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.

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.

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.

Posted By Pete Longworth That should have read tables of course

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.