The EMC Directive 2014/30/EU sets the rules for how equipment must be designed to limit the electromagnetic disturbance it emits and to withstand the disturbance it receives.
Required Performance Level is the reliability target a safety function must achieve, set during risk assessment from severity, frequency and avoidability.
The principles of prevention are the recognised order of priority for controlling risk, favouring collective controls over protecting individuals.
Due diligence is the process an end user follows to satisfy themselves that machinery is genuinely CE/UKCA compliant, starting with checking the Declaration of Conformity.
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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