Baumusterprüfung nach IEC 60601. EC type examination as per IEC 60601.
»steute« is a familiar name throughoutthe world in connectionwith safety switchgear.For more than forty years steute has been de- veloping and producing switchgear.The very firstseries was a successand is industrial still - continually ongoing - being produced today.Butthis is nottypical.steute now promotes a »younger« innova-tive productrange.Besides the classical application fields like trans-portsystems technology,general machinery and the plantindustry,steute has focused on new application fields like the chemical and process industry,where explosion protection plays an importantrole, and medical equipment.In 2002 steute extended the modern production facilities wheresteute has been located since 1985.150 employees develop,produce and distribute a large range of products which conform to high levels of safety and production quality.Close and trusting cooperation with our customers has alwaysbeen a tradition.Together we develop high quality safety switchgear, optimised for each special application.

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Qualitätssicherung der produktionnach der Richtlinie 94/9/EG. Quality assurance for production as per Directive 94/9/EC.

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CE Kennzeichen nach der Richtlinie 93/42/EGfür Medizinprodukte. CE marking as per Directive 93/42/EC for medical equipment. Quality: for highest requirements
steute produces safety components which have to meethighquality requirements:failure or faulty production could have fatal consequences.Every production process atsteute is controlled anddocumented as partof the DIN EN ISO 9001:2000 certification.Thisguarantees a constantly high level of quality. 77 QM systems for Ex switchgear and medical equipment
In addition,very strictrequirements are in force for certain pro-ductranges which steute has focused on.The EC-Directive 94/9/EC contains exactrequirements regardingquality management(QM) for the production of devices or protectivesystems used in potentially explosive atmospheres.steute's QM system has been certified according to this directive.Besides the »ATEX 95« certificate,the Ex switchgear of steute has a testmodel certificate.A quality managementsystem has been implemented for medicalequipmentwhich meets the requirements of the Medical Devices Act (MPG;93/42/EEC) and the standard IEC 60601.Furthermore theswitchgear is certified according to UL 60601 and as »approved medi-cal products« (GM).The specific requirements of ENISO 13485,which have been developed especially for medical equipment,have also been integrated into steute's QM system. Qualitätsmanagement nach DIN EN ISO 9001:2000/ENISO 13485:2003. Quality management system according to DINENISO9001:2000/ENISO 13485:2003.