Standards Australia International Limited is the only Australian standard certification bodies. The institution was established in 1922, at the time named "Commonwealth of Australia Engineering Standards Association" and renamed "Australian Standards Institute" in 1929. With the continuous development of business, in 1990 an increase of Quality Assurance Services Pty Ltd (Quality Assurance Services Pty Ltd). In 1999, the institution completely renounced the nature of the association and registered it in the form of company. The Standard Australia International Limited is relatively neutral to the government and its users. In 1988, it signed a memorandum of understanding with the federal government, defining its independence and authority in australia. The company is headquartered in Sydney, with offices in all States, employs more than 500 people, and has branches in India, Indonesia and new zealand. Whether imported or locally assembled electrical products, before entering the Australian market to sell, first of all through the Standard Australia International Limited certification. Different electrical products to do different product quality certification. All electrical products are subject to safety certification (SAA). Inspection institutions through the destructive test of electrical equipment, check the safety and reliability of electrical appliances, such as in high temperature conditions, uninterrupted overload use of electrical equipment, check the safety performance of electrical appliances. Water leakage test shall be performed on the surface of the washing machine to check for leakage. The electrical socket for abnormal use, to see if there are unsafe hidden dangers and so on.
Electrical products entering the Australian market have to comply with local safety regulations, that is, SAA certification which is frequently faced by the industry. Due to the mutual recognition agreement between Australia and New Zealand, all Australian certified products can be successfully marketed in new zealand.
There are two main signs of SAA. One is formal recognition, and the other is standard sign. Formal certification is only responsible for the sample, which is required for each factory review. At present, there are two ways to apply for SAA certification in China, one is through the CB test report, and if there is no CB test report, you can also apply directly.
SAA certified product range
1, electrical appliances control: control force must obtain the approval certificate issued by the monitoring department (certificateofapproval), and the marking (must play the number). It should be noted that authentication procedures are for security, not performance or quality, unless they are related to safety. The first letter of the certificate number indicates which state or region the certificate is issued. Such as:
Q91610 (Queensland)
W2015 (Western Australia Western Australia)
N10422 (New South Wales New South Wales)
2. Non controlled electrical appliances:
Non regulated products although not mandatory certification, but its safety by the vendor / manufacturer responsibility, may voluntarily apply for certification. The monitoring department will meet the standard requirements of the products issued by the certificate of compliance (CertificateofSuitability). To get in line with the electrical product certificate can play the final certificate of good numbers, letters show the certificate issued by any state or territory, such as:
CS/431/Q (Queensland)
CS/108/N (New South Wales)
RCM sign: at present, Australia and New Zealand is introducing the RCM logo (Regulatory Compliance Mark), to achieve uniform identification of electrical products, the sign is with regulators in Australia and New Zealand trademark, said the product at the same time comply with safety regulations and EMC requirements, is not mandatory. In product safety certification and EMC has been registered, the regulatory agencies issued safety certification or "RCM Registrar" (Standards Australia) for the use of RCM markers.
SAIGLOBAL signs: product safety signs issued by SAI (formerly SAI), which are non mandatory, require factory inspection, and so on.
The energy requirements apply to the following household electrical appliances:
Refrigerators and refrigerators (test standards: AS/NZS44741.1, AS/NZS4474.2)
Washing machine (test standard: AS/NZS2040.1, AS/NZS2040.2)
Dryer (test standard: AS/NZS2442.1, AS/NZS2442.2)
Dishwasher (test standard: AS/NZS2007.1, AS/NZS2007.2)
Way home air conditioning (test standard: AS/NZS3823.1.1, AS/NZS3823.1.2,
AS/NZS3823.2, AS/NZS3823.3) the applicant must submit the application form to the monitoring mechanism and attach the correct and complete test report and label samples. The test report shall be issued by an accredited laboratory and valid for three years from the date of issue
