Placing on the market of agricultural machinery and equipment

The laboratory provides comprehensive support for testing, evaluation and placing of agricultural, horticultural, forestry, food and other machinery and equipment on the EU market, including CE marking.

Placing on the market of agricultural machinery and equipment - our offer:

consulting and advising at the design stage on the safety requirements for the products being developed,
development of guidelines in terms of product compliance with the requirements of new approach directives and standards and related documents in relation to safety in use,
performing measurements on a 3D model (for safety requirements and approvals),
verification of products and documentation prior to implementation or certification,
preparation of documentation for assessing the conformity of products to the requirements of EU directives, including analysis of risks for the user, for the purpose of issuing the EC declaration of conformity
preparation of operating instructions for machinery/equipment,
laboratory tests on machinery and equipment,
conducting research into the safety and ergonomics of use in terms of the requirements of directives, standards and legislation, including accredited research prior to placing on the market and use of agricultural machinery and equipment,
development of technical expertise for agricultural, horticultural, forestry, food and other machinery/equipment,
product verification for compliance with the requirements of the indicated directives/regulations/standards (e.g. EN ISO 12100, Ordinance on technical conditions and the scope of the necessary equipment),
assessment of machine/device labelling,
assessment of operating instructions for machinery/equipment,
training in the application of European Union directives, safety regulations and standards, preparation of operating instructions according to harmonised standards, elimination and reduction of mechanical risks at the design stage, among others,
cooperation in the implementation of projects (national and international),
classification of agricultural and forestry machinery, tools and equipment and maintenance of the commodity-material code database (KTM),
and others, depending on the customer’s current requirements and needs.

We carry out testing of facilities such as:

Agricultural machinery and equipment

aerators
cultivators and seed drills
active and passive harrows
briquetting presses
sprinklers
feed extruders
soil tillage machines
beet harvesters
combine harvesters
forage harvesters
potato harvesters
diggers
rear-mounted backhoe loaders
cultivators
front loaders
fruit and vegetable packaging machinery
stone harvesting machinery
heating mats for animal husbandry and breeding
slurry mixers
feed mixers
vegetable washers and scrubbers
weighing and weighing machines
skimmers
sifters
sprayers and machinery for applying liquid mineral fertilisers
front loader attachments
bale wrappers
weeders
ploughs and subsoilers
silage balers
agricultural presses
belt, screw, bucket and other conveyors – fixed and mobile
compost turners
rotary tedders and rakes
self-propelled forage trailers
rape and maize harvesting attachments
motorised shredders
shredders for straw
grain shredders
forage spreaders
manure spreaders
solid fertiliser spreaders and sowing machines
planters
seed separators
forage harvesters
seeders
silos
self-propelled machinery operator workstations
selection tables
dryers
tillage rollers
field and meadow trawls
slurry tankers
fodder mixing wagons
silo stationary selectors
box tippers
mortar mixers
tanks for storing liquid fuels and operating fluids
grain crushers
and others

Horticultural and fruit-growing machinery and equipment

electric scissors
rotary, flail and drum tractor mowers
orchard mowers
lawn mowers
sprayers and liquid mineral fertiliser application machines
mobile lifting equipment such as greenhouse trolleys
branch balers
flail shredders
motorised shredders
self-propelled machinery operator workstations
garden trimmers
and others

Forestry machinery and equipment

forwards
harvesters
trimming and grubbing machines
forestry ploughs
ploughs
stanchion trailers with cranes
flail shredders
branch shredders
motorised shredders
self-propelled machinery operator workstations
and others

Machinery for the food industry

moulders
horizontal mixers
slicers
moulding machines
vegetable slicers
food dispensers
and others

Municipal machinery and equipment

tractor mowers
boom mowers
sanders
snowploughs
sifters
shredders
sweepers
and others

Other machinery, equipment and fittings

food processing machinery and equipment
pumps and pump units for liquids
electrically powered pumps for domestic and similar use
and others

Benefits of collaboration:

many years of experience in the field of research

modern, often unique measuring and research equipment

friendly principles of cooperation with customers, including technical assistance to obtain conformity of machines with EU directives and CE marking of machines

high quality of the research reports