Testing
Understanding Accreditation
Based on insightful answers by Peter Unger Co-Founder – Executive Director ofInternational Quality Excellence in Infrastructure Systems, LLP (https://www.iqeis.com/) and Former CEO-A2LA (https://a2la.org/) / ILAC Chair 2011- 2016 (marked in...
Driving Climate Change Action: The Crucial Role of the Conformity Assessment Industry
Gigabytes and gigabytes of ‘Information’ and ‘Ideas’ are all over defining all that businesses and individuals are convinced about. The Conference of Parties (https://www.cop28.com/) number 28 happening here in Dubai,...
Concepts of Functional Safety
Functional safety (FS) is a critical safety concept that is applicable across all Global industry sectors. It is fundamental to the enabling of complex technical systems used for safety related...
Not Always What It Seems
The difference between IEC Reports and CB Scheme Reports/Certificates With this new drive towards leading edge electrical laboratory and medical solutions, manufacturers must maintain high quality Technical files on each...
Fire resistance test of timber doors
Fire resistance is the ability of a closure to meet the requirements of integrity (E), integrity and isolation (EI1 or EI2) or integrity and radiation (EW) for a specific period...
Glancing at Technical Regulations in South America
After giving a general description/opinion about Technical Regulations in the first Post, I would like to make a quick review of main Technical Regulations (hereinafter TRs) which are implemented in...
Staying In Compliance
On average, most medium to large scale laboratory/industrial product manufacturers conduct certification with reasonable due diligence during a products release. Unfortunately, however, there are many companies that let the products...
Leveraging data for improved safety and compliance
We live in a world where “data is the new oil” or “data is capital” and many other variations on the theme that data is a valuable commodity. I agree...
Misunderstanding the CE mark
Reducing potential liability and increasing quality assurance with electrical industrial/laboratory equipment One day, a great idea comes to you. Your mind is made up, your idea is churning, and senior...
Measurement of Mass under the SI Units
C.P. (Chuck) Ramani, P.E, CBO April 4, 2019 Today, almost all nations of the world use the SI (metric) system of measurements that includes kilogram for mass, the meter for...