Machinery Regulation

Ekium ensures that your equipment complies with ISO 12100.

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As designers responsible for the safety of our clients’ machinery under Regulation (EU) 2023/1230, our clients are now required to assess the measures implemented to control and reduce risks associated with products that affect user health and safety.

With extensive experience in industrial risk analysis and the evaluation of Safety Instrumented Systems, we offer services to assess and mitigate machine risks and prepare all required documentation.

  • Machinery and related products or Partly Completed Machinery,

  • Machines listed in Annex I of the "Machinery" Regulation ((EU) 2023/1230),

  • List of applicable essential health and safety requirements of the "Machinery" Regulation,

  • List of requirements from other applicable directives: "Low Voltage," "EMC," "ATEX," ...,

  • List of technical requirements derived from the harmonized standards of Regulation (EU) 2023/1230.

Risk assessment procedure in accordance with the harmonized standard: ISO 12100

  • Determination of the machine’s boundaries,

  • Identification of hazardous phenomena,

  • Estimation and evaluation of each initial and residual risk:

Risk = Severity × Probability

Risk reduction procedure in accordance with the harmonized standard: ISO 12100

  • Risk reduction through intrinsic safety measures,

  • Risk reduction through protection and the implementation of supplementary preventive measures (design of the control system in accordance with ISO 13849-1 or IEC 62061),

  • Risk reduction through user information.

For a machine:

  • Technical documentation

  • Instruction manual

For a partly completed machine:

  • Technical documentation

  • Assembly instructions

Compilation of documents issued, reviewed, and approved during the design phase

For a machine:

  • EU Declaration of Conformity

  • Affix the "CE" marking: graphic design in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2023/1230,

  • Company name and address of the manufacturer,

  • Machine designation and serial number,

  • Year of manufacture.

For a Partly Completed Machine:

  • EU Declaration of Incorporation

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The Snef Group operates across four continents—the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Oceania—in 30 countries and 80 cities, with a network spanning more than 100 international locations.