Industrial and Industry 4.0 Compliance solutions

We provide expert compliance services tailored for industrial automation and Industry 4.0 applications, ensuring your smart factory technologies and connected systems meet global regulatory standards.

Our solutions help you achieve market readiness while embracing the latest advancements in industrial IoT.

Wireless Communication Compliance: Assisting with approvals for protocols like LoRa, NB-IoT, Wi-Fi, and private 5G networks for industrial use.

Cybersecurity for Industrial IoT: Ensuring compliance with standards like EN 18031 to safeguard your connected systems from cyber threats.

EMC and Safety Testing: Verifying electromagnetic compatibility and compliance with safety standards for industrial machinery and automation equipment.

Interoperability and Integration Testing: Validating seamless operation within smart factory ecosystems, including compatibility with edge devices and cloud platforms.

Global Market Access: Providing guidance on international certifications, including, but not limited to Canada, USA, CE, UKCA, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea markings and several Industry standards. Contact us for more.

Documentation and Technical Files: Preparing technical files, risk assessments, and declarations of conformity for regulatory submissions.

Our expertise ensures your industrial IoT devices and smart systems are compliant, secure, and ready to drive innovation in Industry 4.0.

Powering Industry 4.0 Compliance.

How we helped our client with 4.0 Compliance solutions

Challenge

A leading projector manufacturer, developed advanced 8K projectors for outdoor use, weighing around 70 kg and equipped with integrated 4G radio modules. While compliance at first seemed straightforward, the device combined elements of an intentional radiator (RF transmitter) and a non-intentional radiator (digital electronics), triggering multiple overlapping standards. Although modular approvals (CE and FCC) were accepted in some regions, many countries required local testing on the complete device, not just the RF module. This created challenges: Complex approval requirements across multiple jurisdictions. High logistics and transport costs to move heavy projectors to test labs worldwide. Risk of duplicated testing and extended certification timelines. The manufacturer needed a solution that would minimize costs, reduce unnecessary testing, and streamline global compliance for such a large, high-tech device.

Outcome

IoT Consulting Partners worked with the manufacturer to: Map out country-specific requirements and identify where modular approvals were accepted versus where full device testing was mandatory. Develop a testing strategy that minimized redundant testing by leveraging existing certifications. Propose logistical solutions to reduce transport of the 70 kg projectors to multiple labs. Identify future pathways to further optimize testing and reduce compliance costs for subsequent product launches. This ongoing collaboration highlights how regulatory expertise, strategic planning, and industry networks can significantly cut down costs and timelines — while ensuring global compliance for even the most complex, large-scale electronic products.

Essential requirements under the RED (2014/53/EU) and the standards that ensure compliance:

Note: For conformity assessment under the RED (2014/53/EU) and related directives, the *latest versions of harmonized standards* as published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) shall always be applied.

Article 3.2 Radio; efficient use of the radio spectrum.

Standard	Description	Technology / Devices
EN 300 220	Short Range Devices (SRD) operating in the frequency range 25 MHz to 1 000 MHz	Short Range Devices (e.g. 434 MHz, 868 MHz)
EN 300 328	Wideband transmission systems; Data transmission equipment operating in the 2,4 GHz band	Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, WLAN, Zigbee, Kleer etc.
EN 300 330	Short Range Devices (SRD); Radio equipment in the frequency range 9 kHz to 25 MHz and inductive loop systems in the frequency range 9 kHz to 30 MHz	Short Range Devices (e.g. Immobilizer, NFC...)
EN 300 440	Short Range Devices (SRD); Radio equipment to be used in the 1 GHz to 40 GHz frequency range	Short Range Devices, WLAN 5 GHz (Band 4)
EN 301 091	Short Range Devices; Transport and Traffic Telematics (TTT); Radar equipment operating in the 76 GHz to 77 GHz range	76/77 GHz Radar Devices
EN 301 511	Global System for Mobile communications (GSM); Mobile Stations (MS) equipment	GSM Devices (e.g. Mobile Phones, Cellular)
EN 301 893	5 GHz RLAN	WLAN 5 GHz (Band 1-3)
EN 301 908-1	IMT cellular networks	3G / LTE Devices (e.g. Mobile Phones, Cellular)
EN 302 065	Short Range Devices (SRD) using Ultra Wide Band technology (UWB)	UWB Devices (UWB location tracking / UWB devices for ground based vehicular applications)
EN 302 208	Radio Frequency Identification Equipment operating in the band 865 MHz to 868 MHz with power levels up to 2 W and in the band 915 MHz to 921 MHz with power levels up to 4 W	RFID Devices
EN 302 264	Short Range Radar equipment operating in the 77 GHz to 81 GHz band	Short Range Devices / Road Transport and Traffic Telematics (RTTT) / Short Range Radar equipment
EN 302 372	Short Range Devices (SRD); Tank Level Probing Radar (TLPR) equipment operating in the frequency ranges 4,5 GHz to 7 GHz, 8,5 GHz to 10,6 GHz, 24,05 GHz to 27 GHz, 57 GHz to 64 GHz, 75 GHz to 85 GHz	Tank Level Probing Radar (TLPR)
EN 302 729	Short Range Devices (SRD); Level Probing Radar (LPR) equipment operating in the frequency ranges 6 GHz to 8,5 GHz, 24,05 GHz to 26,5 GHz, 57 GHz to 64 GHz, 75 GHz to 85 GHz	Level Probing Radar (LPR)
EN 302 852	Road Transport and Traffic Telematics (RTTT); Automotive radar equipment operating in the 24,05 GHz up to 24,25 GHz or 24,50 GHz frequency range	24 GHz Automotive Radar Equipment
EN 302 858	Short Range Devices; Transport and Traffic Telematics (TTT); Radar equipment operating in the 24,05 GHz to 24,25 GHz or 24,05 GHz to 24,50 GHz range	24 GHz Radar Devices
EN 303 345	Broadcast Sound Receivers	Broadcast Sound Receivers (AM/FM/DAB/DRM)
EN 303 406	Short Range Devices (SRD); Social Alarms Equipment operating in the frequency range 25 MHz to 1 000 MHz	Short Range Devices (SRD); Social Alarms Systems
EN 303 413	Satellite Earth Stations and Systems (SES); Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers; Radio equipment operating in the 1 164 MHz to 1 300 MHz and 1 559 MHz to 1 610 MHz frequency bands	GNSS Receivers (GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, SBAS)
EN 303 417	Wireless power transmission using technologies other than radio frequency beam in the 19-21 kHz, 59-61 kHz, 79-90 kHz, 100-300 kHz, 6765-6795 kHz ranges	Wireless Chargers
EN 305 550	Short Range Devices (SRD); Radio equipment to be used in the 40 GHz to 246 GHz frequency range	Ultra Wide Band (UWB)

Article 3.1(b) EMC; Adequate level of electromagnetic compatibility.

Standard	Description	Technology / Devices
EN 301 489-1	Part 1: Common technical requirements	-
EN 301 489-2	Part 2: Specific conditions for radio paging equipment	Paging Devices
EN 301 489-3	Part 3: Specific conditions for Short-Range Devices (SRD) operating on frequencies between 9 kHz and 246 GHz	Short Range Devices
EN 301 489-17	Part 17: Specific conditions for Broadband Data Transmission Systems	Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, WLAN, Zigbee, Kleer etc.
EN 301 489-19	Part 19: Specific conditions for Receive Only Mobile Earth Stations (ROMES) operating in the 1,5 GHz band providing data communications and GNSS receivers operating in the RNS	GNSS Receivers (GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, SBAS)
EN 301 489-33	Part 33: Specific conditions for Ultra-WideBand (UWB) devices	Ultra Wide Band (UWB)
EN 301 489-51	Part 51: Specific conditions for Automotive, Ground based Vehicles and Surveillance Radar Devices using 24,05 GHz to 24,25 GHz, 24,05 GHz to 24,5 GHz, 76 GHz to 77 GHz and 77 GHz to 81 GHz	Radar Devices
EN 301 489-52	Part 52: Specific conditions for Cellular Communication User Equipment (UE) radio and ancillary equipment	Cellular Devices (GSM/UMTS/LTE)
EN 55032	Electromagnetic compatibility of multimedia equipment – Emission requirements	Multimedia Equipment, Broadcast Receivers
EN 55035	Electromagnetic compatibility of multimedia equipment — Immunity Requirements	Multimedia Equipment, Broadcast Receivers

Article 3.1(a) Health and Safety; Health and safety of persons and of domestic animals / safety requirements.

Standard	Description	Technology / Devices
EN 62368-1	Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment Part 1: Safety requirements	All Radio Devices
EN 62311	Assessment of electronic and electrical equipment related to human exposure restrictions for electromagnetic fields (0 Hz to 300 GHz)	All Radio Devices with an output power above the low-power exclusion limit
EN 62479	Assessment of the compliance of low power electronic and electrical equipment with the basic restrictions related to human exposure to electromagnetic fields (10 MHz to 300 GHz)	Radio Devices with an output power below 20 mW (low-power exclusion)