Industrial Automation, Robots and Unmanned Vehicles Company - TUV Rheinland of North America

Marketing Partner

TUV Rheinland of North America

TUV Rheinland is a global provider of safety testing and certification services for Industrial Machinery manufactures and suppliers. We offer programs designed to assist companies achieve industrial machinery certification/labelling for a number of standards and regulations including CE Marking, Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, ANSI, NFPA, UL, CSA standards and field evaluation/special inspection services. Our Robot Integrator Program is the first of its kind in the industry, and certifies the robot integrator's knowledge of robotics standards while allowing manufacturers to apply a serialized TUV Rheinland Mark to all of their certified products.

Mailing Address:
295 Foster Street Suite 100
Littleton, MA 01460
United States of America

Tel: (888) 743-4652

Fax:

Email: info@us.tuv.com

Website: https://www.tuv.com/usa/en/

Company Category: Industrial Robotics

Geographic Region: USA - North East

Company Sector:

Keywords: robotics, cobots, automation, testing, inspection

Partner Status: Marketing Partner

Products

TUV Rheinland Robot Integrator Program

The industry's first comprehensive Robot Integrator Program saves robot integrators significant time and cost investments by allowing them to mark each cell compliant with ANSI/RIA R15.06 with the TUV Rheinland Mark. As opposed to a traditional certification or an on-site field labeling, TÜV Rheinland's Robot Integrator Program certifies the knowledge and skill-set of robot integrators in addition to testing robotic cells and processes against ANSI/RIA R15.06. This reduces the need for frequent onsite or off site testing and allows manufacturers to apply a single TÜV Rheinland label to multiple cells. The Robot Integrator Program individually assesses a robot integrator's understanding of the ANSI/RIA R15.06 standard along with the ability to consistently produce compliant robot cells. Following the requirements and procedures of the new program will enable robot integrators to produce individually compliant robotic cells under one serialized TÜV Rheinland Mark, which meets the national electric code and allows acceptance by Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) and end users.

(Category: Industrial Robots)

Articles

Addressing Safety when Introducing Cobots to the Workforce

Apr 3, 2019

Cobots are safer than ever, but care must still be taken during implementation. These 4 steps will help.

Talking Automate 2019 with TÜV Rheinland

Mar 20, 2019

Booth #9530 - We will be using a cobot from Universal Robots to demonstrate safety evaluation and testing for a robot cell. We will also touch on the technical specifications for important robotics standards.

Robotics Predictions: The impact of IoT, collaborative robots and startups

Jan 13, 2019

Start-ups must consider regulatory regulations from the start of design, which rarely happens. A wonderful product doesn't sell very well if many companies will not purchase because they to not meet applicable safety regulations.

White Papers

PERSONAL CARE ROBOTS - UNDERSTANDING THE REQUIRED SAFETY STANDARDS

Published by TUV Rheinland of North America
Published Date: JAN 21, 2020

Robots are nothing new on the factory floor, but personal care robots are an entirely different type of robot, taking their place alongside humans in their daily activities. While industrial robot standards consider the end user to be a trained person, personal care robots can be used around anyone. The environment that these robots can be used in is also much less predictable and the tasks of a personal care robot are not as well defined and repetitive like in the industrial world. As a consequence, the standards for ensuring they do their work safely are different than those for industrial robots, as everyone from a baby to the elderly can now be at risk. In this whitepaper, we’ll describe those standards and what manufacturers and businesses need to be aware if they plan to enter this new, rapidly growing market.

A KINDER, GENTLER COLLABORATIVE ROBOT – A PRIMER ON TECHNOLOGY, USE-CASES AND VALIDATION

Published by TUV Rheinland of North America
Published Date: MAR 07, 2019

An integral part of the workforce, industrial robots are transforming factories and manufacturing plants around the globe. These robots are taking on a wide range of tasks, from the monotonous, to the hazardous to the intricate, in support of their human counterparts. This paper will focus on collaborative robots (cobots) and the safety requirements for their applications, including how to conduct a risk assessment for force and power limited robots.

UL 1740: A GUIDE TO KEY UPDATES – UNDERSTANDING MODIFICATIONS TO GLOBAL ROBOTICS CERTIFICATIONS

Published by TUV Rheinland of North America
Published Date: MAR 06, 2019

The 4th Edition of UL 1740 is an important leap forward in requirements, aligning it with globally published robotics standard ISO 10218. This update was essential because associated standards ANSI/RIA R15.06 and ISO 10218 had been previously updated to incorporate allowances for a risk/performance based approach to safety as opposed to a prescriptive based approach. In addition, updates made to NFPA 79 and other industrial standards over the past few years needed to be addressed. While many of the changes to the UL 1740 standard are modest, there are a few important modifications that can potentially impact current and future certifications of robotic equipment. The purpose of this paper is to outline those changes, the potential impact and your responsibilities based on the update to the 4th Edition of UL 1740.

Press Releases

TÜV Rheinland: Notified Body for the New Medical Device Regulation

Submitted on: 10/01/19, 08:52 AM

TÜV Rheinland LGA Products GmbH is now a notified body for the EU Medical Device Regulation (MDR) 2017/745 / Introduction of Eudamed central database / Increased requirements for notified bodies

Segway-Ninebot Electric Scooters Granted German eKFV Certification with the Support from TÜV Rheinland

Submitted on: 08/01/19, 05:54 AM

Over the past two years, small and stylish electric scooters have gradually become popular travel tools among young people. In 2018, the concept of electric scooter sharing emerged and developed rapidly in Europe and the U.S., driving the rapid growth in the demand for electric scooters.

TUV Rheinland of North America Announces a New, Free Robotics Seminar Series Across the U.S.

Submitted on: 03/29/19, 05:32 AM

During each seminar, Ryan Braman will share his extensive experience with robot safety. Ryan sits on the ANSI/RIA R15.06 and R15.08 committees where he participates with standards development and research activities. He is uniquely positioned to help you understand what is needed to build and purchase safe, compliant machines.

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