Introduction To UL

Introduction to
UL
Charles He 03-30-2010
About
UL
Underwriters Laboratories is an independent product safety certification organization that has been testing products and writing standards for safety for more than a century.
About UL
UL evaluates more than 19,000 types of products, components, materials and systems annually with 20 billion UL Marks appearing on 66,000 manufacturers' products each year. UL's worldwide family of companies and network of service providers includes 68 laboratory, testing and certification facilities serving customers in 102 countries.
History
Working for a safer world since 1894
To promote safe living and working environments by the application of safety science and hazard-based safety engineering To support the production and use of products which are physically & environmentally safe and to apply our efforts to prevent or reduce loss of life and property
History
To advance safety science through research & investigation To advance safety science through research & investigation To concentrate our efforts & resources on public safety in those areas where we can make valuable contributions
History
To work with integrity & a focus on quality to enhance the trust conveyed by our certification marks To concentrate our efforts and resources on public safety in those areas where we can make valuable contributions
History
To charge fair prices that allow us to meet our obligations, sustain our growth & invest in safety science & education To invest in our people & encourage our people to invest in themselves To be a good example of corporate citizenship & social responsibility
UL's global conformity work in 2009

20 billion UL Marks appeared on products 66,149 manufacturers produced UL certified products 84,994 product evaluations were conducted by UL 570,088 Follow-Up Services inspection visits were conducted by UL

19,597 types of products were evaluated by UL 120 UL inspection centers in service 102 countries with UL customers 1.5 billion consumers were reached by UL with safety messages in Asia, Europe and North
America

1,420 current Standards for Safety published by the UL family of companies (1,122 for UL; 298 for ULC) 68 laboratory, testing and certification facilities in the UL family of companies 6,921 employees in the UL family of companies ready to serve UL customers
Markings of UL
Markings of UL
The UL Listing Mark is one of the most common UL Marks. This type of Mark is seen commonly on appliances and computer equipment, furnaces and heaters, fuses, electrical panel boards, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, fire extinguishers and sprinkler systems, personal flotation devices, bullet resistant glass, and thousands of other products.
Markings of UL
These are Marks consumers rarely see because they are specifically used on component parts that are part of a larger product or system. The component recognition marking is found on a wide range of products, including some switches, power supplies, printed wiring boards, some kinds of industrial control equipment and thousands of other products.
Markings of UL
A UL Classification is given to production grade products which have been tested and evaluated with respect to certain properties of the product. Having a UL Classification means that UL will conduct unscheduled factory follow-up visits to verify that these products continue to meet the applicable requirement.
Markings of UL
How does a Classification differ from a Listing?
The Listing service applies to products investigated by UL for reasonably foreseeable hazards and is usually found on consumer products. UL Classification service is a more extensive evaluation. Under this service, UL evaluates products with respect to certain hazards, limitations or safety conditions of performance. Classification service is primarily for the guidance of inspection authorities, commercial and industrial users, and is generally not applicable to consumer products.
The typical UL Mark product evaluation process

Although individual projects vary, the typical UL product evaluation process for the UL Mark has a number of steps for both you and UL and follows the path below page:
The typical UL Mark product evaluation process
Follow-Up Services
Maintaining the integrity behind the UL Mark.
UL Follow-Up Services (FUS) are critical to maintaining the integrity of the UL Mark. Not only does UL evaluate samples of products in its laboratories, UL will regularly visit locations where UL Certified products are manufactured to verify that manufacturers maintain adequate controls to continually comply with current UL requirements.
Follow-Up Services
Throughout the lifetime of the UL certification, products undergo regular inspections at manufacturing facilities to verify continued compliance with requirements.
Follow-Up Services
To help achieve consistent and ongoing compliance, manufacturers must be aware of the requirements in UL's Follow-Up Services Procedure and applicable standards as well as basic UL requirements for equipment calibration, proper application of the UL Mark and other topics.
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UL's global conformity work in 2009

UL's global conformity work in 2009

UL's global conformity work in 2009

The typical UL Mark product evaluation process

The typical UL Mark product evaluation process

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