The EU Directive on Electromagnetic Fields—Practical Experience of Field Measurements

The EU directive on exposure to electromagnetic fields was published in 2004, but due to some problems it was not introduced in the EU countries before 2016. However, still today, many companies are not aware of the legislation and have not taken measures to comply. This could perhaps be due to some...

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Published inApplied sciences Vol. 14; no. 16; p. 7064
Main Author Hansson Mild, Kjell
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.08.2024
Subjects
Compliance
Electric fields
Electrodes
Electromagnetic fields
EU directives
extremely low-frequency magnetic field
harmonic content
instrumentation
Machinery
Magneto-electric machines
plastic welding
radiofrequency
spot welding
time average
Welding
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Summary:The EU directive on exposure to electromagnetic fields was published in 2004, but due to some problems it was not introduced in the EU countries before 2016. However, still today, many companies are not aware of the legislation and have not taken measures to comply. This could perhaps be due to some of the practical problems they are facing in trying to comply. Here, we address some of these problems, such as showing compliance with the action levels for non-sinusoidal extremely low-frequency magnetic fields, time-averaging for the initial start-up current of handheld machines and time-averaging of radiofrequency fields when measuring plastic welding machines, including the uncertainty in the measurements. Finally, we discuss some of the problem concerning workers with special needs.
ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app14167064