Machinery Safety 101
6 June, 2017

An update on CE Marking Electrical Cable

by Doug Nix
in CE Mark, Components, EU European Union /
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CE Mark­ing Wire and Cable In an earli­er post, I wrote about the require­ments for CE Mark­ing wire and cable and dis­cussed the <HAR> mark. In 2016, the Con­struc­tion Products Reg­u­la­tion 305/2011…

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20 December, 2013

Five things you need to know about CE Marked Wire and Cable

by Doug Nix
in CE Mark, Components, Top 5 Lists
A picture showing a selection of wire and cable products

Wire is simple right? Maybe not! Here are the top five things to know when select­ing wire and cable products for use in designs that will be CE Marked: Wire… 

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20 December, 2013

CE Marking Wire and Cable – Necessity or Luxury?

by Doug Nix
in CE Mark, Components, EU European Union /
3 Comments
A picture showing a selection of wire and cable products

CE Mark­ing of wire and cable is com­plex for two reas­ons: There are wire or cable products, like power cord assem­blies or pre-made eth­er­net cables, and then there is the… 

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1 June, 2012

Interlocking Devices: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

by Doug Nix
in Canada, CE Mark, Components, Control Functions, Control Reliability, EU European Union, EU Robotics, Guards and Guarding, Hierarchy of Controls, Interlocks, Interlocks, International, International Robotics, ISO 13849, North American Robotics, Ontario, Robotics, USA /
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This entry is part 1 of 7 in the series Guards and Guarding

Note: A short­er ver­sion of this art­icle was pub­lished in the May-2012 edi­tion of  Man­u­fac­tur­ing Auto­ma­tion Magazine. When design­ing safe­guard­ing sys­tems for machines, one of the basic build­ing blocks is the… 

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