EU Regulation 2023/1230, the role of digital media and cybersecurity
2024/07/23 EU Regulation 2023/1230, which will come into force on January 14, 2027, repealing Directive 2006/42/EC, “lays down health and safety requirements for the design and construction of machinery, related products and partly completed machinery to allow them to be made available on the market or put into service while ensuring a high level of […]
How is it defined an assemblies of machinery and how shall be assessed an industrial line?
2024/03/26 An assembly of machineries is included in the scope of machinery Directive, as described by article 2 a) forth indent: — assemblies of machinery referred to in the first, second and third indents or partly completed machinery referred to in point (g) which, in order to achieve the same end, are arranged and controlled […]
The EMC Directive
2023/11/28 Electronic, for almost half century, plays a crucial aspect in the product design of daily use, industrial as well as domestic. Electric and electronic systems, based on electrical signal to carry out easy or complex tasks and operations, are not infallible but, as for living being, susceptible to external stimulus. Reliability of electrical […]
Did I make a Machine or a Partly-Completed Machinery?
2023/10/26 There is often confusion among the Manufacturers if their products belong to the category “machinery” or “partly-completed machinery” A common question is: “Usually, we declare machinery also units without electrical cabinet since they have a specific application, and when they will be connected on site with the local electrical supply will carry out their […]
The new Machinery Regulation (1230/2023)
2023/07/21 The 14th of June was published on the official Journal of the European Union the official version of Regulation 1230/2023 concerning Machinery. The new Regulation represents an important development concerning all machinery Manufacturers in the Union, putting new objectives and regulating those aspects remained unclear in the Directive 2006/42/CE. A first important aspect is […]
RoHS and WEEE: when apply and what to do
2023/04/18 Directives RoHS e WEEE (2011/65/UE and 2012/19/UE) regulate the use and the disposal of certain substances to manufacture Electrical and Electronical Equipment (EEE) until the end-of-life of the product. An EEE is defined as an equipment which is dependent on electric currents or electromagnetic fields in order to work properly designed for use with […]
ATEX and machineries – what does and what doesn’t need to be marked?
2023/03/27 A machinery handling combustible gas or dust, does need an ATEX marking? …it depends. Article 1 of directive 2014/34/UE defines the field of application to: (a) equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres; (b) safety devices, controlling devices and regulating devices intended for use outside potentially explosive atmospheres but […]
Coating – Paint intended to come into contact with food
2023/02/23 The surface coating is carried out typically with paint or enamel paint, namely a mixture of: resins; crosslinkers; solvents; water and aliphatic ammines; additives; catalysts; pigments; functional charges. The functional features of such product intended to come into contact with food, guarantee the insulation from metal, the resistance of mechanical process, resistance to chemical […]
The real need for a machinery directive?
Why has the Machinery Directive been emanated? Who is it addressed to? The Machinery Directive is an European Union law aimed at machine manufacturers who are required to comply with the essential health and safety requirements relating to the design and construction of machinery in order to improve product safety placed into the European market, […]
Latest from ATEX Directives 2014/34/EU and PED 2014/68/EU
Introduction Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 established new indications on the accreditation of conformity assessment bodies: a framework for product market surveillance and for checks on products from third countries, and the general principles of the CE marking. In addition, Decision No 768/2008/EC established a common framework of general principles and reference provisions to be applied […]
