October
16, 2008 Dinner Meeting
UL Listing – What does it really mean?
A Joint Meeting with the New England Chapter of the System Safety Society
Presented by Frederick Grund
(click here to see pictures from this meeting)
Ever see the UL or CSA mark on a piece of equipment and wonder what it stands for? Ever wonder what must be done by the manufacturer of this equipment to acquire this mark from a Nationally Recognized Test Laboratory (NRTL) like the “UL” of Underwriters Laboratories? There’s a lot more behind the label than you might think, including some pretty involved testing and record keeping to assure that a piece of equipment that carries this label meets stringent requirements for safety to the user and the environment. Come join us for an interesting and eye opening presentation on the subject from a true expert in the field.
Frederick Grund has over 25 years of regulatory experience. He has extensive knowledge and experience with the standards supporting EMC, Low Voltage Directive (LVD), Machinery Directive, Radio and Telecommunications Directive (R&TTE), Reduction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) and Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) Directives, and has been a member of several committees that generated / modified the standards for these directives.
Fredrick is experienced in all phases of product certification to all required national and international Directives, Standards, Rules and Regulations. He has modified, and submitted systems and components for National and International Safety and EMC certification. As a member of ECMA Technical Committee 12, he was instrumental in guiding the direction of International Electronics Commission’s (IEC) Information Technology Equipment (ITE) Safety Standard now known as IEC 60950. This standard is the basis of all ITE safety Standards I.e. ANSI/UL 60950, EN 60950 and ASNZ 60950. He has supported both internal and external customer bases, in vendor engineering, needs assessment, custom design solutions, applications and test software development, customer training, support manual development, installation, site failure analysis and repair, field redesign, trade show and customer site sales, sales demonstrations. He participated in the UL/EIA report on Circuit Breaker Trip Characteristics for the Nation Fire Protection Agency (NFPA). [There are now new circuit breaker standards in effect]. Fredrick also has twenty-one years service in the US Navy Submarine Service. He obtained the position of Chief Fire Control Technician, Ballistic SS, responsible for the overall Missile, Torpedo and Sonar Systems on a Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) Class Submarine. He is currently employed by Raytheon Company at their Corporate Headquarters in Tewksbury, Massachusetts as a Principal Environmental and Safety Engineer assigned to support Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) procurement and Systems Safety.
Location: Atlantic Beach Club, 55 Purgatory Road, Middletown, RI (click here for a map)
Directions:
From Rt. 95: Take Rt. 138 East Exit. Follow Rt. 138 to Rt. 1. Take left onto Rt. 1. Follow Rt. 1 until the Newport Bridge (Rt. 138 Exit). Go over both bridges and take first exit in Newport (Scenic Newport). Take right at end of ramp. At 2nd light, take right onto America's Cup Ave. Follow America's Cup through town until you reach Memorial Blvd. (the Post Office will be on your far left). Follow Memorial Boulevard for about 2 miles to the Atlantic Beach Club on the right at the far end of the beach.
From Rt. 24 South: Take second exit after bridge to Portsmouth, RI (Newport Beaches). Right at end of exit to light. Right at light onto Rt. 138. Follow Rt. 138 South until signs for Newport Beaches. Turn left here onto Aquidneck Avenue. Follow through 1 light to end and take left at light. The Atlantic Beach Club is 1/2 mile on the left at the next light.
Time:
5:30 pm - Registration and Networking
6:00 pm - Dinner
7:00 pm - Program
Menu:
Chicken Dinner
Prices: $25 members and guests. $15 unemployed members and students