Laser safety for industrial, commercial, consumer and medical equipment is critical. Lasers can be quite dangerous and that they can cause blindness injury heating or even ignition of materials and products resulting in injury blindness death, or even more huge explosions. Lasers must comply with various national and industry standards along the most critical being IEC 60825. You need to get your laser product to market as rapidly as possible. We can help. With literally hundreds of laser equipment evaluations completed by our team. We are experts in helping you conform providing you the design process to conform to laser safety requirements. We are also able to provide third party testing and evaluation to obtain CE marking requirements for laser equipment.
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You need your laser product to get to market as easy as possible. How we help you comply and get certified, is by using a directed approach which manages each of the general requirements for safeguarding, interlocking, being stopping and, optics path. Based on the total output of your laser equipment. We can help you design and select the proper parts, such that our conformity process reaches conformity at the end of your product development.
Types of Equipment that apply to this standard; laser etching, laser cutting, laser light show, laser light source, laser, CNC, laser 3D printer, laser printer, laser rangefinder, laser alignment tools, laser metrology equipment, any equipment that uses a laser, any equipment that uses high-energy light, and all equipment that uses lasers or multiple lasers to perform. Measurement or processing.
Industries that would apply to this standard include semiconductor, nanotechnology, machining, 3D printing, measurement, range finding, astronomy, mineralogy, meteorology, space, automotive, autonomous vehicles, medical equipment, cosmetology equipment, therapeutic equipment, plasma drives, information technology equipment, entertainment equipment, video projection, light shows, concert equipment, and more.
OSHA
General Industry (29 CFR 1910)
- 1910 Subpart I, Personal protective equipment
o 1910.132, General requirements
o 1910.133, Eye and face protection
- 21 CFR Part 1040 Performance standards for light-emitting products
- 1040.10 Laser products
1040.11 Specific purpose laser products
Directives
- Guidelines for Robotics Safety. STD 01-12-002 [PUB 8-1.3], (September 21, 1987). Identifies controls that can be used on robotic laser systems.
Letters of Interpretation
- Use of laser guarding devices for hydraulic press brakes. (March 25, 2004).
- Use of laser guarding systems with hydraulic press brakes. (February 11, 2004).
- Workplace exposure limits for ultra-violet radiation. (February 26, 2003).
Lists of Standard Number IEC 60825, OSHA, CDRH, UL, IEC, CAL OSHA
IEC 60825:2020 Safety of laser products – ALL PARTS
IEC 60825-1:2014 Safety of laser products – Part 1: Equipment classification and requirements
IEC 60825-2:2004+AMD1:2006+AMD2:2010 CSV Safety of laser products – Part 2: Safety of optical Fibre communication systems (OFCS)
IEC 60825-3:2008 Safety of laser products – Part 3: Guidance for laser displays and shows
IEC 60825-4:2006+AMD1:2008+AMD2:2011 Safety of laser products – Part 4: Laser guards
IEC TR 60825-5:2019 Safety of laser products – Part 5: Manufacturer’s checklist for IEC 60825-1
IEC TR 60825-8:2006 Safety of laser products – Part 8: Guidelines for the safe use of laser beams on humans
IEC 60825-12:2019 Safety of laser products – Part 12: Safety of free space optical communication systems used for transmission of information
IEC TR 60825-13:2011 Safety of laser products – Part 13: Measurements for classification of laser products
IEC 60825-14:2004 Safety of laser products – Part 14: A user’s guide
- Z136.1, American National Standard for Safe Use of Lasers
- Z136.2, American National Standard for Safe Use of Optical Fiber Communication Systems Utilizing Laser Diode and LED Sources
- Z136.3, American National Standard for Safe Use of Lasers in Health Care
- Z136.4, American National Standard Recommended Practice for Laser Safety Measurements for Hazard Evaluation
- Z136.5, American National Standard for Safe Use of Lasers in Educational Institutions
- Z136.6, American National Standard for Safe Use of Lasers Outdoors
Z136.7, American National Standard for Testing and Labeling of Laser Protective
- Equipment
- Z136.8, American National Standard for Safe Use of Lasers in Research, Development, or Testing
- Z136.9, American National Standard for Safe Use of Lasers in Manufacturing Environments
ISO 11553-1: Safety of machinery – Laser processing machines – Part 1: General safety requirements. Describes hazards generated by laser processing machines, and specifies the safety requirements relating to radiation hazards and hazards generated by materials and substances. It also specifies the information to be supplied by the manufacturers of such equipment.
ISO 11553-2: Safety of machinery – Laser processing machines – Part 2: Safety requirements for hand-held laser processing devices. Purpose of this standard is to draw attention to the particular hazards related to the use of hand-held laser and hand-operated laser processing devices and to prevent personal injury.
ISO 11553-2: Safety of machinery – Laser processing machines – Part 2: Safety requirements for hand-held laser processing devices. Purpose of this standard is to draw attention to the particular hazards related to the use of hand-held laser and hand-operated laser processing devices and to prevent personal injury.