Certification Introduction
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, electrical appliances and other products sold in the North American market are required to obtain safety certification. CSA is currently the largest safety certification body in Canada 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 for thousands of manufacturers around the world, and hundreds of millions of products bearing the CSA mark are sold in the North American market every year.
Applicable area
Before 1992, CSA-certified products could only be sold in the Canadian market, and products that wanted to enter the US market had to obtain relevant US certification. CSA International has been recognized by the U.S. federal government as a Nationally Accredited Testing Laboratory. This means your products can be tested and certified to Canadian and U.S. standards, while ensuring your certification is recognized by federal, state, provincial and local governments.
application 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 conditions of the product, and then notify the applicant company;
3. After being confirmed by the applicant company, a formal application form and a 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 location as notified.
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, with details as follows:
(1) How the product structure needs to be improved to meet the standard
(2) Other information to be used to complete the certification report
(3) Please The content of the draft record of the applicant company's contract certification
(4) Marks required for CSA certification and the method of obtaining the marks
(5) Factory testing required for the product
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, in some cases, CSA will go to the factory for initial factory evaluation, referred to as IFE.
9. Finally, CSA will issue a certificate of conformity together with the certification record, authorizing the applicant company to add the CSA certification mark on other products.
10. The applicant company should 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 is required to pay an annual fee each year to maintain the agreement.
Application information
1. Company information sheet, copy of business license
2. Product description (including but not limited to the following):
3. Product name, product model, and product use.
4. For the parts list, please provide the name and model, rating and manufacturer information of the product parts. If the part has been certified by CSA or UL, please indicate the file number of the part. If there are multiple suppliers for a part, it can be provided.
5. Product performance and specifications, such as size, rated voltage, current, frequency and power, etc.
6. Structural drawing or exploded drawing: The structural drawing of the product shall indicate the name of the part in the drawing, so as to correspond one-to-one with the parts list.
7. Provide circuit schematic diagram: PCB schematic diagram, product photos, instructions for use, safety matters or installation instructions, etc.
