CSA is the Canadian Standards Association Standards Founded in 1919, it is Canada's first non-profit organization dedicated to the development of industrial standards. Electronic and electrical products sold in the North American market need to obtain safety certification. At present, CSA is the largest safety certification authority in Canada and one of the most famous safety certification organizations in the world 。 It can provide safety certification for all types of products in machinery, building materials, electrical appliances, computer equipment, office equipment, environmental protection, medical fire safety, sports and entertainment. CSA has provided certification services for thousands of manufacturers all over the world, and hundreds of millions of products with CSA logo are sold in the North American market every year.
Introduction to CSA certification
Before 1992, the products certified by CSA could only be sold in the Canadian market. If the products want to enter the U.S. market, they must obtain the U.S About certification. Now CSA International has been recognized as a national testing laboratory by the federal government of the United States. This means testing and certification of your products according to Canadian and American standards, while ensuring that your certification is recognized by federal, state, provincial, and local governments. With CSA's effective product safety certification, it is easy to enter the world's toughest and broader North American market. CSA can help your products enter the U.S. and Canadian markets quickly and effectively. CSA International will help manufacturers save time and money by eliminating duplicate procedures in the process of applying for certification. For manufacturers, All you have to do is make an application, provide samples, and pay a fee, and the safety signs are recognized by the federal, state, provincial, and local levels from New York to Los Angeles. CSA International will work together with manufacturers, Provide a high quality and safe and reliable certification program. In North America and around the world, CSA people win people's trust with honesty, integrity and skilled skills.
CSA International has four laboratories in Canada. From 1992 to 1994, they were officially recognized by OSHA. According to OSHA rules, after obtaining this accreditation, it can be used as a national accreditation testing laboratory to test and certify a series of products in accordance with more than 360 American ANSI / UL standards. Via CSA International The tested and certified products are determined to be in full compliance with the standards and can be sold to the markets of the United States and Canada.
It saves time and money to obtain North American Certification. It only needs to complete one application, provide a set of samples and pay a fee. With CSA, you can enter the two markets in one step. As a convenient testing and certification service, CSA eliminates the repeated testing and evaluation required to obtain different certifications in both countries. This will undoubtedly reduce the cost of product certification, follow-up inspection and retest, save valuable time, and save manufacturers the trouble of dealing with various certification bodies, so as to achieve twice the result with half the effort.
CSA Marking is via Canadian Standards The Association Standards Association applies for registration, and can attach to the product only after the safety and authorization of the product are recognized by the organization CSA Marking logo.
CSA is a non-profit member sponsor whose standard areas include health technology, oil and gas pipeline systems, occupational safety, electrical products and solar energy. In addition to its head office in Canada, CSA also has branches in the Atlantic region, Quebec region, Central Plains region, western region and Pacific region. It also has subsidiaries and overseas representatives all over the world.
CSA standards are voluntary. Municipal, provincial and federal governments often use or refer to CSA standards in their management to replace them to develop their own standards. In this case, the CSA Standard becomes the reference for government specifications. Governments or other organizations and associations may require compliance with a standard or specify that a particular product must be verified to meet a standard. This is based on whether each organization wishes to require the use of CSA standards and validation practices within its jurisdiction.
CSA Marking is one of the most well-known product safety approval marks in the world. Even if it is not enforced, manufacturers in many regions take it as an important basis to recommend the safety of their products to customers. Many buyers even specify to purchase products with CSA logo. Recently, the situation that manufacturers are required to obtain CSA mark by Canadian importers or buyers is increasing.
Purpose of CSA certification
CSA is the abbreviation of Canadian Standards Association. It is the largest inspection and certification organization in Canada. As an independent, private and non-profit organization, CSA is mainly engaged in product certification, inspection and related standard development and information services for the public, the government, the business community and so on. It is not only engaged in the certification of safety projects according to the authorization of the relevant departments of the Canadian government, but also undertakes the testing of performance and quality 。
CSA certification process
1. Fill in the preliminary application form and submit it to CSA together with the specifications and technical data of all related products (including all electrical components and plastic materials) International。
2、CSA International The certification fee will be determined according to the specific conditions of the products, and then the application company will be informed by fax.
3. After confirmation by the applicant company, a formal application form and notice will be sent. The Notice includes the following requirements:
(1) After the formal application form is signed, the certification fee (which can be paid in RMB) will be sent to the office.
(2) Send the test sample to the designated place according to the notice.
4. The designated laboratory will conduct certification work on time.
5. After the certification test, a preliminary report (findings) will be sent to the applicant company The details are as follows:
(1) How to improve the product structure to meet the standard.
(2) Other information to be used to complete the certification report.
(3) Please apply for the company to review the certification record The contents of the draft
(4) The shipping mark required by CSA certification and the method to obtain the shipping mark.
(5) Factory test required for product Tests）。
6、CSA International The applicant's response to the fifth item above will be evaluated.
7. At the same time CSA International will prepare a certification report for reference and tracking inspection of products Report）。
8. At this stage, in some cases, CSA International will go to the factory for initial evaluation Factory Evaluation), referred to as ife.
9. Finally CSA International It will be accompanied by the certification A certificate will be issued of The applicant company is authorized to add CSA certification mark on its products.
10. The application company and CSA International signs a service agreement Agreement) to indicate that both parties agree to CSA International goes to the factory for product tracking inspection. The applicant company should pay an annual fee every year Fee) to maintain the agreement.
Product range of CSA certification
The certification and inspection of CSA mainly focuses on eight aspects
Human survival and environment: including occupational health and safety, public safety, sports and entertainment equipment, environmental protection and health care technology.
Electrical and electronic: including building electrical equipment installation regulations, all kinds of industrial and commercial and civil electrical and electronic products.
Communication and information: including residential processing system, telecommunication and electromagnetic interference technology and equipment.
Building structure: including building materials and products, civil products, concrete, masonry structure, pipe fittings and architectural design.
Energy: including energy regeneration and transfer, fuel combustion and safety equipment, nuclear energy technology.
Transportation and distribution system: including vehicle safety, oil and gas pipelines, material handling and distribution and offshore facilities.
Material technology: including welding and metallurgy.
Business and production management system: including quality management and basic engineering.
The way and method of CSA certification
The working procedure of CSA certification is very flexible, and its method steps are different according to different products.
1. According to specifications and models. If each specification is certified, it will be expensive and time-consuming. Therefore, one or two representative products with different specifications for the same purpose can be selected for certification. For example, 1-100 kW motor, this can be done.
2. According to the special requirements of users, to do certification for a certain product. For example: industrial switch, according to the user's opinion, the manufacturer's product is different from the original design product, and can be certified according to the user's requirements.
3. Certification of large equipment. If large equipment is produced by several enterprises, it can be assembled together and certified at the assembly site.
4. Field experiments were carried out according to human brain and physical strength. If children can not open the drug packaging cover.
There are four steps in the certification method commonly used by CSA ：
1、 Pre certification analysis. After applying, the applicant should analyze whether the information provided by the applicant is complete and whether the samples meet the requirements.
2、 Pre test analysis. The Certification Engineer determines the test items and draws up the test procedures.
3、 Test according to procedure and project.
4、 Analysis after laboratory test. The certification engineer will analyze the test results and meet the applicant. If the test results are in accordance with the requirements, the certification work will come to an end and the applicant can be issued a certification certificate.
