CE MARKING OF MACHINERY

Machinery Safety & Regulatory Compliance Consulting. GT Engineering is a consulting company specialized in CE Marking, Risk Assessment, and Risk Reduction of machinery, in accordance with European Directive 2006/42/EC.

We support machinery manufacturers operating across a wide range of industries — from steel mills and industrial furnaces to machine tools and waste treatment plants — helping them bring safe, compliant machines to the global market.

North American Market Compliance. We assist manufacturers exporting to the United States and Canada, ensuring compliance with North American electrical and safety standards.

ATEX & HAZardous LOCations. We provide Hazardous Area Classification in accordance with Directive 99/92/EC and IEC standards, as well as risk assessment and compliance support for equipment and installations in classified locations, pursuant to Directive 2014/34/EU (ATEX).

Technical Authority & Standards Involvement. GT Engineering actively participates in European and North American Technical Committees related to:

• Machinery Safety
• Functional Safety
• Industrial Furnaces Safety
• ATEX and HAZardous LOCations

This direct involvement in standardization ensures our clients benefit from up-to-date interpretations, practical guidance, and technically robust solutions.

• ELECTRICAL SAFETY:
• Member of the Technical Committee IEC/TC44 MT 60204-1 for IEC 60204-1: Safety of machinery – Electrical equipment of machines.
• Member of the Technical Committee IEC/TC64/ MT 09 for IEC 60364-4-41: Protection against electric shock.
• Member of the Technical Committee IEC/TC64/ MT 02 for IEC 60364-5-52: Selection and erection of electrical equipment – Wiring systems.
• Member of the Technical Committee IEC/TC64/ MT 17 for IEC 61140: Protection against electric shock – Common aspects for installation and equipment
• Member of the UL Standard Technical Panel (STP) for UL 508A
• Member of the UL Standard Technical Panel (STP/TC 2011) for UL 2011: Outline of Investigation for Machinery.
• Principal (Special Expert) on the NFPA 79 Technical Committee.
• Member of Section 12 (Wiring methods) of the CE Code (Canadian Electrical Code C22.1)
• Members of the Integrated Committee on Industrial Control [C232(ICIC)]. The committee that writes CSA C22.2 N° 286 Industrial control panels and assemblies and CSA C22.2 N° 254 Motor Control Centres.
• Members of the Technical Committee [C232(301)]. The committee that writes CSA C22.2 N° 301 Industrial electrical machinery.

• FUNCTIONAL AND PROCESS SAFETY:
• Member of the Technical Committee TC 44/MT 62061 for IEC 62061: Safe control systems for machinery
• Member of the Technical Committee TC44/PT 63394 for IEC TS 63394: Guidelines on safe control systems for machinery
• Member of the Technical Committee TC 65/SC 65A/MT 61511 for IEC 61511: Functional safety – Safety instrumented systems for the process industry
• Member of the Technical Committee TC 65/SC 65A/MT 61508-1-2 for IEC 61508: Maintenance of IEC 61508-1, -2, -4, -5,-6 and 7
• Member of the Technical Committee ISO/TC 199, WG 8, ISO 13849-1: Functional Safety of Machinery
• TC65X WG 5 – Revision of EN 50156 “Electrical equipment for furnaces and ancillary equipment

• ATEX:
• Member of the CEN/TC 305 For Potentially explosive atmospheres – EN 1127-1: Explosion prevention and protection
• Member of the Technical Committee IEC/TC 31/MT 60079-46 “Equipment assemblies” for IEC 60079-46: for the risk assessment and marking of ATEX Assemblies
• Member of the Technical Committee IEC/TC 31/WG 42 “Safety Devices Related to Explosion Risk” for IEC 60079-42: on the use of “SIL rated” componets to reduce the ATEX Risk.

• CYBERSECURITY:
  EN 50742 For protection against corruption of the machinery control and safety system (CENELEC/TC 44X – WG 02)

• TYPE A STANDARD:
• Member of the Technical Committee ISO/TC 199, WG 5, for ISO 12100: Machinery Risk assessment and Risk reduction

• TYPE B STANDARDS:
• Member of the Technical Committee ISO/TC 199, WG 6, for ISO 13855: Positioning of safeguards
• Member of the Technical Committee ISO/TC 199, WG 3, for ISO 11161: Integrated manufacturing systems
• Member of the Technical Committee ISO/TC 199, WG 11, for ISO 14122: Permanent means of access to machinery
• Member of the Technical Committee ISO/TC 199, WG 6, for ISO 12895: Identification of whole body access and prevention of associated risk(s)
• Member of the Technical Committee ISO/TC 199, WG 7, for ISO 14119: Interlocking devices associated with guards
• Member of the Technical Committee ISO/TC 199, WG 5, for ISO 20607: Instruction handbook — General drafting principles
• Member of the Technical Committee TC 44/MT 62046 for application of presence sensing protective equipment to machinery (IEC 62046)
• Member of the ANSI writing subcommittees for B11.0, B11.19, B11.26.

• TYPE C STANDARDS:
• Member of the Technical Committee ISO/TC 299, WG3 ISO 10218-1 and ISO 10218-2  for the Safety Applications of Robots and Cobots
• Member of the Technical Committee ISO/TC 244, CEN/TC 186 for the Safety of Industrial Furnaces (EN 746-2 and ISO 13577-2 and ISO 13577-4)
• Member of the Technical Committee ISO/TC 244, CEN/TC 186 for the Safety Requirements for Steelmaking Equipment (ISO 23495; ISO 4529; ISO 13578)
• Member of the Technical Committee CEN/TC 322, WG1, WG3, WG4 – EN 14753 for the Safety requirements of equipment for continuous casting of steel

We provide in-depth Training on all Disciplines for which we do Consulting.