Office Equipment

Copying Machines, Data circuit terminating equipment, eg: modems, data processing equipment, telephone systems, PABXs, Personal Computers, plotters, point of sale terminals, network terminals, terminal adaptors, visual display units, switching power supplies, power adaptors, multimedia equipment.

Test standard-IEC 60950-1, EN 60950-1 the standard for safety requirements in ITE.

Ergonomics:
The term "ergonomics" comes from the Greek "ergon" (work). It describes interaction between man and the equipment he works with and the effects on the human body.
TUV Rheinland tests computers and peripherals for ergonomic compliance according to international ergonomic standards.

A workplace where the user enters data into or reads data from data processing equipment is called a terminal or office workstation. Its components are the furniture as well as the PC including peripheral equipment like VDTs, keyboards, scanners, printers, etc. As the use of workstations increased significantly in recent years, guidelines for the ergonomic design of workstations became necessary. The European Commission consequently drew up the directive 90/270/EEC which describes the minimum safety and health requirements on workstations. It has been enforced by the EU member states since 1993. In Germany, the "Decree on Work with Display Terminals" (German: Bildschitmarbeitsverordnung) came into effect on Dec 10, 1996. It addresses the design of office workstations and takes the display terminal into special consideration. To comply with the decree and the directive, products within the scope of the directive have to meet the applicable standards.

For Germany, the basic ergonomics standard is the EK 1/59-98 and EK 1/60-98. This standard is attached to the German Equipment Safety Law and accordingly mandatory for the GS Approval of equipment within its scope.

EN 60950 Information  Standard  Date of Cessation of Conformity of the Standard  EN 60950:1992 +A1+A2+A3+A4+A11  01 Jan 2005  EN 60950:2000  01 July 2006 EN 60950-1:2001 01 Dec 2010 EN 60950-1:2006 Date not yet published

Uninteruptable Power Supplies for IT Equipment Standard Date of Cessation of Conformity of the Standard EN 50091-1-1:1996 01 Nov 2005 EN 50091-1-2:1998 01 Nov 2005 EN 62040-1-1:2003 Date not yet published EN 62040-1-2:2003 Date not yet published

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