CSA certification

CSA is the abbreviation of Canadian Standards Association. It was established in 1919 and is the first non-profit organization in Canada to formulate industrial standards. Electronics and electrical appliances sold on the North American market require safety certification. CSA is currently Canada's largest safety certification body and one of the most famous safety certification bodies 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 to thousands of manufacturers all over the world. Each year, hundreds of millions of products bearing the CSA logo are sold in the North American market.


Certified product type:

CSA certification inspection mainly focuses on eight aspects:
Human survival and environment: including occupational health and safety, public safety, sports and entertainment equipment environmental protection and health technology.
Electricity and Electronics: Including the laws and regulations on the installation of electrical equipment for construction, various electrical and electronic products for industry and commerce and civilian use.
Communication and information: including residential processing systems, telecommunications and electromagnetic interference technologies and equipment.
Building structure: including building materials and products, civil products, concrete, masonry structure, pipe fittings and building design.
Energy: includes energy regeneration and transfer, fuel combustion and safety equipment, and nuclear energy technology.
Transportation and distribution systems: including motor vehicle safety, oil and gas pipelines, material handling and distribution, and offshore facilities.
Material technology: including welding and metallurgy.
Commercial and production management systems: including quality management and basic engineering.

CSA certification process:

1. Complete the preliminary application form and submit it to CSA together with the instructions and technical data of all related products (including all electrical components and plastic materials);
2. CSA will determine the certification fee according to the specific situation of the product, and then notify the applicant company 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 wire transfer certification fee (payable 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 carry out the certification work on time.
5. After the certification test is completed, a preliminary report will be issued to the applicant company, which is detailed as follows:
1) How to improve the product structure to meet the standards
2) Other materials to be used to complete the certification report
3) Please apply for the content of the company's draft simple certification record
4) Marks required for CSA certification and methods for obtaining marks
5) Factory testing required for products
6. CSA will evaluate the applicant's answer to the fifth item above;
7. At the same time, CSA will prepare a certification report for product production reference and follow-up inspection
8. At this stage, under certain circumstances, CSA will go to the factory for initial factory evaluation, or IFE for short.
9. Finally, CSA will issue a certificate of conformity with the certification record, authorizing the applicant company to add the CSA certification mark to other products.
10. The applicant company shall sign a service agreement with CSA to indicate that both parties agree that CSA will go to the factory for product follow-up inspection. The applicant company must pay an annual fee to maintain the agreement.


Certification information provision:

Copy of company data sheet and business license
Product description (including but not limited to the following):
Product name, product model, product use.
For the parts list, please provide the product name, model, rating, and manufacturer information. If the part has been certified by CSA or UL, please indicate the file number of the part. If a part has multiple suppliers, it can be provided.
Product performance and specifications, such as size, rated voltage, current, frequency and power.
Structural drawing or exploded drawing: the mechanical drawing of the product is marked with part of the name in the drawing so as to correspond one-to-one with the parts list.
Provide circuit schematics: PCB schematics, product photos, instructions for use, safety matters or installation instructions, etc.

 
Certification period and validity period:

3-4 weeks

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