The mechanical and machinery sector include technical bodies that deal with different types of industrial and domestic machinery. Some of the industries covered are manufacturing, mining, welding, construction and agriculture. Lifts, tanks and pressure equipment are also covered.
Standards keep the pace of technological development. New technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), are progressively being implemented in fields like automation, data management and as part of smart technology (e.g. additive manufacturing, robotics).
Not only has the sector an important role when it comes to an operator's safety but also contributes to environment protection by developing standards that allow the production of environmentally friendly machines.
Many standards are identical to international standards: this is an important characteristic, since the markets for these products tend to be global, going beyond national or European markets. The mechanical and machinery sector is therefore a good example of bringing together European requirements with an internationally accepted approach.
A considerable proportion of the documents produced in the sector are harmonized standards giving presumption of conformity with the EU Directives on machinery (2006/42/EC), measuring instruments (2014/32/EU) and Non-automatic weighing instruments (2014/31/EU).
The Sector Fora i.e. CEN-CENELEC Sector Forum on Machinery and Pressure Equipment Advisory Nucleus advise Technical Boards and coordinate standardization activities related to the respective field.
CEN-CENELEC-ETSI Coordination Group on Smart Manufacturing
The CEN-CENELEC-ETSI Coordination Group on Smart Manufacturing (SMa-CG) was created to coordinate the European standardization activities relating to new technologies in the field of manufacturing. It is a joint group of CEN, CENELEC and ETSI which advises the CEN-CENELEC Technical Boards and the ETSI Board.
SMa-CG gathers CEN, CENELEC and ETSI members, their relevant Technical Bodies and groups and the European Commission. The European associations, initiatives, research projects as well as international organizations and initiatives are welcome to participate in specific meetings upon the agreement of the Chairman.
Chair: Dr Jens Gayko, VDE
Secretariat: Ms Katharina Sehnert, DIN
Task Group on Industrial Data
The Task Group on Industrial Data was created in the CEN-CENELEC-ETSI Coordination Group on Smart Manufacturing to synchronize the standardization activities on this topic across the European Standardization Organizations.
Target audience: members and Partners of CEN-CENELEC-ETSI Coordination Group on Smart Manufacturing. New members and Partners are welcome.’
