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598P/599P Application Manual
CERTIFICATION
Introduction
The stack controller is certified as being compliant with the regulated market requirements in:
Europe
Drives are CE certified as being compliant with
•
The Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EC
EUROPE
What are the European Directives?
The Directives are created to allow manufacturers to trade freely within the EEC territory through technical
harmonisation of entire product sectors, and by guaranteeing a high level of protection of public interest
objectives. This is done by creating a CE marking
, a "trade symbol" showing that the technical
requirements and those for safety and health are met.
Business and industry are given a wide choice of how to meet their obligations. The European standards bodies
have the task of drawing up technical specifications. Compliance with harmonised standards, of which the
reference numbers have been published in the Official Journal and which have been transposed into national
standards, provides presumption of conformity to the corresponding essential requirements of the EC
directives.
Manufacturers are free to choose any other technical solution that provides compliance with the essential
requirements. Compliance with harmonised standards remains voluntary and offers one route to complying
with these essential requirements.
The Declaration of Conformity signed by the companies nominated Compliance Officer is certification that the
apparatus to which it refers meets the requirements of
all
the relevant European directives.
Compliance with harmonised standards provides a "presumption of conformity”
and is the route which has been adopted by Parker SSD Drives.
CE Marking for the Low Voltage Directive (LVD) 2006/95/EC
The
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Low Voltage Directive (LVD) 2006/95/EC seeks to ensure that electrical equipment within certain voltage
limits provides both a high level of protection for European citizens and enjoys a Single Market in the
European Union. The Directive covers electrical equipment designed for use with a voltage rating of between
50 and 1000V for alternating current and between 75 and 1500V for direct current. For most electrical
equipment, the health aspects of emissions of Electromagnetic Fields are also under the domain of the Low
Voltage Directive.
The LVD is one of the oldest Single Market Directives which, in broad terms, provides both a conformity
assessment procedure to be applied to equipment before being placed on the Market, and Essential Health
Safety Requirements (EHSRs) which such equipment must meet either directly or by means of compliance
with harmonized standards.
For electrical equipment within its scope, the Directive provides ‘The Requirements’ with respect to health and
safety covering all risks, thus ensuring that electrical equipment is safe in its intended use.
In respect of conformity assessment, there is no third party intervention, as the manufacturer undertakes the
conformity assessment. However, there are so-called "Notified Bodies" under the Directive, which may be used
to provide reports in response to a challenge by a national authority as to the conformity of the equipment.
When installed in accordance with this manual, the product is CE marked by
Parker SSD Drives in accordance with the Low Voltage Directive
Parker SSD Drives' certification (DoC) is supported by tests undertaken in
accordance with harmonised standard BS EN61800-5-1
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