The Eurasian Economic Community, comprising Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, have technical compliance regulations on a wide range of consumer and industrial goods, and this is embodied in the EAC mark. This is comparable with the CE mark within the European Union, and covers harmonised technical and safety standards.

Products covered by EAC for safe operation include low voltage equipment, machinery and equipment, lifts, machines in potentially explosive atmospheres, machines operating on gaseous fuel, personal protective equipment, pressure vessels, agricultural and forestry tractors and trailers, and railway rolling stock and infrastructure.

The EAC mark is depicted and the character height should be a minimum of 5mm, and be in a single colour, and consists of the three letters of uniform height created within a square.

Beside the standard ranges available, additionally Label Source can supply custom labels incorporating the EAC symbol within the design.

In order to comply with current law, it is essential that most machinery is equipped with an emergency stop facility, so that power can be shut off, in the event of a malfunction, accident or exceeding operating parameters.

The UK regulations stem from European Directive 2006/42/EC, which can be found in the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 and the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Amended Regulations 2011. In addition the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 provide guidance and approved codes of practice and cover the safe cut off of gas appliances.

Here at Label Source, we have a range of sign products suitable for the clear identification of such cut off points for power, electricity and gas. In addition, our hazard warning signs can identify potential risks with specific machines, and these include; pinch points; sharp blades; finger traps; automatic start up; rotating blades; moving belts (including belt rollers and belt drives); crush; foot traps; entanglement; and entrapment.

While the more obvious reason to shut off equipment would be due to operator injury, a range of other criteria could be the cause. These can include; high temperature; potential of fire or explosion; excessive noise or vibration; or emissions such as radiation or hazardous substances.

The standards apply to machinery, interchangeable equipment, safety components, lifting accessories, chains ropes and webbing, removable mechanical transmission devices and partly completed machinery.

Some key machinery categories are industrial machines, woodworking machinery, food processing equipment, agricultural equipment, locomotives, and trains and hoists. However, some items such as conveyor belts, treadmills in gyms, carousels for luggage retrieval at airports and bowling alley equipment are covered by the regulations.

So, if you need to identify safety cut offs to electricity or gas supply to equipment, or need to create awareness of risks and hazards when operating machinery, we have a wide range of standard products as well as providing bespoke products to your own specification.

Label Source has supplied various visitor centres, theme parks, zoos, castles, country houses and safari parks with labelling on waste bins, used around their sites for use by visitors. This can assist in the segregation of waste, which can help these venues in minimising costs on the disposal or recycling of waste, and keep your site looking neat and tidy.

We offer a range of standard waste segregation products for bins, receptacles to assist your environmental waste management programmes, including compliance with ISO 14001. Also, these can be customised to your own requirements, with the addition of your logo or other details.

Our standard ranges for site housekeeping include recycling signs, waste segregation signs and WRAP recycling signs.

Many industries use steam or hot water extensively in their processing or manufacturing cycle, or for heating or heat recovery. This can include food processing, beverage manufacture and brewing, in the production of pharmaceuticals and chemicals, oil and gas exploration and processing, pulp and paper manufacturing , manufacture of metals and autoclaving in hospitals, but to name a few.

The steam or hot water is conveyed in pipework supported by an array of plant including boilers, vacuum pumps, compressors, pressure valves, heat exchangers, flow meters, control systems, steam and drain traps, tanks, vats and storage and feed vessels.

Label Source has supplied many tape, label, and tag products to aid in the efficient operation of such systems, assisting in reductions in emissions, improvements in energy performance, reduction in water consumption, and a safe operating environment complying with the latest health and safety guidelines.

From pipeline identification tapes for identifying the content of pipes, to showing the direction of flow, health and safety signs for safe plant operation, tags for the rapid identification of component parts of the system (in stainless steel, other metals, or plastics) and labels for asset location, Label Source has provided a multitude of products to assist in maintenance and a safe working environment, many produced to customer specification.

Our inspection label products have a new colour coding for 2017, together with the update on the inspection period covering 2017-2022.

The standard ranges continue to be available in the three sizes (15mm diameter, 25mm diameter and 40mm diameter), and are produced in either self-adhesive vinyl, or tamperproof destructible vinyl.

Besides, our standard parts we can supply similar products to your own customer specifications, which can have variable layout including company logos, to an extensive range of shapes and sizes. For a quotation please contact us on sales@labelsource.co.uk