Machinery

Machinery safety services

Our dedicated experts can shape programs to assist throughout the production and supply chains, beginning with involvement at concept design stage and progressing through compliance and safety measures during manufacture to certification and assessment against contractual, international, or national obligations. We can offer:

• Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 Approved Body
• UKCA Type-examination certification for Annex IV machinery
• Voluntary certification (CoC) for non-annex IV machinery
• CE/UKCA marking conformity assessment support
• EN ISO 12100 risk assessment review
• EN 60204-1 electrical equipment of machinery assessment and testing
• Electrical verification testing of machinery according to EN 60204-1 (continuity of the protective bonding, fault loop impedance verification, dielectric withstand test, insulation resistance, residual voltage, and leakage current)
• EN ISO 13849-1 safety-related parts of the control system assessment (Performance Level review)
• Compliance verification against C-type standards
• Machinery noise/vibration measurement
• Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) and Use of Work Equipment Directive (UWED) assessments
• Gap analysis and CE/UKCA audit on machines and production lines
• Product design review
• Technical files review
• Worldwide on-site machinery audit and testing services
• Pre-shipment safety validation
• Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) support
• Bespoke machinery inspection and test witnessing to manufacturer and client specifications

Machinery training

In addition, you can rely on our specialized training programs to enhance your understanding and knowledge of machinery safety.  With a wide range of courses that can be tailored to meet your specific needs, our machinery safety team offer courses covering the Machinery Directive/SMSR, EN ISO 12100, EN 60204-1, EN ISO 13849-1, main C type standards and PUWER/UWED regulations.

Industries covered

Machinery comes in all shapes and sizes, and we can support industries including but not limited to:

When you work with SGS, you have access to knowledge and skills that we have acquired and developed since our inception in 1878 and to an international network of specialists and laboratories. As such, we offer you a ‘one stop shop’ of machinery testing, inspection and certification services to get your machinery to the market as quickly, safely and cost-effectively as possible.

Contact your local SGS office to find out more about our machinery services.