Conformity assessment of construction machinery
The Institute as the Notified Body 1301 under the Directive 2006/42/EC on Machinery carries out the conformity assessment procedures (modules) as follows: EC type-examinations and Full quality assurance. The notification covers the following machinery (selected product families according to the Annex IV of the Directive): machinery for working with wood and material with similar physical characteristics, namely - circular saws, band saws, portable chainsaws, hand-fed surface planing machinery, thickenessers for one-side dressing, hand-fed tenoning machinery and hand-fed vertical spindle moulding machinery - then presses for the cold working of metals, vehicle servicing lifts, devices for the lifting of persons and goods and power-operated interlocking movable guards designated to be used as safeguards in presses and injection or compression moulding machines with manual loading or unloading.
Voluntary certification of construction machinery
The Directive 2006/42/EC stipulates also requirements to be met by accessories to machinery. Firstly, separate lifting
accessories used for slinging, such as shackles, eyehooks, eyebolts, rings, vacuum or magnetic gripping devices, chains with
welded links, metallic and textile ropes and the like. Secondly, lifting accessories incorporated in machinery, such as shank
hooks, block and tackle, lifting beams, C-hooks etc. Finally, mounting means for transportation of goods (ropes, straps,
chains and nets).
The accessories are not liable to be assessed by a notified body; however, CE-marking is required. Taking into account safety
risks caused by them being utilized at work, it is a common practice that they are tested and assessed by the Institute’s certification
body.
Contact:
Ing. Anton Ralbovský
Phone: +421 2 49228 210
Fax: +421 2 49228 203
E-mail: ralbovsky@tsus.sk