TECHNICAL

DOCUMENTATION

Technical Documentation

The technical documentation serves to inform and instruct defined target groups, to secure the manufacturer‘s liability, to monitor the product, to ensure traceability and reproducibility as well as for permanent or legally required archiving. When modernizing a machine/system, the existing “old“ technical documentation often plays a significant role. Here the manufacturer has the duty of care to determine whether the residual risks identified in the risk assessment have already been taken into account in these documents.

In particular, safety-related components and their functions must be prepared in a comprehensible and target group-oriented manner in order to guarantee the highest possible level of safety for the persons taking action. Foundry Service creates project-oriented technical documentation in accordance with current EC directives, e.g:

  • Machinery Directive (2006/42/EU)
  • Low Voltage Directive (2014/35/EU)
  • Directive on electromagnetic compatibility (2014/30/EU)

When a control system is modernized, the technical documentation usually consists of the following components:

  • Review and assessment of the existing technical documentation
  • Risk assessment according to EN ISO 14121-1
  • Evaluation of the performance level (PL) according to EN ISO 13849
  • Operating or user manual
  • Electrical documentation with circuit diagrams, item parts and spare parts lists
  • Measurement protocols for electrical safety (e.g. protective conductor resistance, insulation resistance, high voltage test)
  • CE conformity declaration
  • External documentation of the installed components