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BASICS OF APPROVALS
One product can obtain several approvals and
certifications.
With these symbols you will find products
matching your demands, but be aware that
certifications are an on-going process, and that
it can be changes, and additional certifications
achieved after this catalogue was printed.
CE FM
“CE” marking is a declaration from the The Factory Mutual Approvals Division
manufacturer that their product conforms determines the safety and reliability of
to a specific Directive(s) adopted by the equipment, materials, or services utilized
EEA (European Economic Area) and is a in hazardous locations in the United States
requirement for the product to be sold into and elsewhere. Factory Mutual certifies to
any of the countries in this 18 member group. NEC (National Electrical Code) standards
for hazardous locations, NEC Standard 500
GOST-r (Division classification) and also to the new
Certifies quality of actually supplied goods NEC Standard 505 (Zone classification),
and their compliance with contractual terms. which attempts to harmonize American and
A quality certificate contains a profile of European classifications.
goods or confirms their compliance with
certain standards or specifications of a UL
delivery order. A certificate of compliance is Underwriters Laboratories Inc. is an
intended for certification of goods produced independent, nonprofit organization
by russian companies or shipped to Russia by that writes testing standards and tests
an importer-company. products for safety and certifies them. UL
has developed more than 800 standards
ATEX for safety, and millions of products and
ATEX is the name commonly given to their components are tested to UL’s safety
the framework for controlling explosive standards.
atmospheres and the standards of equipment
and protective systems used in them. It is M.E.D.
based on the requirements of two European The intention with the EU Marine Equipment
Directives (Directive 99/92/EC and Directive Directive is to reduce costs for the end
94/9/EC). user by having a simplified model and not
having unnecessary expenses by several
SIL
Safety Integrity Level (SIL) is defined as a classification societies or companies to do
relative level of risk-reduction provided by each their approvals of the same products.
a safety function, or to specify a target level A classification society can simply do the
of risk reduction. In simple terms, SIL is a classing process by looking up authorized
measurement of performance required for a products listed in the MarED database. The
Safety Instrumented Function (SIF). classification societies does classifications
according to the rules and regulations of the
Flag state which rules the classification.
