According to the Machinery Directive, a machine manufacturer is anyone who assembles machines or machine parts of various origins and places them on the market.
A manufacturer may be the actual machine builder or – where a machine is modified – the operator. In the case of assembled machinery, it may be the manufacturer, an assembler, the project manager, an engineering company or the operator himself, who assembles a new installation from various machines, so that the different machine parts constitute a new machine.
However, according to the Machinery Directive, only one manufacturer is responsible for the design and manufacture of the machine. This manufacturer or his authorized representative takes responsibility for implementing the administrative procedures for the entire plant. The manufacturer may appoint an authorized representative, who must be established in the EU, to assume responsibility for the necessary procedures for placing the product on the market:
• Compiling the plant’s technical documentation
• Complying with the technical annex
• Providing operating instructions for the plant
• Affixing the CE mark in a suitable position on the plant and drawing up a declaration of conformity for the entire plant
It’s important that the manufacturer considers the safety aspect early, as the contracts are being formulated or in the components’ requirement manual. The documentation shall not be compiled solely from the point of view of machine performance. The manufacturer is responsible for the whole of the technical documentation and must determine the part that each of his suppliers is to undertake in this process.
Use of machinery in the European Economic Area
Irrespective of the place and date of manufacture, all machinery used in the European Economic Area for the fi rst time from 01.01.1995 is subject to the EU Machinery Directive and as such must be CE certified.
Assembled machinery
On large production lines a machine may often consist of several individual machines assembled together. Even if each of these bears its own CE mark, the overall plant must still undergo a CE certification process.
A manufacturer may be the actual machine builder or – where a machine is modified – the operator. In the case of assembled machinery, it may be the manufacturer, an assembler, the project manager, an engineering company or the operator himself, who assembles a new installation from various machines, so that the different machine parts constitute a new machine.
However, according to the Machinery Directive, only one manufacturer is responsible for the design and manufacture of the machine. This manufacturer or his authorized representative takes responsibility for implementing the administrative procedures for the entire plant. The manufacturer may appoint an authorized representative, who must be established in the EU, to assume responsibility for the necessary procedures for placing the product on the market:
• Compiling the plant’s technical documentation
• Complying with the technical annex
• Providing operating instructions for the plant
• Affixing the CE mark in a suitable position on the plant and drawing up a declaration of conformity for the entire plant
It’s important that the manufacturer considers the safety aspect early, as the contracts are being formulated or in the components’ requirement manual. The documentation shall not be compiled solely from the point of view of machine performance. The manufacturer is responsible for the whole of the technical documentation and must determine the part that each of his suppliers is to undertake in this process.
Use of machinery in the European Economic Area
Irrespective of the place and date of manufacture, all machinery used in the European Economic Area for the fi rst time from 01.01.1995 is subject to the EU Machinery Directive and as such must be CE certified.
Assembled machinery
On large production lines a machine may often consist of several individual machines assembled together. Even if each of these bears its own CE mark, the overall plant must still undergo a CE certification process.
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