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General Technical InformationIndustrial Thermoprocessing Equipment (IThE) and EU Directives
Industrial furnaces/thermoprocessing equipment is classified as machines and therefore in the scope of the machinery directive (MD) 2006/42/EC. Hence it is necessary to fulfil all requirements which are described in the MD (risk assessment, documentation and finally the declaration of conformity). By reason of that you have to put a CE mark on the machine. EU Directives for Industrial Thermoprocessing Equipment (IThE)Always
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When the manufacturer or his authorised representative that is established in the community brings a machine or a safety component in the sense of the machinery directive into the market, they have to issue a EU declaration of conformity (MD 2006/42/EC, article 12). As a EU declaration of conformity is termed the procedure with which it is declared that the machine brought into circulation conforms to all applicable safety and health requirements. With the signature of the EU declaration of conformity one attains the entitlement to apply the CE mark on the machine.
Industrial Thermoprocessing Equipment (IThE) and EN 746 Series The safety requirement for industrial furnace are described in the mandated and harmonized Special and additional safety requirements for industrial burners are described in the mandated and harmonized EN 746-2 (Industrial Thermoprocessing Equipment - Safety requirements for combustion and fuel handling systems). Within the understanding of the MD Industrial Burners are not (completed) machines, but a significant part of a machine (i.e. heating equipment). Therefore industrial burners are PARTLY COMPLETED MACHINES.
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