CSA certification

CSA is a Canadian Standards Association ( Canadian Standards Association ) as it was founded in 1919, is a Canadian first designed for making the industrial standard of the non-profit organizations. In North America city field sales of electronics, electrical appliances and other products are needed to achieve the security of authentication. The current CSA is Canada's largest security authentication mechanism, but also the world's most famous one of the security authentication mechanism. It can on the machinery, building materials, electrical appliances, computer equipment, office equipment, environmental protection, medical safety, sports and entertainment and so on all types of product safety certification. CSA has spread all over the world of thousands of manufacturers to provide certification services, each year billions of a sign CSA products in the North American market sales.
CSA certification introduction
Before 1992, CSA certified products can only be in the Canadian market, and the product to enter the American market, the United States must also obtain the relevant certification. Now the CSA International has been the United States federal government recognition as a national recognized testing laboratory. This means that according to Canadian and American standards for your product testing and certification, to ensure your certification by the federal, state, provincial and local government recognition. With CSA effective product safety certification, access to the world's most enduring and broad North City field will be an easy job to the. CSA can help your product quickly and effectively in the United States and Canada market. CSA International will be eliminated through the certification process of repeated procedures to help companies save time and money. To the manufacturer, have to do is to make a request, provide a set of sample and pay a fee, the obtained safety signs can be federal, state, province and from New York to Losangeles at a local level of recognition. CSA International will work with the manufacturers work together, to provide a high quality and safety certification program. In North America and around the world, CSA people with integrity and skill to win people's trust.
CSA International in Canada has four laboratories. From 1992 to 1994, they all have access to "the government of the United States Department of labor occupation safety and health administration" ( OSHA ) positive type recognition. According to the regulation of OSHA, obtain the approval, can be regarded as a national recognized testing laboratory, on a series of products in more than 360 American ANSI / UL standards for testing and certification. By CSA International testing and certification of products, were identified as fully meet the standards, can be exported to the United States and Canada market.
Made in North America certification will save both time and money, only need to complete an application, to provide a set of samples, pay a fee. With CSA, a step can help you to enter the China market. CSA this convenient testing and certification services, ruled out to obtain two different authentication required repeated testing and assessment. It certainly reduced the manufacturers in product certification, inspection and test track costs, but also save valuable time, and obviates the manufacturers and various certification bodies dealing with trouble, so as to achieve a multiplier effect.
CSA Marking Canadian Standards Association is passed to Canada Standard Association for login, via the units authorized product safety and authorized only on the product, additional CSA Marking logo.
CSA is a nonprofit membership sponsoring institutions, the formulation of standards in the field include: health care technology, oil and gas pipeline system of occupation, safety, electrical products and solar energy. CSA in Canada in addition to head office, and the Atlantic region, Kui Beike District, Central Plains region, western region, the Pacific Division, in the world also has subsidiaries and representative.
CSA standards are voluntary. City, provincial and federal government via often use in the management of or reference to the CSA standards to replace them to develop their own standards. In this case, CSA standards become government specification reference. Government or other organizations and associations may be required to comply with a standard or specified in a particular product must be validated to meet certain standards. It was established in each organization is hope in their jurisdictions require the use of the CSA standard and verification activities.
CSA Marking is currently the world's most famous product safety certification mark, even if not enforced, many regions of the manufacturers to achieve this as marker for customers recommend the product safety of important basis, many buyers will even specified requirements has been purchased additional CSA logo products. Recent Canadian importers or buyers designated manufacturers were required to obtain CSA sign situation increasing.
CSA certification purposes
CSA is the English abbreviation of the Canadian Standards Association, it is the largest Canadian inspection certification bodies, as an independent, non-governmental, non-profit organization is mainly for the public, government, business, engaged in product certification, inspection and related standards development and information service. It not only according to the Canadian government authorized by the relevant departments engaged in safety project certification, also bear the performance quality detection.
A member of the CSA from Canada throughout the various segments of the more than 7000 volunteers and more than 2200 community sponsored members, these members of more than 1000 Standards Committee, the spirit of benefit by mutual discussion, comprehensive and rational views of principle, according to certain procedures prepared on a broad range of a variety of materials, products, equipment, services and facilities to mark quasi, requirements and guidelines. CSA standards are voluntary adoption, but federal, provincial, local governments often used in making laws and regulations and in accordance with CSA standard, this standard will become government legislation basis, that is to say with a strong system of. CSA in Canada has six laboratories, based in Toronto. In the Far East, Japan, Taiwan, Hongkong three offices, at the same time, it also with Japan JMI, Holland KEMA, Britain's BSI established agency certification relation.
CSA certification process
In 1, will be the initial complete the application form, together with the relevant products ( including all electrical parts and plastic material ) specification and technical data to be CSA International.
In 2, CSA International will be based on the specific circumstances identified product certification fee, and then to fax application company.
In 3, the company confirmed, will send the formal application form and the notice, the notice shall include the following requirements:
( 1) the formal application form signed by telegraphic transfer, certification fees ( can pay by RMB) to the office.
(2 ) in accordance with the notification will be sent to designated locations test model.
4, designated laboratory will be on time for certification.
In 5, certification testing is completed, will be issued to applicant company a preliminary report ( Findings Letter ), details as follows:
( 1) product structure needs to improve to meet the standard.
( 2) to be used to complete the certification report and other information.
( 3 ) request the company a certificate ( Certification Record ) draft.
( 4) the CSA certification required marks and getting mark method.
( 5) products for factory test ( Factory Tests ).
In 6, CSA International will apply for the company to the fifth answer to be evaluated.
In 7, while the CSA International will prepare a for production reference and tracing inspection certification report ( Certification Report ).
In 8, at this stage, in some cases, the CSA International to initial factory assessment ( Initial Factory Evaluation ), IFE.
In 9, the last CSA International will together with certification records ( Certification Record ) to send a certificate ( Certification of Compliance ) authorize the company in its product with CSA certification mark.
In 10, for the company to CSA International signed a service agreement ( Service Agreement ) with CSA International, said the two sides agreed that to the factory to make the product tracking test. For the company each year to pay the annual fee ( Annual Fee ) to maintain the agreement.
CSA certified products
CSA certification testing are mainly in eight aspects:
In 1, the survival of mankind and environment: including the occupation health and safety, public safety, sports and entertainment equipment environmental and health care technology.
2, electrical and electronics include: building the installation of electrical equipment and regulations, various industrial and civilian electrical, electronic products.
3, communication and information processing system: including accommodation, electrical and electromagnetic interference technology and equipment.
4, building structure: including building materials and products, civil products, concrete, masonry structure, pipe fittings and building plan.
In 5, including renewable energy and energy transfer, fuel combustion and safety equipment, nuclear energy technology.
6, transport and distribution system includes a motor vehicle safety, oil pipeline, material processing and distribution and offshore facilities.
7, materials technology including welding and metallurgy.
8, business and production management system including the quality management and foundation engineering.
CSA authentication mode and method
CSA certification program with great flexibility, according to different products, the method comprises the steps are not the same.
In 1, according to specifications. As per specifications have done certification, will be expensive and time consuming, so for the same purpose, a variety of different specifications of the products, optional one or two representative authentication. Such as 1-100 kW motor, it can do so.
In 2, according to the special requirements of users, a product of attestation. Such as: industrial switch, according to the views of users, manufacturers to produce products with the original design of the products are different, according to user requirements for certification.
3, the large equipment certification. Such as the large equipment is divided into several enterprises in production, can be assembled together, the assembly location authentication.
In 4, according to the person's mental, physical field trials. If the child cannot open the pharmaceutical packaging cover.
The CSA usually adopts the authentication method consists of four steps:
In 1, before certification analysis. Applicants submit application, to analyze the relevant product information is complete, the sample is consistent with the provisions.
In 2, before the test analysis. Certification work to determine the test project, a test program.
In 3, according to the program and project test.
4, laboratory testing analysis. Certification engineer testing result analysis, and the applicant. If the results of the tests and requirements, certification work is completed, can be issued to the applicant qualification certificate.