ACL - Quality Control & Approvals
ISO 9001:2008 Registered Firm. ATEX 94/9/EC, UL Listed, Thatcham TQA, ISO TS 16949, ISO 13485, FDA, AS9100, IPC-A-610.
Assembly Contracts was the first UK contractor to be approved to BS EN ISO9001:2000.
Our Baseefa / Atex licence enables us to produce product for hazardous areas.
Other approvals include FDA, Thatcham & UL
Our workmanship standard for electronic assemblies is IPC-A-610C.
We can also agree additional specific documentation & quality assurance requirements specifically for your products.
Fully Computerised Parts to Product Control
ACL is the only UK CEM to have a custom fully integrated networked computerised drawing, stock & QA control system.
Written by ourselves, it incorporates all of our materials managment, stock control and purchasing knowledge & know now of the last 21 years. This is invaluable information, given the current situation of long lead-times and parts on allocation.
All data from inward material deliveries through to outward product shipments is stored electronically.
Completely paperless !!
Inspection & Test
Computer aided. AOI & In Circuit Testing & custom jig design.
Quality Control & Testing is carried out in-house or to customer specific requirements. Over 200 peices of test equipment
Anti-static measures are taken for all products, including flooring, seating, benches and anti-static wrist & heel straps.
Our technical ability allow us to offer complete functional testing. This has obvious benefits in releasing your staff from goods inwards inspection and testing, or allows distribution of the finished product direct to your end user.
Please contact us if you have a requirement for any one of the following approvals
| FDA | EN4602 | BS415 | EN60950 |
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| FORD Q1 | QS9000 | BS EN 60439-1 | IPC-A-610C |
| 95/54/EC | 89/336/EEC | 97/24/EC | 75/322/EEC |
| ATEX 94/9/EC | EN 50014 | EN 50020 | EN 50284 |
| 92/31/EEC | 73/23/EEC | 93/42/EEC | 98/79/EC |
| 1999/5/EC | VIDG | 1PC-A-600F | UL506 |
| EN61558 | EN60742 | EN60950 | EN60065 |
| NOKIA | VCA | TUV | 'e' MARK |
| THATCHAM | SCM | GOST | BS EN 50121 |
| AS9100 | IP RATINGS | RSE/STD/031 | BRB/LUL/RIA xx |
| FAA | EN50155 | EMC | CAA |
| EN61000 | JAR21 | BCAR | EN55015 |
| EN61000-3-2 | EN61000-4-2 | EN61000-4-3 | EN61547 |
| EN60968 | EN60432-1 | EN60360 | EN60061-2 |
| 50121 | FDA | IPC | CSA |
Automotive Approvals
EEC directives require that all products whether they are a component for a vehicle or an after market accessory, be certified by the Vehicle Certification Agency. (VCA). The main EMC standard is 95/54/EC. See also Baseefa where intrinsic safety is also required.
The only standard that provides freedom of
movement across Europe is the automotive type approval 'e' mark.
Relevant standards are 95/54/EC, 97/24/EC and ECE Regulation 10.02.
Also 75/322/EEC (as amended by 2000/2/EC) from 1 January 2001.
Documents specified in the directive together with a number of sample products are required for assessment and testing.
The directive defines the permitted test methods and the test limits to be used for radiated immunity and for radiated emissions.
Test reports are prepared and a complete set of technical documentation and test reports are submitted to the approval authority.
Subject to a satisfactory review of the submitted documents and CoP assessment, the approval body issues a 'Type approval certificate' which authorises the manufacturer to put the "e" mark, or "E" mark, on the product(s).
ACL is Thatcham approved product manufacturer & designer
Other approvals : PPAP, ISO/TS-16949, AEC-Q100
ATEX / CSA / Baseefa - Approvals
Areas where there is the possibility of the presence of an explosive mixture of flammable gas or vapour and air are known as 'hazardous' and other areas as 'safe' or 'non-hazardous'. Any electrical equipment used in hazardous areas, must be specially tested and approved toensure that, in use even under a fault condition, it cannot initiate an explosion.
In Europe, hazardous areas are generally defined as follows:
| Zone 0 | An area where an explosive mixture is likely to be present at all times under normal operating conditions. |
| Zone 1 | An area where an explosive, mixture is likely to occur in normal operation |
| 2 | In the United States, hazardous areas are classified by two Divisions. Division 1 equates to Zone 0 and Zone 1 and Division 2 equates to Zone 2. |
In Europe equipment certified for use in hazardous areas, normally falls into one of the following categories.
| Intrinsically Safe | Denoted
as EEx ia
or EEx ib |
Zones 0,
1, 2 Zones 1 or 2 |
| Flame Proof | Denoted as EEx d | Zones 1 or 2 |
| Safety | Denoted as EEx e | Zones 1 or 2 |