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INTRODUCTION
PRELIMINAR STUDIES AND CONSIDERATIONS
MOUNTING AND CONSTRUCTION
5.1
Machinery Directive and CE marking
5.1.1
General considerations
To access the European market, some vehicles must ensure compliance with the
safety requirements defined in the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. The Body
Builder must integrate these requirements into the design phase and manufacturing
equipment, and also when defining the method of installation and maintenance of
the vehicle.
For this purpose, this directive introduces the CE conformity marking. This marking
is the process by which the manufacturer informs users and authorities that the
equipment meets essential requirements of the legislation.
HMC aims always to achieve the highest possible quality in the vehicles it provides,
and also collaborates with Body Builders to try to implement a quality in the final
product (chassis plus body) that will meet standard quality requirements, and thus
achieve maximum customer satisfaction.
HMC also offers a full warranty on its vehicles. The Body Builder must therefore
provide its customer with a guarantee for the products manufactured and installed
in the chassis, and for any equipment or component installed in the basic vehicle
that has been modified or altered in any way.
For all these reasons described here, HMC recommends that the Body Builders
should use and apply Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC and the CE conformity mark-
ing in the products offered.
5.1.2
Machinery directive
In addition to this manual, the Body Builders must observe Machinery Directive 2006/
42/EC.
The directive is aimed at harmonising the health and safety requirements that apply
to the machines, and at the same time ensuring the free movement of machinery on
the EU market.
Indication of conformity with this directive is the CE marking. In order to obtain this
mark, the Body Builder must therefore collect all the technical documentation rela-
ting to the vehicle, and itemise all the work that has been done on it.
The directive applies to a huge range of bodies which have to meet this standard.
These cases are explained/defined in Article 1 of the Machinery Directive.
Some examples of superstructures that must comply with the requirements of this
standard are:
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Loading cranes
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Tipper bodies
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Tail lift
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etc.
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MAINTENANCE AND DAMAGE PREVENTION
POWER TAKE-OFF
Body Builder Manual Part II, Specific Book LCV
ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
WORK ON BASIC VEHICLE
APPENDIX
V1.0, February 2015
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