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TRaC Reaches Milestone in Worldwide Approval
TRaC, your partner for worldwide market access, has reached a major milestone, by now providing a turn-key test approvals management service for accessing over 150 countries.
The process of gaining test approvals for worldwide markets is complex; every region requires its own unique demonstration of compliance, making a 'one certificate fits all' approach impossible. Just as the CE mark applies to all goods traded in any European Member State, including those produced outside the zone, other worldwide markets impose their own compliance requirements. In developed countries such as the Americas, the requirements may be familiar to OEMs successfully trading in the European market. For developing regions, such as the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) or the Africas, the process is much more complicated.
Gaining access to the developing regions of the world is viewed by many as essential for growth. As traditional markets become saturated,
Vehicles are in a very different environment from a house or office where large voltage transients are caused from the vehicle during a typical journey. These transients include cranking the engine, switching of large inductive loads (e.g. air conditioning), cables being disconnected inadvertently and other forms voltage spike.
The TRaC Partner Laboratory Programme helps test facilities based outside the EU to provide a reliable and efficient certification service. TRaC helps partners draw up test plans, verifies testing meets European legislation, generates reports and produces the technical file that demonstrates compliance. TRaC also ensures that other documentation such as Declarations of Conformity, approvals listings, labelling and instruction manuals meet the stringent requirements of their intended markets. The programme eliminates
The investment, which is supported by the North West Regional Development Agency, will create the largest comprehensive test facility in the North West of England and generate new jobs for the region. The new facility will provide convenient local test services, simplifying the certification process and helping companies in the region reduce the time to market of their products.
Image caption: (left to right) Paul Russell, managing director of TRaC Telecoms & Radio with the Broadband Forum COO, Robin Mersh.
"We have been offering VDSL2 testing for two years but without specific industry-defined standards. Now we have new Broadband Forum recommendations which allow our customers to test their products against a recognised benchmark, in order that they can respond to operator RFPs anywhere in the world where VDSL2 is deployed," said TRaC Telecoms & Radio
Which ever certification mark you are applying, whether it is the MET mark, UL, CSA or another, if the approval covers Canada, you will have to make some changes. A new ruling by the Standards Council of Canada has required that the type of certification is clearly indicated on the mark (label) used to indicate certification. This can be achieved by either indicating the actual standard to which the product has shown compliance or using the following terms "Electrical Safety" or