Electrical Safety Compliance - Australia

The move to new and larger premises in Seven Hills has allowed EMC Technologies (Sydney) to greatly increase the scope of Safety Testing and now includes IP testing (water ingress). The NATA scope of accredited safety testing will include a broad range of products including:

• The safety standard for Information Technology Equipment (ITE); AS/NZS60950
• The new Australian Standard AS 61010 (Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use) covers a range of control, laboratory and testing instrumentation. This standard has been specially developed to ensure test equipment is designed and tested to ensure it is safety and complies with the essential requirements of AS/NZS 3820 (Essential safety requirements for low voltage electrical equipment).
• AS/NZS 60335/3350 (Household and similar electrical appliances) series of standard, which cover the majority of household appliances, sold and manufactured within Australia. To enable testing to these standards EMCT has achieved NATA accreditation to allow testing to AS 60529 (Degrees of
• Protection Provided By Enclosure) (IP) class up to IP48. (IP Testing)
• AS/NZS 61558 (Safety of Power Transformers, Power Supply Units and similar). This allows NATA testing of isolation transformers for general use and transformers of toys.
• AS/NZS 3100 (Approval and test specifications - General requirements for electrical equipment) This allows NATA testing of products not covered by specific family standards.

Low Voltage Directive (LVD) and R&TTE Directive - Europe

As part of the above accreditations EMCT is able to provide NATA reports to the European equivalents (where applicable) allowing local manufacturers to comply with the European Low Voltage Directive (LVD). The LVD covers electrical equipment designed for use with a voltage rating of between 50 and 1000 V for alternating current and between 75 and 1500 V for direct current.

The R&TTE Directive also requires compliance with the applicable safety standard, usually EN60950. Safety testing of devices under the R&TTE Directive is applicable to virtually all devices even battery operated devices.

With many years of experience in radio and telecoms approvals, and testing capability covering EMR, SAR, EMC, Safety plus ETSI standards, EMCT can now provide a one-stop-shop for the approval of radio-transmitter products to the European R&TTE Directive. The major expansion in facilities and capabilities underscores EMC Technologies commitment to providing a "test once for global markets" service.

For more information contact:

Les Dickenson - Branch Manager - Les@emctech.com.au
+612 9624 2777
+612 9838 4050

EMC Technologies Upgrades Safety and IP Testing

EMC Technologies (Sydney) has been performing safety testing of information technology (IT) equipment for the past 6 years and has now moved to new larger premises with expanded facilities. The current scope of safety testing has been greatly expanded to include IP testing and a wide range of products such as ITE, Instruments, White goods, power tools, lighting, brown goods and other products to Australian, European and international requirements. The Sydney EMC and Safety facilities has been relocated to a newly built 800 m² building in Seven Hills, offering expanded services and improved client comfort and facilities while on site.