CE Marking


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i. The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992, which came into full force on 1st January
1995, express in general terms,certain health and safety objectives to be met by machinery.

ii. Because of the general terms in which these objectives are stated,it maynot be possible 
to meet all the objectives set.

iii. BlueChip Limited impose, as a condition of supply, compliance with the directive upon all
its component and sub-assembly suppliers.

iv. Thereafter, assembly of computing hardware using such parts, is carried out strictly in 
accordance with supplier instructions.

v. Fully documented data sheets, drawings and manuals for parts and sub-assemblies are maintained
by BlueChip Limited in the form of a component reference source concerning both the 
safety aspects of equipment and its functionality within the computing environment.

vi. This system is self regulatory, in so far as each unique combination of parts constituting'serial
numbered machine', has a 'build sheet' raised and maintained during its workshop construction phase.
Therein, serial numbers of sub-assembly part are recorded along with'concessions' or records of 
deviations from supplier instructions.

vii. Following construction, a twenty four hour test bed run takes place on all equipment for its
functionality.During this trial, any major discrepancy in respect to safety will normally show.

viii. We have a diverse possibility of sub-assembly combinations in our mode of machine building,
but a combined risk assessment is generally found to be unnecessary,  since CE marked assemblies 
are being installed in accordance with part makers instructions which account for safety risk
evaluation at a deeper level than that imposed by our applications.

ix. However, in accordance with our quality plans, the DTI 'Level Playing Fields'initiative has 
been approached and we await their pronouncements.