CSA is a Canadian Standards Association (Canadian Standards Association) for it was founded in 1919, is Canada's first designed for non-profit institutions formulate industry Standards. In the north American market sales of electronics, electrical appliances and other products need to obtain safety certification. The CSA is Canada's largest security certification bodies, is also one of the most famous security certification institution in the world. It can for machinery, building materials, electrical appliances, computer equipment, office equipment, environmental protection, medical and fire safety, sports and entertainment, etc, all types of products to provide a safe authentication. CSA has provided thousands of manufacturers around the world certification services, have hundreds of millions a year with CSA marking in the north American market sales of the products.
1992 years ago, the CSA certification only in Canada market sales of the products, and products to enter the U.S. market, also must obtain the relevant certification. CSA International is approved by the federal government for national recognized testing laboratory. This means that you can according to the standard of Canada and the United States of product testing and certification, at the same time to ensure your certification by the federal, state, provincial and local government recognition.
CSA International has four laboratories in Canada. From 1992 to 1994, they have gained "the us government department of labor occupational safety and health administration" (OSHA) seal of approval. Under the rules of the OSHA, obtain the approval, then as a national recognized testing laboratory, for a range of products in more than 360 American ANSI/UL standards for testing and certification. The CSA International testing and certification of products, have been identified as completely conform to the prescribed standards, can be sold in the United States and Canada market.
Application procedure
In North America certification both save time and save money, only need to complete an application, provide a set of samples, for a fee. With CSA, step into the market of the two countries can help you. CSA is a convenient test certification service, ruled out by the two different authentication required to repeat the test and evaluation. It reduces the manufacturers in product authentication, tracking, inspection and testing in terms of cost, but also save the precious time, and dispense with the manufacturer dealing with various certification bodies of trouble, so as to achieve twice the result with half the effort. [
CSA Marking is through Canada to the Canadian Standards Association Standards Association registration application, through the unit after the security and authorization of approved products, can only in the attached CSA Marking marks of products.
CSA sponsored by a member of the non-profit institutions, the area of standards include: health care technology, oil and gas pipeline system, occupational safety, electrical products and solar energy. CSA in addition to the head office in Canada and the Atlantic region, kratos north region, the central plains region, the western region, the Pacific division, also have subsidiaries and foreign representatives around the world.
The structure of the organization
CSA members from across Canada more than 7000 volunteers from all walks of life and more than 2200 corporate sponsorship members, these members of more than 1000 standard committee, based on the principle of ideas and reasonable comprehensive public opinion, according to a certain scope of application of artificial of all kinds of materials, products, equipment, service standards, requirements and guidelines. Standards of CSA is a voluntary, but federal, provincial, local governments often use when making laws and regulations and with reference to CSA standards, such standards become the basis of government legislation, that is mandatory. CSA native has six laboratories in Canada, based in Toronto. In mainland China has two laboratories, set up in Shanghai and guangzhou respectively. In the far east of Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong set up three offices, at the same time, it also JMI with Japan, the Netherlands KEMA, UK BSI proxy authentication relationship is established.
process
1, the preliminary application form duly completed, along with all related products (including all its electrical parts and plastic material) to CSA International, along with all the specifications and technical data.
2, CSA International will be according to the details of the product certification fees, then inform applicant by fax.
3, after confirmed by the applicant, will send you the formal application form and notice, the notice includes the following requirements:
(1) after the signing of the formal application form, the wire transfer fee (can pay RMB) to the office.
(2) according to the notification will test sample sent to the designated place.
4, specify the laboratory will be in accordance with the authentication work.
5, after the certification test, will be sent to the applicant a preliminary report of Findings (Letter), detailed list as follows:
(1) product structure should be how to improve to conform to the standard.
(2) to other materials used to complete the certification report.
(3), please apply for company review Certification Record (Certification Record) the contents of the draft
(4) needed for the CSA certification marks and the method to obtain marks.
(5) products the Factory test (Factory Tests).
6, CSA International to apply for company's answer to the above item 5 is evaluated.
7, at the same time CSA International, will write a used as production reference and tracking test Certification Report (Certification Report).
8, at this stage, in some cases, CSA International to make Factory to Factory early assessment (Initial Factory Evaluation), hereinafter referred to as IFE.
9, the CSA International will, together with the Certification Record (Certification Record) send a certificate of quality (Certif
way
The flexibility of CSA certification program is very big, according to different products, the method step is different also.
1, according to the specifications. Such as authentication, each specification do both money and time consuming, so for the same purpose, all kinds of different specifications of the products, can choose one or two representative for certification. Such as 1-100 - kw motor, then do so.
2, according to the special requirements of users, of a product certification. Such as: industrial switch, according to user's opinion, the products of the manufacturer is different with the original design of the product, can according to user requirements for certification.
3, certification of large equipment. Such as large equipment is a few enterprise production, can be assembled together, in the assembly location for certification.
4, according to people's mental and physical field experiment was carried out. Unable to open the medicine packaging cover such as children.
CSA certification methods usually in four steps:
1, before the certification analysis. Applicants who apply after, to analyze information related to the products provided by the applicant are complete, sample is in compliance with regulations.
2, test the former analysis. Certification division determine the test project, draw up the test program.
3, according to the procedure and test project.
4, after laboratory test analysis. After certification engineers will test results analysis, meet with the applicant. If test results are in conformity with requirements, certification work is over, can be sent to the applicant authentication certificate.