The scope of EN60950 Safety of IT Equipment reads : "SAFETY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT - 1 General 1.1 Scope 1.1.1 Equipment covered by this standard This standard is applicable to mains-powered or battery-powered information technology equipment, including electrical business equipment and associated equipment, with a RATED VOLTAGE not exceeding 600 V. This standard is also applicable to such information technology equipment designed and intended to be connected directly to a TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK, regardless of the source of power. Examples of equipment which is in the scope of this standard are: accounting machines bookkeeping machines calculators cash registers copying machines data circuit terminating equipment data preparation equipment data processing equipment data terminal equipment dictation equipment document shredding machines duplicators electrically operated drawing machines erasers facsimile equipment key telephone systems magnetic tape handlers mail processing machines micrographic office equipment modems monetary processing machines including automated teller (cash dispensing) machines motor-operated files PABX's paper jogging machines paper trimmers (punchers, cutting machines, separators) pencil sharpeners personal computers photoprinting equipment plotters point of sale terminals including associated electronic scales postage machines public information terminals staplers telephone answering machines telephone sets text processing equipment typewriters visual display units This list is not intended to be comprehensive, and equipment that is not listed is not necessarily excluded from the scope."
I believe that a manufacturer can decide whether he is declaring compliance to the LVD or to the Machinery Directive. I seem to recall that the Provision and Use of Work Equipment regulations state that conformance to these regulations can be shown by conformance to applicable directives, and both the LVD and Machinery Directives are listed as applicable. John Crabb, Development Excellence (Product Safety) , NCR Financial Solutions Group Ltd., Kingsway West, Dundee, Scotland. DD2 3XX E-Mail :john.cr...@scotland.ncr.com Tel: +44 (0)1382-592289 (direct ). Fax +44 (0)1382-622243. VoicePlus 6-341-2289. -----Original Message----- From: Tony Reynolds [mailto:reyno...@pb.com] Sent: 21 February 2001 15:06 To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Classification of Office Equipment All, Does anyone know within the scope of Safety Standards and Directives (LVD and Machinery) how they classify office equipment / office machinery. In other words what is an office and more importantly where do you stop using office terminology and start using factory / warehouse terminology. Thankyou in advance. Tony Reynolds Pitney Bowes Ltd Tel +44 (0) 1279 449479 Fax +44 (0) 1279 449118 ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: jim_bac...@mail.monarch.com Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org
