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Safety & compliance
SEMI S2 evaluations and CE marking, run by engineers who sit down with your designers and work out how to fix what a standard flags. We assess what you have, agree the changes together, and compile the file that has to survive an audit years later.
Portfolio
50+ tools certified, from design review to final approval
Our experience includes certifying 50+ pieces of semiconductor equipment, from early design review to final approval, including:
Hazards covered
That work covered the full range of hazards this equipment presents:
- —Motion hazards from robots and other moving elements
- —Electrical hazards, including protection against electric shock and safe design of the power distribution
- —Mechanical hazards, such as pinch, crush, and impact points
- —Radiation hazards from equipment components
- —Noise exposure for operators and maintenance staff
Safety circuits
Safety circuits are at the heart of semiconductor equipment safety, and they are central to our work. We have extensive experience assessing interlock systems and EMO/ESTOP loops. That includes verifying that they reliably bring the equipment to a safe state and that their design meets the required safety integrity.
Testing
We also bring extensive hands-on experience with electrical and ergonomics tests. We use it to help clients set up their test campaigns: defining the scope, the methods, and clear pass criteria, so the results hold up in certification.
Typical deliverables include risk assessments, design recommendations, test plans with defined acceptance criteria, and certification documentation.
What this covers
SEMI S2 evaluation
Readiness assessment against SEMI S2, with S8 and S14 where they apply. We prepare the evidence, sit in the evaluation, and close the findings that come out of it.
CE marking
The full route to a Declaration of Conformity: applicable legislation identified, conformity assessment chosen, technical file compiled, instructions written.
Risk assessment
ISO 12100 risk assessment started early enough to shape the design, maintained as the machine changes, and traceable to each measure taken.
Functional safety
Safety functions specified with a performance level to ISO 13849-1, designed into the circuit rather than retrofitted, then validated on the machine.
Test coordination
EMC and electrical safety testing planned and booked with accredited laboratories, attended on your behalf, with findings turned into design changes.
Gap analysis
A fixed-scope review of an existing tool or design against the legislation that will apply on its ship date, returned as a prioritised findings list with effort estimates.
Regulatory deadlines · EU market
2026-10-06
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In force
Cyber Resilience Act — reporting obligations
Actively exploited vulnerabilities reported within 24 hours. Applies to equipment already in the field, not only new builds.
11 Sep 2026
Reg. (EU) 2024/2847
106
days left
Machinery Regulation replaces the Directive
No transitional period. From this date only Regulation 2023/1230 applies to machinery placed on the EU market.
20 Jan 2027
Reg. (EU) 2023/1230
431
days left
Cyber Resilience Act — full application
Essential cybersecurity requirements, conformity assessment and CE marking for products with digital elements.
11 Dec 2027
Reg. (EU) 2024/2847
Standards and legislation we work to
Not sure which standards apply to your tool?
Tell us what the machine does and where it is going. We will tell you what applies and what it takes to get there.