General Machinery CE Certification

Part 1: Definitions and Scope

General Machinery as we called are such machines which are excluded from Annex IV of Machinery Directive. According to different industry, examples of machinery are packaging machine, mining machinery, construction machinery, handling machine, electrical tools etc.

Part 2: General Machinery CE Certification procedure

Accord to Article 12 of machinery directive 2006/42/EC, for general machinery the manufacturer or his authorised representative shall apply the procedure for assessment of conformity with internal checks on the manufacture of machinery provided for in Annex VIII. We will help the manufacturers or his authorised representative do assessment of conformity and get a CE certificate from a notified body in EU.

Procedure details are as follows：

Fill application form → Prepare testing machine and do relevant test on site → Rectification→Prepare TCF and test report → Submit to notified body → Notified body issues certificate

Part 3: Directives and standards

1. Directives:

Directives applied to general machinery vary but could be divided into the following situations:

(1) Machinery 2006/42/EC only for those machines not driven by electrical power

(2) Machinery directive 2006/42/EC and low voltage directive 2014/35/EU for those machines driven by electrical power and voltages are under the range of from 50 to 1000AC and from 75 to 1500 DC

(3) Machinery 2006/42/EC and low voltage directive 2014/35/EU and electromagnetic compatibility 2014/30/EU for power-driven electrical tools

Note：The machinery directive should updated to 2009/127/EC with regard to machinery for pesticide application

2. Standards

(1)Standards for machinery are listed and updated through Official Journal on EU website https://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/european-standards/harmonised-standards/machinery_en

Standards are classified into three types

A-Type: EN ISO 12100:2010 Safety of machinery - General principles for design - Risk assessment and risk reduction Applied to all machines

B-Type: Deal with specific aspects of machinery safety or specific types of safeguard that can be used across a wide range of categories of machinery. Examples are as follows:

EN 60204-1:2006/AC: 2010 Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines - Part 1: General requirements

EN 349:1993+A1:2008 Safety of machinery - Minimum gaps to avoid crushing of parts of the human body

EN 574:1996+A1:2008 Safety of machinery - Two-hand control devices - Functional aspects - Principles for design

EN ISO 13857:2008 Safety of machinery - Safety distances to prevent hazard zones being reached by upper and lower limbs (ISO 13857:2008) ……

C- Type：Provide specifications for a given category of machinery. Examples are as follows

EN 201:2009 Plastics and rubber machines - Injection moulding machines - Safety requirements

EN 12717:2001+A1:2009 Safety of machine tools - Drilling machines

EN ISO 16089:2015Machine tools - Safety - Stationary grinding machines

EN 16191:2014Tunnelling machinery - Safety requirements

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Part 4: Requirement

1. Satisfies the relevant essential health and safety requirements set out in Annex I

2. Prepare the technical file referred to in Annex VII, part A

3. provide, in particular, the necessary information, such as instructions, mechanical and electrical diagram

4. carry out the appropriate procedures for assessing conformity in accordance with Article 12

5. draw up the EC declaration of conformity in accordance with Annex II, part 1, Section A and ensure that it accompanies the machinery

6. affix the CE marking in accordance with Article 16

Part 5: Safety notice for the CE certification

1. Structure frame shall be stable and has adequate strength

2. The machine can be handled and transported safely and conveniently

3. Safeguard for the transmission parts and other movement mechanism are adequate and effective

4. Markings on the machine are clear and unambiguous

5. Well connected earthing point

6. Equipped with emergency stop button and warning device for failure or malfunction

7. Continuous monitoring for the hazardous working zone

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