Stewart Haile, business manager at electrical safety testing specialist, Clare Instruments, looks at the paramount importance of electrical safety testing in the manufacturing environment. The Low Voltage Directive (LVD) requires manufacturers to ensure the electrical products they bring to market must be safe and do not pose a danger to people, domestic animals and property. So production line safety testing has become an essential part of the manufacturing process. The major impact of the LVD has not been in product development but in the manufacturing environment, where the responsibility for ensuring continued conformance and the manufacture of safe products ultimately lies.
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