UKCA marking is Great Britain’s post-Brexit conformity mark, introduced in 2021 as the domestic equivalent of CE marking.
Because GB has since decided to recognise CE marking indefinitely, UKCA is in practice optional for machinery, and from January 2027 either mark remains acceptable on the GB market. Northern Ireland stays with CE under the Windsor Framework.
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.
An economic operator is any party in the supply chain, manufacturer, authorised representative, importer or fulfilment service provider, on whom compliance obligations can fall.
The hierarchy of controls ranks risk reduction measures from most to least effective: eliminate, substitute, isolate, engineer, administer, and only then rely on PPE.
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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