A Declaration of Incorporation is the document issued with partly completed machinery in place of a Declaration of Conformity.
It confirms which requirements have been met so far and travels with assembly instructions, because the equipment cannot be CE marked or used until built into a complete machine. Whoever completes the final assembly takes on responsibility for its conformity.
EU-type examination is a conformity assessment route requiring a notified body to examine and certify a machine design before it can be placed on the market.
The principles of prevention are the recognised order of priority for controlling risk, favouring collective controls over protecting individuals.
An isolator switch is a compliant on-off device, correctly coloured and lockable, that lets maintenance teams safely de-energise a machine before servicing.
For nearly two decades, the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC) has been the backbone of machinery safety compliance across Europe.
Introduction Machinery is now software-defined, connected, and increasingly autonomous. The Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 treats software failures as
A question we hear regularly from clients is which assessment do they actually need for their machinery —
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