CSA is the Canadian Standards Association (CSA).
Association), founded in 19 19, is the first non-profit organization in Canada to set industry standards.
Products such as electronics and electrical appliances sold in the North American market need to obtain safety certification. At present, CSA is the largest safety certification body in Canada and one of the most famous safety certification bodies in the world. It can provide safety certification for various products in the fields of machinery, building materials, electrical appliances, computer equipment, office equipment, environmental protection, medical fire safety, sports and entertainment. CSA has provided certification services to thousands of manufacturers around the world, and hundreds of millions of products with CSA logo are sold in North America every year.
Before 1992, products certified by CSA can only be sold in the Canadian market. If products want to enter the American market, they must also obtain relevant certification from the United States. Now it's CSA
Internationally, it has been recognized by the federal government of the United States as a nationally recognized testing laboratory. This means that your products can be tested and certified according to Canadian and American standards, while ensuring that your certification is recognized by federal, European, provincial and local governments. With CSA's effective product safety certification, it is easy to enter the most tenacious and broad North American market in the world. CSA can help your products enter the American and Canadian markets quickly and effectively.
CSA
International will help manufacturers save time and money by eliminating duplicate procedures in certification applications. For manufacturers, all they have to do is submit an application, provide a set of samples and pay the fees, but the obtained safety signs can be recognized at the federal, state, provincial and local levels from new york to Los Angeles. CSA
International will work together with manufacturers to provide a high quality, safe and reliable certification project. In North America and even the whole world, CSA people have won people's trust with their honesty, integrity and skilled skills.
CSA
International organizations have four laboratories in Canada. From 1992 to 1994, it was officially recognized by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the US Department of Labor. According to OSHA regulations, it can be used as a nationally recognized testing laboratory to test and certify a series of products according to more than 360 American ANSI/UL standards. Through CSA
international
Tested and certified products are determined to meet the standards completely and can be sold to the US and Canadian markets. Obtaining North American certification saves time and money, just fill out an application, provide a set of samples and pay a fee once. With CSA, you can enter these two markets in one step. CSA is a convenient testing and certification service, which can obtain different certifications in two countries without repeated testing and evaluation. This undoubtedly reduces the cost of product certification, follow-up inspection and re-inspection, saves valuable time, and saves the trouble for manufacturers to deal with various certification bodies, thus achieving the twice the result with half the effort.
The "CSA" mark has passed the Canadian standard in Canada.
Association Standards Association applies for registration, and only after the unit recognizes the safety and authorization of the product can it affix the "CSA" mark on the product. CSA is a non-profit member sponsor, and its standards include: health care technology, oil and gas pipeline system, occupational safety, electrical products and solar energy.
CSA has branches in Atlantic Ocean, Quebec, Central Plains, West China and Pacific Ocean, as well as subsidiaries and overseas representatives all over the world. CSA standards are voluntary. Municipal, provincial and federal governments often use or refer to CSA standards in their management to formulate their own standards, rather than these standards. In this case, CSA standard becomes the reference of government norms. The government or other organizations and associations may require compliance with certain standards, or specify that certain products must be verified to prove compliance with certain standards. It depends on whether each organization wants to require the use of CSA standards and verification operations within its jurisdiction. "CSA" mark is one of the most famous product safety identification marks in the world. Even if it is not mandatory, manufacturers in many regions regard this logo as an important basis for recommending the safety of their products to customers, and many buyers even specify to buy products with CSA logo. Recently, the manufacturer was designated by Canadian importers or buyers to obtain the CSA mark.
Therefore, applying for CSA mark can provide more credible guarantee for product safety.
CSA certified product range
CSA certification inspection mainly focuses on eight aspects:
1, human survival and environment. Including occupational health and safety, public safety, environmental protection of sports and entertainment equipment and health care technology.
2. Electricity and electronics. Including building electrical equipment installation regulations, various industrial and commercial and civil electrical and electronic products.
3. Communication and information. Including residential processing systems, telecommunications and electromagnetic interference technologies and equipment.
4. Building structure. Including building materials and products, civil products, concrete, masonry structures, pipe fittings and architectural design.
5. Energy. Include energy regeneration and transfer, fuel combustion and safety equipment, and nuclear energy technology.
6. Transportation and distribution system. Include motor vehicle safety, oil and gas pipelines, material handling and distribution, and offshore facilities.
7. Material technology. Including welding and metallurgy.
8. Business and production management system. Including quality management and basic engineering.
German security
GS mark,
It is a safety certification mark issued by TUV, VDE and other institutions authorized by the German Ministry of Labor. GS mark is a safety mark accepted by European customers. General GS certified products have higher unit price and are more popular.
The European institution CE stipulates that,
1997. 1. 1. controls the "low voltage command (LVD)". GS has included all the requirements of "Low Voltage Command (LVD)". Therefore, after obtaining the GS mark,
TUV will issue LVD CE Certificate (COC) and TUV Rheinland for this product.
Certificates after 1997 include LVD certificates in GS certificates. The manufacturer obtained LVD certificate while applying for GS.
GS certification has strict requirements on the quality assurance system of the factory, and the factory should be reviewed and inspected every year:-When the factory is shipped in batches,
We should establish our own quality assurance system according to ISO9000 system standard. The factory should at least have its own quality control system, quality records and other documents as well as sufficient production and inspection capabilities. -Before issuing the global service certificate,
Only when the new factory passes the inspection will the GS certificate be issued. -After issuing the certificate, the factory should receive at least 1 inspection every year. No matter how many products the factory applies for TUV mark, the factory review only needs 1 time.
Products that can apply for GS certification are:
1, household appliances, such as refrigerators, washing machines, kitchen utensils, etc.
2. Household machinery.
3. sporting goods.
4. Household electronic equipment, such as audio-visual equipment.
5. Electrical and electronic office equipment, such as photocopiers, fax machines, shredders, computers, printers, etc.
6, industrial machinery, experimental measuring equipment.
7. Other safety-related products, such as bicycles, helmets, ladders and furniture.
The difference between GS and ce certification
General Schedule (American federal government employees)
Voluntary certification is not mandatory.
Applying German safety regulations to test GS.
An independent third party authorized by the German government detects and issues the GS mark certificate.
An annual fee must be paid.
Factory audits must be conducted every year.
GS logo is issued by an authoritative testing unit, which has high credibility and market acceptance.
Church of England
compulsory certificate
The test shall adopt the European standard (EN).
On the premise of having complete technical documents (including test reports), you can declare CE by yourself.
There is no annual fee.
No factory review is required.
The factory self-declares that the products are qualified, with low credibility and low market acceptance.
CB certification
The member organizations of the organization mutually recognize the test results based on IEC standards. The scheme is operated by CCB (Certification Committee).
Institutions) management, the Independent Election Commission authorized a management committee to be responsible for the work of CCB.
The purpose of CB plan is:
Achieve test results (CB
Report and CB certificate) are mutually recognized among CB member countries;
Simplify the authentication procedure;
Promote international trade.
The basic elements of CB plan are as follows
To become a member of CB organization, you must first join IECEE；;
Member organizations must designate a national certification body (NCB: National Certification).
BODY), a country allows more than one institution to be designated as NCB；; ;
The relevant standards in this country must be consistent with IEC standards;
NCB must specify which standards participate in CB procedures;
Civil band
Multi-party recognition of test data within the organization is limited to the above-mentioned standards.
Introduction to RoHS certification
1. What is RoHS?
RoHS is a restriction on the use of certain harmful substances in electrical and electronic equipment.
English abbreviation for some harmful substances in electrical and electronic equipment.
2. What are the harmful substances?
RoHS-* * lists six harmful substances, including lead Pb, cadmium Cd, mercury Hg, hexavalent chromium Cr6+, PBDE and PBB.
3.3 What is the maximum limit of six harmful substances stipulated by the European Union? ROHS instruction?
The maximum allowable content of lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in electronic and electrical equipment is 0. 1%( 1000ppm), and cadmium is 0.01%(1000 ppm). This limit is issued to determine whether the whole machine, spare parts and other products meet the requirements of ROHS directive (2000), and the content of toxic and harmful substances in related products shall not exceed the above-mentioned indicators specified by the European Union, otherwise it will be refused to enter the market or punished.
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Why launch RoHS?
In 2000, when cadmium was found in the cables of some game machines sold in the Dutch market, people first noticed that electrical and electronic equipment contained heavy metals harmful to human health. In fact, solder and ink printed on packaging boxes widely used in the production of electrical and electronic products all contain harmful heavy metals such as lead.
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When to implement RoHS?
The EU will implement RoHS on July 1 2006. At that time, electrical and electronic products using or containing heavy metals and flame retardants (such as PBDE and PBBs) will not be allowed to enter the EU market.
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What products does RoHS specifically involve?
RoHS is aimed at all electrical and electronic products that may contain the above six harmful substances in the production process and raw materials, mainly including: white goods (such as refrigerators, washing machines, microwave ovens, air conditioners, vacuum cleaners, water heaters, etc. ), black household appliances (such as audio-visual products, DVDs, CDs, TV receivers, IT products, digital products, communication products, etc. ), power tools, electric electronic toys and medical electrical equipment.
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How is RoHS progressing at present?
Some big companies have noticed RoHS and started to take countermeasures. For example, Sony's digital camera, the box has indicated that this product uses lead-free welding; Print with lead-free ink.
In 2004, the Ministry of Information Industry issued the Management Measures for Pollution Prevention and Control of Electronic Information Products, which is similar to RoHS, and set up a working group on pollution prevention and control standards for electronic information products in 10 to study and establish a standard system for pollution prevention and control of electronic information products in line with China's national conditions. To carry out the research and revision of the relevant standards for pollution prevention and control of electronic information products, especially to speed up the formulation of materials, processes, terms and testing instruments urgently needed by the industry.