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What is VDE mark?
The VDE mark stands for safety and quality in electrical, information and medical technologies. The VDE Testing and Certification Institute in Offenbach, Germany, tests roughly 100,000 products from over 10,000 customers worldwide.
What is GS certification?
Geprüfte Sicherheit (GS) means ‘safety tested’; and the GS Mark is a voluntary certification standard. It demonstrates that a product has achieved specific safety standards, and retailers and customers perceive it as a mark of quality, although it only measures safety.
What is VDE in Germany?
The VDE e. (German: Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik) is one of Europe’s largest technical-scientific associations with 36,000 members, including 1,300 corporate and institutional members and 8,000 students.
What does VDE screwdriver mean?
VDE tools are VDE certified, which means they have been individually tested to 10,000V for complete safety when working on live equipment up to 1000V.
What is GS in Germany?
The GS Mark, which stands for “Geprüfte Sicherheit” in German and means Safety Tested, is a licensed mark of the German government and may only be issued by an accredited product safety testing and certification agency.
What is CB certificate?
The IEC System for Conformity Assessment Schemes for Electrotechnical Equipment and Components (IECEE) Certification Body (CB) Scheme is the world’s first international system for the mutual acceptance of product safety test reports and certificates for electrical and electronic equipment, devices and components.
Is VDE the same as CE?
CE marking – addressed to the surveillance authorities – governs the marketing of products in the European Single Market. The VDE Certification Marks confirm compliance with harmonized standards and take their important role as competent proof of compliance with requirements of safety, quality and EMC.
What is GS mark certificate?
What are VDE tools used for?
Insulated tools are designed to protect you against injury in the event that you make contact with an energized source. Every insulated tool must be marked with the year it was insulated and an official 1,000-volt rating symbol, which ensures you will be protected for live use up to 1,000 VAC or 1,500 VDC.
Why are electrical screwdrivers red?
Red handles ensure easy identification against your other tools. VDE is a testing and certification institue who are internationally accredited, these tools are intended to help prevent injury from electric shock and serious injury.
Can you touch a live wire with a screwdriver?
The insulation protects the user from the possibility of touching live parts of a circuit and the grounded walls of the box or other equipment. By having the shaft of the screwdriver protectively coated with a non-conductive material, it is safe to hold the screwdriver’s shaft for balance.
What does CB stand for in certification?
2. What does IECEE CB stand for? The IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) uses the term IECEE to describe its “IEC System for Conformity Testing and Certification of Electrical and Electronic Components, Equipment and Products”. “CB” simply stands for “Certification Body”.
What are the different types of VDE certification marks?
VDE Certification Marks The following certification marks and attestations are available after positive testing of your products by the VDE Institute: Conformity attestations for EC Declaration of Conformity and CE marking CE marking is a condition for the initial marketing of a product in the European Economic Area.
What is VDE online catalogue?
The VDE Online Catalogue is more than just a certification register. It is a database supported information platform for all those, who want to obtain information on safe, reliable and neutrally tested products.
What can I find in the VDE shop?
In the Shop of the VDE Publishing House you will find electrotechnical safety standards and books. In the VDE shop you will find VDE Studies, Roadmaps and Positions Papers. More knowledge, more success! Many publications, VDE Studies, magazine subscriptions and books are price reduced for VDE members.