John F Showell

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Assisting electronics companies with product safety certification

The service will be tailored to best suit your unique requirements.

  1. Preliminary safety design reviews. To help ensure conceptual designs are compliant with key safety requirements from the outset of the project.
    • Service code PSDR1 (on-site)
    • Service code PSDR2 (web based)
  2. Project management and facilitation of third-party safety approval submittals e.g. obtaining agency listings for US and Canadian markets.
    • Service code TPSA
  3. Assistance with self-certification CE-marking of products to the Low Voltage Directive for the EU market.
    • Service code SCA-LVD
  4. Creation and implementation of complete product design verification plans to address product conformity aspects including safety, EMC, environmental (climatic, vibration), user-interface, integrity and reliability aspects as required.
    • Service code PDVP
  5. Review of market entry product approval options. For example investigation of alternate certification agency routes and product label markings.
    • Service code ME
  6. Legislation monitoring. This could for example involve monitoring of a key safety standard - or looking at the implications of new EU legislation such as the Energy-using Products (EuP) directive.
    • Service code LM
  7. Design guideline writing. This can be a valuable aid to reducing time spent by design engineers navigating and interpreting sometimes confusing or complicated information laid-out in technical standards. Collating differing requirements across various applicable standards when considering e.g. PCB clearance requirements is another example of a potential benefit.
    • Service code DG
  8. Data research and collation. This service can be of help for example when selecting suitable polymeric materials for an electrical enclosure and can include review of relevant parameters such as flammability, relative thermal index for electrical & mechanical performace, comparative tracking index, arcing and hot wire ignition resistance and so forth.
    • Service code DRC
Other services or combinations of services can be provided in order to satisfy your requirements please ask.

info@productapprovals.co.uk

Engineering Documentation, Power Electronics, Qualification Testing, Test Engineering
Assessing conformity to EU and UL (Underwriters Laboratories) safety standards. Extensive experience of liaison with UL including standards interpretation, test programme definition. Negotiation with primary designated engineer (engineer with ultimate responsibility for a particular UL standard). Set-up and running of UL client test data programme (client data acceptance programme) in line with ISO 17025 requirements. Definition, development and management of complete design verification programmes for power electronic products.
Consumer products, Electrics, Electronics, Law and Litigation, Manufacturing, Test and Calibration Laboratories
22 years
Worldwide
United Kingdom
CH, CW, DY, HR, LD, SA, SY, TF, WR, WV
Further details
MIEE
CEng
BSc Physics with Electronics, MSc Industrial Logistics
Immediate
Hourly, daily, fixed price
Contact details
John F Showell
Product Approvals Ltd
The Old Coach House
Brompton
Montgomery
Powys
SY15 6SP     (view map)
www.productapprovals.co.uk
info@productapprovals.co.uk
01588 620192
0788 690 6105