Conformity Assessment Procedures
Safety components with CE marks
Another feature is the requirement for CE marks to be attached to safety components.
Since there has been continual debate over what constitutes a safety component, annex V of the Directive now includes an indicative list of safety components (this list is not, therefore, exhaustive).
Extract from annex V of the MD List of safety components
Protective devices for removable mechanical transmission devices
Protective devices designed to detect the presence of persons
Logic units to ensure safety functions
Valves with additional means of failure detection intended for the control of dangerous movements on machinery
Extraction systems for machinery emissions
Monitoring devices for loading and movement control in lifting machinery
Restraint systems to keep persons on their seats
Emergency stop devices
Falling-object protective systems (FOPS)
Two-hand control device
CASE STUDIES
April 2018
Recycling Industry
APS (Automation Products and Systems) provided a system to local [...]