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Program: Research for excellence CEEX
Modulus IV: The development of infrastructure for the assessment and certification of conformity
Project type: P-CONFORM
Proposal no.: 603
Project name: The establishment of testing laboratory and of the products certification organism - Technical equipments for wood industry, in the regulated field - Directive 98/37/EC.

Project content

The project assumes to realize all the required conditions for national system finalizing of the assessment and certification of machines conformity intended to wood industry, through:
  • The establishment of Laboratory for testing the Technical Equipments (TE) safety in the wood industry - in accordance with SR EN ISO/CEI 17025:2005, with activities in the regulated field and the inclusion of the new methods mentioned in the offer - submitting of agreementation documents and the agreementation itself.
  • The creation of Products Certification Organism (Body) developed for TE from wood industry, included in the regulated field - Directive 98/37/EC (transposed through GD 119/2004), taking into account the complementary Directives mentioned in the offer: submitting of agreementation documents and the agreementation itself.
  • It is noticed the establishment of the Inspection Body of type "A" for TE from the Wood Industry - being in the final stage of agreementation (which doesn't consist the offer subject).
Through the project, were achieved: a study dealing with the wood working machines selection which are representative and included in the Directive 98/37/EC, which are promoted in the project (with priorities for those mentioned in the Annex IV), the development of the new testing methods in accordance with the provisions stipulated in the directives and/or harmonized, associated European Norms, out of which some couldn't be realized in the country, the necessary equipments and apparatus, the finalizing of documents structure QMS for Testing Laboratory and PCO in the regulated field and in correlation with SR EN ISO/CEI 17025:2005, SR EN 45011:2001 (first stage); the elaboration of new methods and procedures specific for testing of milling machines, specialists training, equipments acquisition, realization of assessment and certification procedures in accordance with the Machines Directive, directly linked with the harmonized standards and/or by equivalent methods, QMS and PCO documents for regulated field (second stage) - elaboration of new methods and specific procedures of testing for planning machines, specialists training, equipments acquisition, realization of QMS documents for Testing Laboratory, the finalizing of documents and SUBMITTING of the DOCUMENTS FOR AGREEMENTATION - PCO (third stage), elaboration of new methods and specific procedures of testing for circular saw, laboratory experiments, methods/procedures of testing for essential requirement meeting at the milling-planning machines, circular saws, equipments acquisition, the finalising of QMS documents for laboratory, the submitting of agreement documents for testing laboratory and controlled dissemination of publicable results, PCO AGREEMENTATION AND TESTING LABORATORY (final stage).

The stages of project development

First stage

Planned objective: Study
  • the selection of representative machines of wood working, in correspondence with Machines Directive 98/37/EC (transposed through GD 119/2004);
  • the development of new methods of testing and the necessary for endowments with equipments for specific testing laboratory;
  • personnel skill improvement program (training);
  • the development of new procedures for Products Certification Organism and Specific Testing Laboratory, in accordance with SR EN 45011:2001 and SR EN ISO/CEI 17025:2005, in correlation with Directive 98/37/EC (finalizing documents structure QMS).
Gained Activities and results
It was selected the wood working representative machines, in correspondence with Machines Directive 98/37/EC (transposed through GD 119/2004), action finalized through following connexed activities:
  • the analysis of wood working sector, the role, importance, share and perspective of the sector from point of view of Romanian markets, EU and international;
  • the actual requirements of the market regarding the TE for wood industry, the share of diverse types of TE in the viable manufacturing sectors, the spreading degree of selected machines in the project, within these sectors as motivation for their prioritary promotion;
  • the analysis of work accidents from wood industry, the estimate of harmfulness degree of TE in exploitation, selection criteria in the project, of the milling-planning machines and circular saws, as spreading degree, number of work risks/accidents, etc.;
  • the identification of existent constructive types of the milling-planning machines, circular saws, the development of the procedures for conformity assessment applicable to these, for their on entrance market in accordance with the Law no.608/2001, GD 71/2002, GD 119/2004, the selection of representative wood working machines, in correspondence with international legislation.
It was developed new testing method in order to meet the essential requirements of health and safety, related to representative milling-planning machines, circular saws, as well as the necessary of endowments with equipments for these methods implementation, through:
  • specifying the dangers and dangerous situations related to analysed machines;
  • concrete actions included in a strategy for risks minimalization at the machines;
  • the nominalization of testing/control verification methods in order to prevent all types of risks related to analysed machines with indication of apparatus/equipments necessary for carring out of these tests/verifications (controls);
There were identified the actions for personnel skill improvement, who participate at the project and it was elaborated the program for a number of 15 courses, after contacting of certain specialized and agreed companies in the field.

There were developed the QMS procedures for Products Certification Organism and Specific Testing Laboratory in accordance with SR EN 45011:2001 and SR EN ISO/CEI 17025:2005, in correlation with Directive 98/37/EC, finalizing the QMS documents structure of the two entities from the infrastructure of conformity assessment and certification and from the testing infrastructure.

Second stage

Planned objectives: Elaboration of new testing methods and the endowment of specific testing laboratory, in order to assess and certificate the TE (Machines) I conformity.
The development of assessment and certification procedures, QMS documents of PCO from regulated field.
  • Activity II.1 (Laboratory) - New testing methods of testing laboratory for TE safety at wood-working machines - milling machines; the development of material basis of testing laboratory TE - I: - Elaboration of new methods and procedures of testing for testing laboratory for TE safety at wood-working machines - milling machines; the development of material basis of testing laboratory TE -I.
    - Elaboration of new testing methods and procedures for the testing laboratory, in order to assess and certificate the conformity at wood-woking representative machines, the milling machines, included in the Directive of Machines 98/37/EC - Annex IV, transposed through GD 119/2004, being under CE marking point of law through EC type examination.
    - The material basis development.
  • Activity II.2 - The development of human resources: - The specialists training in the field of conformity assessment and certification for implementation of EU specific legislation.
  • Activity II.3 (PCO) - The development of assessment and certification procedures, elaboration of QMS and PCO documents from the regulated field. - The elaboration of QMS and PCO documents for the regulated field in accordance with SR EN 45011:2001. Gained Activities and results:
    - there were elaborated the testing methods of the test laboratory INL-LISET in order to assess and certificate the conformity of MILLING MACHINES included in The Directive 98/37/EC. These methods were groupped in two categories: general methods which include: tests to prevent the mechanical failures (strenghts at compression, bending, fatigue, hardnesses, etc.) tests to prevent the non-mechanical failures (machine stability, main components rigidity, vibrations during running, noise level, electrics, combined failures dangers). The methods of verification/measurement regarding the geometrical accuracy of machine manufacturing and of the processing at milling machines;
    - it was presented the TESTING SPECIFIC PROCEDURE for "Vertical milling machines" with manual feeding for wood processing;
    - there were elaborated the specific methods of testing-verification-SM, to prevent the mechanical, electric risks, these generated by noise, vibrations, processed materials and substances, utilized or released by the machine, the non-respecting of ergonomic principles at machine designing, dangers combinations, the failure of energy supply, of machine component parts breakings, other failures, the lack (temporary) and/or wrong positioning of measures/means of safety assurance;
    - there were developed 3 internal courses of personnel training and a round table within INL Bucharest with the participation of prestigious companies from APIEL Romania (the Association of Manufacturers and Importers of Equipments for Wood Industry);
    - there were elaborated all the documents of QMS of PCO-INL-CERT, in accordance with SR EN 45011:2001, for regulated field, documents which consists in:
  • Rules of Organization and Functioning ROF 01¸ROF 04 (Rules of Organization and Functioning of INL-CERT, of Appeal Commission, of Auditing Commission and of Technical Committées);
  • The Rule of agrementation and utilization of label INL-CERT and EC-RUM-05 marking and the Tariffs Rule RT-06;
  • The Quality Manual - QM-CERT, basic document of the Organism (Body) which defines through its content the policy, scopes, implementation of requirements imposed by SR EN 45011:2001 and the connexe references, specifying in its 17 annexes: - the placement plans of INL-CERT within INL Bucharest precinets;
    - organizational structures of INL and INL-CERT;
    - the certification and competence field in the conformity certification activity of INL-CERT;
    - the logical skedule scheme of conformity certification process, applied by the Organism with detalied presentation of utilized certification skedules (examination of type in accordance with the modules A; A-a; B-C, assessment and keeping of Technical Registers;
    - the list with the documents which define QMS, the list with agreed subcontractors for testing activity as well as the list of agreed and involved INL's Testing Laboratories;
    - the linkage and correspondence between the requirements stipulated in SR EN 45011:2001 and QMS documents of INL-CERT;
    - the list with the permanent associated personnel of certification, the experience in the field, titles, functions, competence and those atributions;
    - the list of QMS registration of INL-CERT;
  • 13 Procedures of Sysem (PS) of INL-CERT;
  • 14 Operational Procedures (OP) of INL-CERT;
  • A number of 9 Work Instructions (WI), out of which, two are refering at the economical-financial/book keeping activity and at the certification personnel of INL-CERT, and the rest of 7 WI, analyse the acceptance criteria within the assessment process of conformity for all the types of machines (milling machines, planning and suplimentary streightening machines, circular saws, which are included in the Annex IV at the Directive 98/37/EC (GD 119/2004). These documents get ahead of the project stages (in the Stage II/2007 was forseen the analyse only of milling machines) having as target the finalizing of Organism INL-CERT's documents.
  • A number of 97 Support Forms of Informations (CERT-F);
  • Procedures of Assessment and Certification in accordance with the Directive 98/37/EC - PEC-01÷PEC-03 (PAC of C 01÷PAC of C 03) developed for milling machines with rotating tool (objective included in the Stage II/2007); planning machines and mechanical saws (objectives achieved also ahead in order to urge the submitting of agreement documents by RENAR).


Third Stage

Elaboration of new testing methods and endowment of testing laboratoty for technical equipment safety in order to asses and for conformity certification TE (Machinery( II-Submitting of acreditation documentation for OPC (Organism of Products certification).
  • Activity III.1 (Laboratory)
    • New testing methods used in testing laboratory for TE at wood processing machines
    • Development of material basis of testing laboratory
    • Planning machines II.
  • Activity III.2 (Laboratory)
    • Elaboration of QMS documents for testing laboratory specific for regulated field.
  • Activity III.3
    • Development of human resources.
  • Activity III.4 (OPC) - Finalizing OPC documents, submitting of accreditation documents for OPC.
Activities and obrained results:
  • Were elaborated general testing methods and specific methods (GM and SM) of testing lab INL-LISET in order to asses and for conformity certification for the two types of planning machines included in the Annex IV at Directive 98/37/EC and namely:milling planning machines with sensitive (manual) feeding and thicknessing machine on a single face.
The GM and SM include in the section intended to tests, the same type of stresses, risks and dangers presented in the section destined to milling amchines within the Activity II.1 of the work, the testing types being diffrent, depending on planning machines types submitted to verifications;
  • Were elaborated all QMS documents of testing Laboratory INL-LISET, in accordance with SR EN ISO/CEI 17025:2005, under the conditions when:
    • The laboratory INL-LISET will be integrated in the structure of Inl Bucharest laboratory system
    • The QMS documents of testing laboratories INL Bucharest reviewed through chaning of reference norm ISO/IEC 17025, are already submited to RENAR for new accreditation.
Under these conditions, two of basic documents of QSM for laboratory, the Quality Manual (QM-T.INL) and General Producers of System (GP-T-INL 01÷15), werw overtaken under relactation from submitted to RENAR, with reviewing of capters and annexes were are identified.
The QMS documentation specific to INL-LISET (chek list with fields for which are requested the accreditation, over-lay, staff and his competence adequate to required fields, list with specific testing procedures, work instructions, support-forms for informations, machinery and measuring means from laboratory endowment (equipment, etc)

Other QMS documents which define the laboratory INL-LISET, are:
  • Specific Procedures of Testing for planning machine with sensitive (manual) feeding and thicnessing machines on a single face with feeding and/or sensitiv (manual, exhaust)
  • Work Instructions which define the tests regarding the above mentioned types of planning machines.
  • The Support Forms of Informations
All the above mentioned documents of Testing Laboratory INL-LISET, filled with general methods, specific methods and procedures, work instructions at mechanical circular saws for wood processing (which constitute the scope of fifth stage of the project), and the accreditation documents will constitute the documentation which will be submitted to RENAR for starting the INL-LISET accreditation.
  • In the frane of human resources development activity was aimed the enchancement of staff skill who is involed throught trainning/reprovement of specialist/auditors-assessors, ensuring the participation at complexe courses of "Auditors" in the quality field.
  • Were finaliyed all QMS documents for the Organism of Products Quality (OPC) as consequence of the observations made by projects monitor, were introduced two new Procedures Quality (OPC) as consequence of the observations made by projects monitor, were introduced two new Procedures of System, PS-14 "The protection and keeping the date security (safety) which are registered in PC system", and PS-15 "Impartiality, independence, integrity" was achieved as a complete new volume in annex at MC-CERT which included data regarding the PQO staff (CV-es, deontological commitments, work-place sheets).
Were organized an internal audit and an analysis carried-out by the management, were identified the non-conformities, were made corrective actions, were finalized the QMS documents to initiate the accreditation.

Was elaborated the clossier for accreditation of INL-CERT (accreditation application and afferent documents in accordance with the methodology and forms issued by RENAR, werw submitted the accreditation documents of the Product Certification Organsism (PCO) to RENAR where they were verified and accepted (nr. of registration et RENAR 3850/08.10.2007, Dossier 1393).
  • The project will continue with the fifth stage (final stage): "New testing methods and testing laboratory endowment for TE safety in order to asses and conformity certification of TE (Machinery) III-Experiments, plans, schemes/documentations at three types of machines for wood processing-The submitting of accreditation documents for testing laboratories.


Fourth stage

New testing methods and endowment of testing laboratory for TE safety, in order to estimate and conformity certification of technical equipments (machinery) - III - Experiments, plans, schemes/documentation for three types of wood-working machines.
Submitting of accreditation documents for testing laboratory - Accreditation of PCO - TL.
  • Activity IV.1 (Laboratory).
    • New testing methods of testing laboratory for TE security at wood-working machines - Circular saws.
  • Activity IV.2 (Laboratory).
    • Laboratory experiments, methods and procedures at TE for wood-working - Milling machines, planning machines, circular saws.
  • Activity IV.3 (Laboratory).
    • Finalizing of QMS of laboratory - Submitting of accreditation documents for testing laboratory of TE security.
  • Activity IV.4
    • Strictly controlled dissemination through national and/or international communication and publishing of publicable results.
  • Activity IV.5
    • PCO accreditation and specific testing laboratory.
Activities and obtained results:
  • were elaborated specific methodes and procedures (GM and SM) of testing for a representative type of machines - Circular saws;
  • Methods GM and SM include in the section destined to testing, the same types of stresses, risks and dangers presented for milling machines within Activity II.1 and for planning machines within Activity III.1;
  • were carried-out experiments, methods/procedures for an each representative type of milling, planning machines, circular saws/test reports;
  • were elaborated all QMS documents of Testing Laboratory/INL-LISET in order to submit the accreditation documents for Testing Laboratory of TE security from wood-working industry, included in the Machines Directive 98/37/EC transposed through GD 119/2004;
  • the documents of PCS of the Laboratory are in accordance with SR EN ISO 17025:2005 and include:
    • Quality Management Manual (MG-T-INL).
    • General Procedures (PG-T-INL).
    • Specific Procedures (PS-TSET-INL).
    • General Testing Methods (MG-TSET-INL).
    • Specific Testing Methods (MS-TSET-INL).
    • Working Instructions (IL-TSET-INL).
    • Support Forms for Informations (F-TSET-INL).
Within the dissemination activity of results, was followed the strictly controlled dissemination of publicable results in issued works and national publications, other modalities.
Within the accreditation activity PCO and Specific Testing Laboratory was elaborated the dossier for accreditation of INL-CERT (accreditation application and connexed documents) in accordance with the methodology and forms RENAR, were submitted the accreditation documents of PCO and Laboratory at RENAR in order to obtain the accreditation certificate.

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