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

Autor: Kjell Hansson Mild
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Applied Sciences, Vol 14, Iss 16, p 7064 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-3417
DOI: 10.3390/app14167064
Popis: 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.
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