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Functional Safety Assessment and Certification

Functional Safety Assessment and Certification

No one wants to take chances when it comes to safety, especially your customers. They want to know they can depend on your product to perform exactly the way you say it will. FM Approvals' functional safety certification underscores your product's quality and reliability, signifies that your safety-related product or system meets the stringent requirements of national and international standards and gives your customers the assurance they need to make an informed purchasing decision.

The FM Approvals' functional safety certification evaluates the reliability of automated safety products and how well such products work in real-world, industrial applications. We examine the products for compliance with IEC 61508, the international standard for evaluating and certifying the reliability of safety-related products and systems.

Your Place or Ours

Whether our certification experts perform the necessary tests in our testing labs or simply review the results of your in-house tests, they work closely with you to explain the intricate details of the standards, as well as suggest specific techniques to improve product quality.

FM Approvals is one of the organizations leading the development of the IEC 61508, as well as the U.S. standard, ANSI/ISA S84.01.

FM Approvals serves its clients worldwide through its global certification program with testing facilities in North America, the European Union, South America, Asia and Australia.

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A worldwide presence and globally accepted certification mark enable FM Approvals to offer manufacturers with FM Approved products a single source for certification and direct access to global markets.

ATEX
FM Approvals is an ATEX-notified body within the European Union and can undertake the assessment, testing and certification of your products against the standards under the ATEX equipment directive.
Canada Certifications
FM Approvals is accredited by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) as a testing and certification organization.
Central Stations
FM Approvals' Central Station Placarding Program can provide an easy method of identifying that a building's fire alarm system is installed, tested, monitored and maintained according to NFPA 72 National Fire Alarm Code requirements.
CPR
FM Approvals is accredited as a notified body to test and certify products under the European Union Construction Products Regulations (CPR).
IECEx
FM Approvals participates in the IECEx Scheme, a program administered by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
Private Labeling/Trade Agent
The FM Approvals Private Labeling/Trade Agent process enables original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of FM Approved products to enter into a private label agreement with someone else and retain the FM Approvals' certification.
Specification Testing
The specification-testing program tests a product for a single performance characteristic to a standardized industry test. The results may be used by authorities having jurisdiction to confirm compliance to a recognized standard.
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