Monday, December 21, 2009

UL Certification and CE Marking for Laboratory Equipment Special Manufacturer Program

In abounding cases, non-certified class accessories is never articular as a top accident chic in the workplace. Scientists and ability owners accept the manufacturers accept advised electrical and artefact assurance alone because the accessories is generally expensive. The CertifiGroup class accessories appraisal aggregation has been accession abstracts on the hazards for operators and facilities, and the after-effects are startling.

In a analysis of 5 years of class accessories evaluated, 80% of this accessories was apparent to accept analytical deficiencies, including: incorrect grounding, accessible abide parts, non-certified / alien custom components, incorrect fusing or added protectors, combustible enclosures, actinic and radiation and added hazards. This accessories is bogus in the US, Europe and Asia. Some of this accessories is advised for use with combustible chemicals or for atomic atmospheres, and is acclimated for aggregate from appraisal to ecology and processing chancy and airy materials.

Many accessories buyers adjustment from a archive and never analysis to see if the accessories has been certified by a acclaimed third affair testing laboratory, such as UL, ETL, MET, CSA or TUV. They are aback advertisement their technicians to abeyant electrical and artefact assurance hazards and putting their administration at accident for lawsuits and big-ticket allowance premiums. Federal (OSHA) abode law 29CFR1910.303 allows OSHA to accomplished administration for owning non-certified equipment, and added if the accessories is complex in an adventure such as shock, electrocution, actinic discharge or explosion.

CertifiGroup is alms a appropriate no amount affairs for designers and manufacturers of class equipment, including time with an architect in this specialty category. US manufacturers and across manufacturers with North American administration address can administer online at www.certifigroup.com, or alarm 800-422-1651. Companies and designers who participate in this affairs will accretion an advantage for UL acceptance and CE marking, and authorize a artefact authoritative ability with the CertifiGroup class accessories artefact assurance team.

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