How important is UL certification?

UL Certification allows a company to innovate its safety standards and align themselves with industry-wide best practices. Being UL certified illustrates a businesses’ dedication to consumer safety, as well as the quality of their products.

What is a UL control panel?

According to the official definition by Underwriters Laboratories (UL), an industrial control panel is an assembly of two or more pieces of industrial control equipment. It also comes with related control circuit devices, provided with interconnecting wiring and terminals.

What are the four elements of a UL listing mark?

The UL Classification Marking appearing on a product typically consists of four required elements:

• UL in a circle symbol.
• Word Classified.
• Product name or company name/file number.
• Issue/serial number or alphanumeric control number.

What are UL standards used for?

UL Standards are used to assess products; test components, materials, systems and performance; and evaluate environmentally sustainable products, renewable energies, food and water products, recycling systems and other innovative technologies.

What is UL label?

a) UL Listed – indicates that the product has been tested towards a safety standard recognized by OSHA. Often accompanied with a smart mark or a 2D bar code, a UL Certified label can be scanned by consumers to look up the safety standards that the given product has been tested and certified against.

What does a UL Listed Industrial Control Panel label signify?

What does a UL Listed Industrial Control Panel label signify? A UL label signifies that the panel builder has met the requirements of UL 508A, and that their panels are subject to inspection by UL field representatives.

What is UL MTR?

UL 508A Manufacturer Technical Representative (MTR) Program The examination is administered online through UL and is available on-demand through any computer, laptop or tablet with internet access. UL encourages each manufacturing location to certify multiple MTR’s.

What is UL trademark?

UL is a global leader in testing, inspection, certification, auditing and validation. The UL Mark is the single most accepted Certification Mark in the United States, appearing on 22 billion products annually. Explore more about our Certification Marks below.

What is the difference between UL Listed and recognized?

While not always straightforward, the key takeaway is that “UL Listed” is meant for self-contained products such as external power adapters and “UL Recognized” is for components comprising a larger system like internal ac-dc power supplies.

What needs to be UL listed?

For a product to be UL listed, it must be a stand-alone product. UL listed is used to ensure the safety of products that are consumer ready and go on the market. To become UL listed, more product testing is involved than for UL recognized products. This is an advantage for both the consumer and the manufacturer.

What are the pros and cons of consumer panels?

Here are some pros and cons of consumer panels, along with a few ways they are most often used: Run by a company similar to a market research company, these panels use random consumers, recruited to participate in a variety of projects. Consumers are screened based on their usage behavior—and you can ask them anything with quick turnaround.

What is the UL 508A industrial control panel shop program?

The UL 508A Industrial Control Panel Shop Program is a part of UL’s General Coverage programs, which offer control panel manufacturers flexibility to apply UL Certification Marks to a wide range of industrial control panel designs.

Why choose UL certified ICPS?

Increase your competitive advantage — Offer your customers UL certified general use, industrial machinery, elevator control, service equipment, air conditioning and refrigeration equipment, fountain control, irrigation equipment, crane and flame control, and marine use panels and bid on jobs that specify UL certified ICPs.

What are consumer panels and how do they work?

In addition to doing your own market research and soliciting customers’ opinions through surveys, your company can take advantage of consumer panels to get specific and timely ongoing feedback about your brand, products and business practices.