Measures To Satisfy The Standards; How To Cope With The Ce Marking Directive - Toshiba Tosvert VF-S15 Instruction Manual

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9. Measures to satisfy the standards

9.1

How to cope with the CE Marking Directive

In Europe, the EMC Directive and the Low Voltage Directive, which took effect in 1996 and 1997, respectively,
made it obligatory to put the CE mark on every applicable product to prove that it complies with the directives.
Inverters do not work alone but are designed to be installed in a control panel and always used in combination
with other machines or systems for the purpose of controlling them. So they themselves were not considered to
be subject to the EMC Directive. However the component also became subject to law with the enforcement of the
new EMC Directive in 2007. For this reason, we put CE mark on all inverters in accordance with the EMC
Directive and the Low Voltage Directive.
The CE mark must be put on all machines and systems with built-in inverters because such machines and
systems are subject to the above directives. If they are "final" products, they might also be subject to the
Machinery Directive. It is the responsibility of the manufacturers of such final products to put the CE mark on
each final product. In order to make machines and systems with built-in inverters comply with the EMC Directive
and the Low Voltage Directive, this section explains how to install inverters and what measures should be taken
to satisfy the EMC Directive.
We have tested representative models with them installed under the environment described later in this manual
to check for conformity with the EMC Directive. However, we cannot check the inverters under your operating
environment. EMC varies depending on the composition of the control panel with a built-in inverter(s), the
relationship with other built-in electrical components, the wiring condition, the layout condition, and so on.
Therefore, please verify yourself whether your machine or system conforms to the EMC Directive.
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9.1.1 About the EMC Directive
The CE mark must be put on every final product that includes an inverter(s) and a motor(s). In this series of
inverters are equipped with an EMC filter and complies with the EMC Directive if wiring is carried out correctly.
 EMC Directive
2004/108/EC
The EMC standards are broadly divided into two categories; Emission and Immunity, each of which is further
categorized according to the operating environment of each individual machine. Since inverters are intended for
use with industrial systems under industrial environments, they fall within the EMC categories listed in Table 1
below. We consider that the tests required for machines and systems as final products are almost the same as
those required for inverters.
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