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Korea RRA Announces Phase Out of KCC Mark
Korea’s Radio Research Agency (RRA) has just announced new regulation which will take effect January 24, 2011. These changed regulations will significantly impact the current approval process for Korea. Listed below is the summary of changes: The KCC mark and logo will be changed to the KC mark, which will be the only mark for... Read More
Taiwan’s BSMI Updates EMC Requirements for ITE
Per Taiwan’s Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI), compliance to CNS 13438, Information Technology Equipment – Radio disturbance Characteristics – Limits and Methods of Measurement (Amendment June 1, 2006), is required for ITE and similar equipment which falls under mandatory inspection category. Testing to conducted emissions telecom ports and radiated emissions above 1GHz were... Read More
UL 508 Standard Requires Automated Safety Testing of Electromechanical Components
For compliance to regulatory safety requirements, electromechanical component manufacturers must submit their relays and switches and other components to endurance tests that verify their reliability and safety. Alvin Agustin of MET Laboratories’ Baltimore Safety Lab contributed an article this month to Test & Measurement World Magazine to describe a test setup of this type for... Read More
HOUS Seminar Covers Testing Requirements for Various Countries
Today and tomorrow, MET Laboratories partner Nemko is hosting HOUS Seminar 2010, a seminar in Oslo, Norway on new testing and certification requirements for household appliances. MET’s Product Safety Laboratory Director Rick Cooper is there, and files these key points from today’s seminar on “Market Access and Nemko Direct,” presented by Nemko’s Morten Smith: Russia... Read More
North America-Europe Harmonization Coming to Household Product Certification
Rick Cooper, MET Laboratories’ Product Safety Lab Director, is giving a presentation at Nemko AS this week on the differences between household product certification in North America versus Europe (IEC 60335-1). For those who can’t make it to Oslo, Norway, here is an abridged outline of the presentation. Canada is more harmonized with the IEC... Read More
CPCA Discusses Intro of a National Certification Mark for Canadian Product Safety
The Fall General Meeting for the Canadian Process Control Association was held yesterday at Terrace on the Green in Brampton, Ontario. One of the key topics was the forecast for the association. The focus was on Process, Instrumentation, and Automation equipment. The projection for US growth for 2012 is $6.61 Billion. That is a 2.4... Read More
PSES Symposium Reviews Smart Grid Equipment Safety Issues
Today is the second day of the Product Safety Engineering Society’s (PSES) 3-day IEEE Symposium on Product Compliance Engineering in Boston, Massachusetts. In attendance and taking notes is Rick Cooper, MET Laboratories’ Director of Laboratory Operations, Safety Laboratory. “Safety Considerations for Smart Grid Technology Equipment” was presented today by Don Geis of Alcatel-Lucent. Here are his... Read More
PSES Symposium Features Talks on Product Safety Recalls, Automotive EMI
Today is the first day of the Product Safety Engineering Society’s (PSES) 3-day IEEE Symposium on Product Compliance Engineering in Boston, Massachusetts. In attendance is Rick Cooper, MET Laboratories’ Director of Laboratory Operations, Safety Laboratory. Following are his summaries of the day’s two presentations. CPSC Keynote The keynote address was “Check, Double Check, and Don’t... Read More
TIA Outlines Testing & Certification Barriers in China, Mexico & Brazil
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) recently wrote a letter to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to comment on the 2011 National Trade Estimate (NTE) on Foreign Trade Barriers report. The letter focused mostly on testing and certification barriers in three countries: China, Mexico, and Brazil. Following are highlights of the letter. China The... Read More
ENERGY STAR Meeting Closes With Specification Updates
Yesterday was the last day of the ENERGY STAR Partner Meeting in Denver, CO. On the agenda was an overview of planned and pending specification updates for ENERGY STAR qualified appliances, including clothes washers, dishwashers, room air conditioners, and refrigerators-freezers. Also covered was the ambitious Super Efficient Dryer Initiative. Clothes Washers Revised criteria takes effect... Read More
