My machinery has an electrical motor. In the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC Article 1, 2 (k), it says Machinery Directive excludes electrical motors. Does this specify standalone electric motors or it also mean the electric motors that will be incorporated into the whole machinery?
My final goal is to detect whether I need separate CE marking for my electric motor or general CE marking that applied for my whole machinery is enough.
It means electric motors if they are placed on the market as standalone items (and other CE marking directives would apply)
Guide to the MD § 69 Electric motors
The exclusion set out in the sixth indent of Article 1 (2) (k) implies that electric motors that are in the scope of the Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU (that is to say, electric motors with an electricity supply within the voltage limits and that are not listed in Annex II of that Directive) are subject to the Low Voltage Directive only.
An electric motor is a device for converting electrical energy into mechanical energy. The exclusion applies to the motor itself without a specific application and without additional mechanical elements of a drive system.
The exclusion also applies to low voltage electric motor-generators which are similar devices for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy. On the other hand, generator sets, comprising a source of mechanical energy such as, for example, an internal combustion engine, and an electric generator, are subject to the Machinery Directive
The exclusion does not apply to electric motors that are intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres and that are subject to the ATEX-Directive 2014/34/EU, because such motors are excluded from the Low Voltage Directive. Electric motors that are intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres are therefore subject to the Machinery Directive.
