TUV Rheinland has revealed that, following the update of EMC compliance standard EN 61326-1:2006, companies might update their products' CE marks altogether to assure compliance.
On 1 February 2009, a new version of the EMC compliance standard - EN 61326-1:2006 - became mandatory.
With the new mandate, laboratory device manufacturers might need to retest some of its products to satisfy certain technical revisions to the newly updated standard.
The 1997 standard and its amendments are no longer valid.
EN 61326-1:2006 (Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Use - EMC Requirements) covers the minimum EMC performance of electrical equipment intended for professional, industrial process, and educational use.
It includes equipment and computing devices for measurement and test, control, and laboratory use and associated accessories.
Bruce Fagley, EMC laboratory manager at TUV Rheinland, said: 'Manufacturers previously tested their products to the 1997 standard and its amendments.
'Unfortunately, those are no longer valid.
'If you are CE-marking products that fall under the new EMC Directive 2004/108/EC and EN 61326-1 for EMC compliance, then it is important to retest or risk being pulled from the global market.' The following are the standard's newly updated technical requirements: * The frequency range for radiated immunity testing has increased from 1.0ghz to 2.7ghz.
* More extensive voltage dips and variations test according to IEC 1000-4-11.
* A technical revision to fast transient testing according to IEC 1000-4-4.
* The new test report should reference the new dates for the basic standards.
