Safety Design and Certification For Test and Measurement Products Part 1

摘要

Have you ever designed a product that you thought was ready to ship only to have it fail testing by not meeting safety requirements ? Months can be lost and mistakes repeated if a company doesn't have a first-class safety design philosophy and certification process in place. Before embarking down the safety design and certification path, an understanding of the important role standards and certification play is essential. When designers become familiar with safety design issues and institute a safety certification process, delays in the shipment of products can be avoided. Safety certification marks are commonplace in the United States and Europe for household appliances (HHA) and information technology (IT) equipment (computers) due to long-time consumer awareness of potential hazards from electronic products. Safety marks include UL and CSA for North America and VDE, TUV, and Demko for Europe.