There are 2 parts to the LVD: EMC and electrical safety

Electrical safety is covered by directive 2006/95/CE issued by the European Parliament and the Council on 12th December 2006. It concerns electrical devices intended for use in the following voltage conditions:

• • • between 50 V and 1,000 V for alternating current
    • between 75 V and 1,500 V for direct current

Applicable standards:

• NF EN 61010-1. Concerns electrical measuring, control and laboratory devices. General requirements.
• NF EN 61010-2-030. Specific requirements for test and measurement circuits.
• IEC 61010-031. Safety instructions for equipped handheld probes for electrical measurements and tests.
• IEC 61010-2-032. Specific requirements for portable and handheld current sensors for electrical tests and measurements.
• IEC 61010-2-033. Specific requirements for portable multimeters and other measuring devices for domestic and professional use which are capable of measuring the network voltage.

The safety assessment of a device is performed jointly by several people (engineering teams) while taking into account the data concerning the design of the device. In short, the safety test report is a summary of a device's design.

Qualify the Electromagnetic Compatibility of your equipment

Manumesure has an Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) test laboratory at its technical centre in Pont-L’Evêque (France).

The Chauvin Arnoux Group's measuring instruments and equipment are all qualified in this laboratory.

This laboratory is also available for industrial companies seeking to qualify the electromagnetic compatilibility of their equipment with regard to the EMC regulations.
Please do not hesitate to contact us.

Analyses according to specifications

MANUMESURE can test the quality of waste water, rain water and underground water on any site.

Various parameters can be measured according to the customer's specifications: pH, temperature, chemical oxygen demand, pesticides, BOD₅, suspended solids, PCBs, total hydrocarbons, heavy metals, nitrates, etc.

Waste water and rain water quality tests

Sampling and methodology
Sampling is performed in compliance with the ISO 5667 standards on water sampling and the FD T 90-523-2 document: "Water Quality - Sampling guide for monitoring water quality in the environment - Waste water sampling".

Two types of sampling are possible: 24-hour survey or point sampling.

24-hour survey
Sampling using a flow-controlled or time-controlled sampling system with continuous measurement of pH and temperature. When sampling has finished, an average sample representative of the day when measurement took place is established and analysed.
This sampling method allows assessment of the average daily values for waste water.

Point sampling
This method, used to assess the instantaneous value for an effluent, is used for effluent which remains homogeneous over time or for effluent linked o a specific event: rain, accidental pollution, etc.

Types of analyses
Various parameters can be measured according to the customer's specifications: pH, temperature, chemical oxygen demand, pesticides, BOD₅, suspended solids, PCBs, total hydrocarbons, heavy metals, nitrates, etc.

Monitoring of underground water quality

This sampling and analysis has two main aims:

• Checking that water quality has not been altered by agricultural, industrial or other activities.
• Detecting any pollution or monitoring the evolution of a pollution event already detected.

Methodology
These measurements are performed in compliance with AFNOR technical document FD X31-615 "Soil quality - Methods for detecting and characterizing pollution - Sampling of underground water in a bore-hole".
Our technical resources enable us to take samples at depths of up to 70 metres.

Types of analyses
Various parameters can be measured according to the customer's specifications: pH, temperature, chemical oxygen demand, pesticides, BOD₅, suspended solids, PCBs, total hydrocarbons, heavy metals, nitrates, etc.

Measurement report
At the end of the measurement campaign, a report is drawn up presenting the methodology, a site description, the analysis results and a comparison with the regulated values.

Manumesure performs regulatory noise-level tests on installations classified as environmentally sensitive.

These measurements are intended to check the noise levels on the property lines of industrial sites (excluding buildings) and in regulated noise emergence areas.
Two French decrees (dated 20/08/85 and 23/01/97) provide the reference in terms of regulations.

Methodology

The measurements are performed with Class-1 sound-level meters, in compliance with the NF S 31-010 standard concerning “Characterization and measurement of environmental noise”.

• Acquisition of the noise levels is performed during a period representative of the company's normal operations (minimum 30 minutes) and requires suitable climatic conditions (no heavy rain or high winds).
• The admissible noise levels on the site's property lines are tested at the locations specified by the regulations. If this is not possible, the measurement locations are determined according to the respective positions of the installation and the regulated noise emergence areas, so that the potential effect of the installation's noise emissions on inhabited areas can be assessed representatively.

Report

At the end of the measurement campaign, a report will be drawn up presenting the methodology, the measurement results (admissible levels on property lines, noise emergence, noticeable tones) and compliance with the regulations.

Quick response all over France

With its network of technical centres covering the whole of France, Manumesure is capable of responding quickly to any requests.

Each centre includes technicians qualified for noise measurements and high-performance equipment.

Accreditations & approval

Manumesure has COFRAC Tests accreditation,
according to the “Air quality, Fixed-source emissions -
LAB REF 22“ reference document and according to the QAL2 and AST procedures.
• Pont-l’Evêque (France) - COFRAC Tests accreditation
no. 1-1318
• Lyon / Meyzieu (France) - COFRAC Tests accreditation
no. 1-2000

and has been granted approval by the French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy.

Our services

Watch the video on "Air quality analysis" (in French)

Our expertise

MANUMESURE's operators are certified by the CNPP (French national centre for prevention and protection), as per APSAD* reference document D19, for the inspection of electrical installations by infrared thermography.

(*) French plenary assembly of damage insurance companies

Purpose of inspections using infrared thermography

Infrared thermography is a no-contact inspection technique used in a wide variety of sectors: electricity, mechanics, metallurgy, construction, etc.
This technique is used for preventive maintenance, as well as in production and R&D.
Applications in the electrical sector: viewing load unbalances, searching for abnormal hot spots, detecting bad connections in electrical cabinets which may cause a fire or service interruption, etc.

Methodology

The electrical installation inspections performed by MANUMESURE operators comply with technical document D19 published by the CNPP ( French national centre for prevention and protection)

This service is finalized by a Q19 report and a document detailing corrective recommendations for the anomalies detected.

Our expertise

Manumesure is COFRAC-accredited for "Inspection" of permanent electrical installations in workplaces.
Accreditation no. 3-145
Scope available at www.cofrac.fr

Manumesure also has "Insurance" approval from the CNPP (French national centre for prevention and protection) as per reference document Y18.
Approval no. 146/18.
This "verification of electrical installations with regard to fire hazards" is finalized by a Q18 report.

Objective of electrical inspections

The purpose of these periodic regulatory* verifications is to provide information on the ongoing safety level of electrical equipment or installations in order to protect people against the hazards of electric currents.

* French decree no. 2010-1016 of 30/08/2010, completed by the order dated 26/11/2011.

Methodology

Examination of the documents
Checking of the technical file which should contain the plans of the premises, the single-line diagrams of the installation, the list of the safety installations, etc.
Verifications
Specifications of the existing installations, general conditions of use, suitability of the equipment, identification of the circuits, etc.
Protection against risks of direct contact, insulation, separation, etc.
Protection against risks of indirect contact
Protection against burns, fire hazards and explosion.
Tests
Correct operation of emergency cut-off devices, safety lighting or RCDs (residual current devices).
Measurements
Insulation of the installations, earth electrode and equipotential bonding.

Manumesure benefits from laboratories with COFRAC accreditation for "Calibration"

The scopes of our 8 accreditations are available at www.cofrac.fr

All our measurements have guaranteed traceability to the national standards. 

Quantities measured with COFRAC accreditation in our laboratories

• Electricity & Magnetism
• Time & Frequency
• Temperature
• Pressure
• Micropipettes
• Dimensions

Electricity & Magnetism

MANUMESURE laboratory at Pont-l’Evêque (France)
COFRAC accreditation for "Calibration" no. 2-1035

MANUMESURE laboratory at Annecy  (France)
COFRAC accreditation for "Calibration" no. 2-1405

Time & Frequency

MANUMESURE laboratory at Annecy (France)
COFRAC accreditation for "Calibration" no. 2-1406

New COFRAC accreditation for Calibration of centrifuges: rotation speed & time

Temperature

MANUMESURE laboratory at Pont-l’Evêque (France)
COFRAC accreditation for "Calibration" no. 2-1336

PYROCONTROLE laboratory at Lyon (France)
COFRAC accreditation for "Calibration" no. 2-1385

MANUMESURE also performs on-site calibration of Pt 100 temperature sensors, from - 25 °C to + 150 °C

Pressure

MANUMESURE laboratory at Lyon (France)
COFRAC accreditation for "Calibration" no. 2-1615

Micropipettes

MANUMESURE laboratory at Lyon (France)
COFRAC accreditation for "Calibration" no. 2-1913

Dimensions

MANUMESURE laboratory at Pont-l’Evêque (France)
COFRAC accreditation for "Calibration" no. 2-1310
The Pont l’Evêque laboratory is also equipped with a three-dimensional machine for checking parts on the basis of drawings.

Manumesure offers a unique partnership to verify and calibrate your fleet of measuring instruments.
These services are proviced in our technical centres or on your site.

Two types of documents are issued, depending on your requirements:

- "FDX 07.011" verification certificate
- "FDX 07.012" calibration certificate

All our measurements have guaranteed metrological traceability to the national standards. These metrological verifications and calibrations can be performed for a large number of different measurement quantities.

The instrument families covered are listed below:

• Electricity: multimeters, megohmmeters, calibrators, loggers, wattmeters, power supplies, current clamps, etc.

• Low frequency: oscilloscopes, frequency meters, meters, function generators, fieldmeters, spectrum analysers, wattmeters, etc.
• High frequency: spectrum analysers, probes, amplifiers, attenuators, loads, radio test benches, filters, SWR meters, scalar analysers, frequency meters, wattmeters, etc.
• Telecom & IT: LAN testers (categories 4, 5, 6 and 6A), ADSL testers…
• Climatics: thermometers, hygrometers, anemometers, calibrators, Pitot tubes, gas flowmeters, collection systems, leak detectors, combustion analysers, etc.
• Dimensions: shims, pins, vernier callipers, micrometers, vee blocks, measuring columns, comparators, 3D systems, gauges, etc.
• Force: force sensors, torque wrenches, crimping tools, etc.
• Weighing: weighing machines, weights, etc.
• Pressure: manometers, pressure sensors, calibrators, etc.
• Physics & chemistry: pH-meters, conductivity meters, luxmeters, pyranometers, tachometers, etc.

Summary of our services

• Measurement of air quality
• Measurement of noise levels
• Measurement of water quality

Our expertise

MANUMESURE offers its know-how to quantify industries' impact on the environment.

Controlling their environmental impacts has become a major issue for industrial companies in order to reduce their ecological footprint, their energy consumption and their consumption of raw materials, while also improving their competitiveness.
MANUMESURE has been developing its expertise in environmental measurements concerning air, noise and water (waste water, rain water and underground water) for nearly 25 years.

Measurement of air quality

MANUMESURE works on site to test atmospheric emissions, with COFRAC Tests accreditation.

•  Measurement of gases: O₂, CO₂, CO, NOx, COV, CH4, etc.
•  Measurement of dust, PM10 & PM 2.5, etc.
•  Measurement of metals, HF, HCl, SO, NH₃, N₂O, etc.
•  Measurement of PCDD & PCDF, PAHs, etc.

MANUMESURE also provides verification of the "QAL2 and AST" measurement lines with COFRAC Tests accreditation.

In addition, MANUMESURE performs measurements of diffuse atmospheric deposition around sites.
Dust, dioxin, VOCs, benzene or any other molecule on request.

Measurement of noise levels

Manumesure performs regulatory noise-level testing on environmentally-sensitive installations.

The impact of the noise generated by an industry may disturb the neighbourhood and lead to conflict. Noise-level assessment is a regulatory requirement for environmentally-sensitive installations in France and in many other countries.
The regulations impose measurements at the property lines of sites and in regulated emergence zones (near housing).

Measurement of water quality

MANUMESURE performs on-site sampling in order to analyse water quality (waste water, rain water and underground water).  
Water is an essential natural resource for living creatures and for human and economic activities, so it must be protected.
The regulations oblige industrial companies to monitor the quality of their water.

Watch the video on "Environmental Services" (in French)