Just stumbled across this while reviewing various newsletters in my in-box. Seems like it might impose some significant changes in EU compliance management. Haven't found an OJ printed version yet. Attached are news release and th

Re: [PSES] Red phosphorus flame retartants

Ted, Thanks for sharing this case study/anecdote. Very interesting. Regards, Lauren Crane Tokyo Electron From: Ted Eckert <07cf6ebeab9d-dmarc-requ...@ieee.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2019 11:06 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Red phosphorus flame reta

Re: [PSES] Laser Safety

to review all of 21CFR subpart J (e.g., part 1000, 1002. Etc...). Regards, Lauren Crane From: Jim Hulbert Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 3:16 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES] Laser Safety Hi. I would like to confirm laser safety requirements in an industrial machine under the U.S

[PSES] Job opening - Product Safety Compliance Engineer

FYI - https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/Home/Home?partnerid=25781=5075#jobDetails=513085_5075 If interested please proceed via the linked careers page, etc... Regards, Lauren Crane Tokyo Electron - This message is from

[PSES] Resource for info on cities which require field labeling/certification?

. I am particularly interested in the city of Albuquerque, but so far, no luck. Regards, Lauren Crane Tokyo Electron - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to t

Re: [PSES] Does incorporated barcode scanner result in a new laser product?

ith the appropriate documents providing the required evidence that the laser in question has validity and is appropriately classified. If not be prepared to add time and money to your program for addition testing. Mark From: Lauren Crane [mailto:lauren.cr...@us.tel.com] Sent: Monday, October 08,

Re: [PSES] Does incorporated barcode scanner result in a new laser product?

ifications. So if anyone has walked this road before, thanks in advance for thoughts and guidance, particularly if you think I've got it wrong. Regards, Lauren Crane Tokyo Electron From: Nyffenegger, Dave Sent: Monday, October 08, 2018 12:08 PM To: TEH EHS Crane, Lauren ; EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.O

Re: [PSES] Does incorporated barcode scanner result in a new laser product?

www.woodjohn.uk<http://www.woodjohn.uk> Rayleigh, Essex UK On 2018-10-08 16:48, Lauren Crane wrote: I'm not sure this is the correct forum for this question Does incorporating a barcode scanner (that happens to be a class II laser product) into a piece of industrial machiner

[PSES] Does incorporated barcode scanner result in a new laser product?

result in a new, reportable laser product under US CDRH requirements? I'm leaning towards 'yes', but I cannot find much guidance on the issue. Regards, Lauren Crane Tokyo Electron - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety

Re: [PSES] My update and tracking services

FCC actions. And NIST just informed me of a new service that also reports WTO TBT actions called ‘ePing’. You can sign up for ePing here: http://www.epingalert.org/en Regards, Lauren Crane Tokyo Electron From: Grasso, Charles Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2018 4:00 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG

Re: [PSES] EU Requirements for Sample Performance Assesment.

Is your company actually importer of record? If not, it is really the importing company that has to figure this out / ensure if they are covered etc... (of course if they don't have experience you might want to guide them as a customer sat. issue) If your company is not IoR also check the

Re: [PSES] Regulation 2017/1369 Energy Labelling

. fans) and the products which incorporate them explicitly into scope, and require manufacturers to post information on public access websites. Enjoy! -Lauren Crane From: Scott Xe Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 12:04 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES] Regulation 2017/1369

Re: [PSES] CE marking - mixture of responsibilities

to that effect. …etc -Lauren Crane From: Scott Xe Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2018 5:21 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] CE marking - mixture of responsibilities Hi James, It is quite normal attitude for an oem or odm manufacturer. They have over hundred buyers to keep

Re: [PSES] distribution xfmrs

can back up their swearing with a chapter and verse reference, or accept your position. Regards, Lauren Crane Tokyo Electron -Original Message- From: Brian O'Connell [mailto:oconne...@tamuracorp.com] Sent: Monday, April 16, 2018 3:22 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES

Re: [PSES] EAC Mark in Russia

- maybe ref "CU TR 004/2011" e.g. for LVD equivalent. -Lauren Crane From: Kunde, Brian [mailto:brian_ku...@lecotc.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 1:25 PM To: EMC-PSTC@listserv.ieee.org Subject: [PSES] EAC Mark in Russia Greetings. I would love to hear your story about dealing wi

RE: RE: My departure

-carrying ieee member) -Lauren -- Lauren Crane Product Safety and Regulatory Compliance Engineer/Consultant __ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop