Electrical Products: Secure Conformity, Reliability and Quality

The harmonized standard EN 60335 covers the safety of household appliances (mainly white goods) and similar electrical appliances with a rated voltage not higher than 250 V for single-phase appliances and 480 V for the rest of appliances.

The standard is divided into Part One, which provides generic guidelines, and a series of Part Twos, which are product specific,and advise regarding specific requirements for individual products.Within the context of this strict regulatory environment, ensuring that your electrical products are safe and meeting market place standards is the predominant concern of importers. But it is also important to ensure that the products you have selected meet your specifications and dedliver the long-term performance for which it has designed.

In terms of safety testing, our laboratories in Hong-Kong and Ningbo can perform most of the electrical and mechanical tests. Hong-Kong can also provide chemical testing and corrosion testing where as the Ningbo lab can only provide corrosion testing.

Localization of our specialized laboratories:

Our Services:

API can currently provide you with:

• Lab testing report based on the EN 60335 standard in our Ningbo lab.
• API can also provide pre-purchase check services by combining users tests, the construction check and documentary review (TCF) in a single process.
• HKIAS endorsed third-party inspection based on in-house procedures.

Click here for an example of an Electrical Product lab testing report.
Click here for an example of an Electrical Product inspection report.

We can also provide you with the capacity to assess the performance of your products by performing:

• Users testing that evaluates product ergonomics and ease of use
• Comparative testing

Audit: Evaluating the Factory from which you are Sourcing:

API's extensive production line experience and its team of technical auditors, API can help support your company in its efforts to assess your supplier's capacities. By evaluating its internal quality control capabilities, its overall raw materials traceability or its production equipment you are able to pre-select reliable suppliers with which to build a longer term relationship.

An Example of Audit Process Check Points:

To improve your overall product quality, you may sometimes need to analyze the production process in closer details. API Audit has developed Audit grids to help you understand the factory's overall capabilities from the standpoints of:

• Product development
• Identification and traceability
• Handling of incoming goods
• Manufacturing process
• Finished products control
• Quality assurance

Why Entrust API with your Electrical Products Quality Control?

• Because we have strong capacities: In 2010 API performed more than 1500 tests on electrical product. Every day, API issues more than 80 electrical product inspections reports.
• Because we are endorsed by the key sector players: Leading distributors such as Australia's leading mass market retailers rely on API for their electrical products inspections, and products specialists such as professional electrical equipment suppliers in France rely on API for their electrical quality control and lab testing across Asia.
• Because we are constantly building our capabilities to meet all market needs: in 2011, we are investing in new testing capacities in the recently acquired lab in France. Our lab is Ningbo is also in the process of becoming accredited for electrical products testing under the CNAS scheme for the IEC 60335-1 standard.

Some Pictures from the Pre-Purchase Check Testing Services: