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Regulatory compliance
Products sold or transferred between companies or operated on company premises (factory
floor, laboratory) do not need CE, FCC or equivalent certification. Boards or subsystems which
cannot provide a useful function on their own do not need certification.
Certification can only be granted to complete and operational systems. There are authorized
testing agencies, regulatory organizations and laboratories who will issue certificates of
compliance after system testing.
Emerson Automation Solutions designs and tests all their products for EMI/EMC conformance.
Where Emerson Automation Solutions supplies a complete/functional system for use by end
users a certificate will be cited in the manuals/documents which are provided with the products.
Products manufactured by Emerson Automation Solutions should normally be suitable for use
in properly designed and produced customer equipment (system boxes or operational systems)
without any major redesign or additional filtering. However, the systems might not conform to
specific regulations once assembled and used. The system integrator or installer must test for
compliance as required in his country or by the intended application and certify this to the end
user.
ESD/EMI issues
ESD (Electro
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Static Discharge) and EMI (Electro
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Magnetic Interference) issues may show up in
complete and operational systems. There are many ways to avoid problems with these issues.
Any operational system with cables for I/O signals, connectivity or peripheral devices provides
an entry point for ESD and EMI. If Emerson Automation Solutions does not manufacture the
complete system, including enclosure and cables, it is the responsibility of the system integrator
and end user to protect their system against potential problems. Filtering, optical isolation, ESD
gaskets and other measures might be required at the physical point of entry (enclosure wall of
box or rack). For example it is state
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of
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the
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art that protection cannot be done at the internal
connector of an RTM if a cable is attached and routed outside the enclosure. It has to be done
at the physical entry point as specified above.
Products manufactured by Emerson Automation Solutions should normally be suitable for use
in properly designed and produced customer equipment (system boxes or operational systems)
without any major redesign. However, the systems might be subject to problems and issues once
assembled, cabled and used. The end user, system integrator or installer must test for possible
problems and in some cases show compliance to local regulations as required in his country or
by the intended application.