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Posted By beenus
Good afternoon.
Can anyone out there confirm whether Axle Stands should have a CE mark?
My own understanding is that Axle Stands come under the PUWER regs which state that all work equipment should be CE marked. The supplier I have contacted has told me that the axle stands are exempt from CE marking because they have a SWL of 3 tons each? I do understand that sometimes it is not possible to get CE marked equipment, but these would be brand new?
Any advice you can provide would be much appreciated.
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Posted By Ron Hunter
Not all work equipment needs to be CE marked. I believe axle stands do though. Check the Supply of Machinery & Product Ssfety Directives info. on BERR website.
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Posted By Ron Hunter
Or maybe not! (having scanned the BERR blurb again briefly). The exemption wouldn't be based on SWL though. More likely to be a lack of any moving parts excluding them from Machinery Directive.
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Posted By Peter Still
CE marking shows only that a product has been declared in compliance with one or more EC Directives. Can't think of any directives that would would apply to axle stands, although jacks would fall under the Machinery Directive.
CE marking is not required by PUWER.
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Posted By Safety officer
If it was lifting equipment it would need CE marking regardless of the SWL.
So, are axle stands lifting something???
Supporting v lifting hmmm.
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Posted By Pete Longworth
No they aren't lifting equipment in the same way that tablee or work benches aren't I suppose. Nice try though
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Posted By Pete Longworth
That should have read tables of course
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Posted By beenus
Thanks for all your feedback. I agree that the stands aren't lifting equipment, however they do have 'moving parts' in that they can be height adjusted via a chain and pin type mechanism. As 'brand new' equipment and something that is required to sustain a given weight I would have thought a CE mark would be appropriate. Our company purchasing policy requires all equipment, wherever possible, to be CE marked. Do you think I'm asking the impossible?
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Posted By Peter Still
beenus,
which Directive do you want them CE marked against? Remember that the CE mark is only a sign that the manufacturer claims conformity with a Directive, it isn't a quality mark and doesn't necessarily indicate that any testing has been performed.
The Machinery Directive defines "machines" as :
— an assembly, fitted with or intended to be fitted with a drive system other than directly applied human or animal effort, consisting of linked parts or components, at least one of which moves, and which are joined
together for a specific application,
— an assembly referred to in the first indent, missing only the components to connect it on site or to sources of energy and motion,
— an assembly referred to in the first and second indents, ready to be installed and able to function as it stands only if mounted on a means of transport, or installed in a building or a structure,
— assemblies of machinery referred to in the first, second and third indents or partly completed machinery referred to in point (g) which, in order to achieve the
same end, are arranged and controlled so that they function as an integral whole,
— an assembly of linked parts or components, at least one of which moves and which are joined together, intended for lifting loads and whose only power source is directly applied human effort.
I can't see how axle stands can fit into any of those definitions.
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Posted By beenus
Thank you everyone for your help. The murky waters are much clearer now.
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