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Jürgen Wagenbach
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Topic:

  • What quality standards are fulfilled by maxon?
  • Where to find certificates?
  • What about EU Directives, RoHS and REACH?

Solution:

I.) Quality standards and Certificates

There is a summarized information about maxon's quality standards and quality management present by maxon 's catalog. Some of the main important points of these catalog pages are extracted below. PDF copies of the two pages of the English, German and French catalog information (version 2023/2024) are attached. The cross reference also holds the link to access the most recent e-paper catalog version.

  • Overview of the maxon certifications of different production sites


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Where to find the Certificates?

Links to all maxon certificates can be found here:

-> www.maxongroup.com/maxon/view/content/quality 

In case of any additional needs for certificates or decleration of conformity for your concrete maoxn product, please contact maxon's global support or your local maxon site or sales partner. A list of all points of contact can be found at the end of the catalog or by the following link:
https://www.maxongroup.com/maxon/view/content/contact
 

II.) EU Directives

II.1.) RoHS

Extract of maxon's catalog 2023/2024 (see attached):
"Directive 2011/65/EU and (EU) 2017/2102 incl. 2015/863/EU (RoHS) on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment regulates certain prerequisites for placing electrical and electronic equipment on the market. The RoHS directive restricts the use of certain substances in electrical and electronic equipment.The substances listed in Annex II of the directive must not exceed a specified maximum concentration, unless an exemption under Annex III and IV of the directive is applicable to be respective application. The RoHS directives are not directly applicable to components. Irrespective of this, maxon complies with the substance restrictions of this directive – taking into account the exemptions listed in Annex III and IV (e.g. 6a, 6b, 6c …) – for most of the catalog products. Those maxon products that do not correspond to the directive are identified on the respective product page. A detailed conformity assessment is available from maxon upon request. It is the responsibility of the distributor of the electrical or electronic equipment to assess whether the exemption approvals are applicable for the end product."

Conclusion:
A RoHS declaration of conformity cannot be issued by maxon. Conformity must be shown by the distributor of the end device depending on the application (similar to CE).
Conformity requirements must already be part of the customer, application, project specification. maxon can only issue an item-specific conformity assessment ("statement") on this basis.
-> "II.3.) Requests for Material Compliance"

II.2.) REACH

Extract of maxon's catalog 2023/2024 (see attached):
"All chemical substances used in maxon products conform to Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH). Corresponding REACH certificates can be requested from maxon."

Conclusion:
A declaration of conformity can only be issued on an article-specific basis. For REACH, there is an obligation to provide information about any excessive concentration values of "substances of very high concern". These must be shown individually for each article.
-> "II.3.) Requests for Material Compliance"

II.3.) Requests for Material Compliance

Inquiries regarding material conformity (RoHS, REACH) must be made via the existing sales contacts and contact persons at the local maxon sales company. The request must be made stating the article number(s). However, issuing a "Material Compliance Statement" for a product may then take some time.
 

III.) Cross reference

 

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