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9-1. Standards and Limitations(1) ISO 6789 ──────── 132(2) ISO / IEC 17025 ───── 132(3) ISO9001

──────── 132(4) ISO14001 ──────── 132(5) Overseas Wireless Standards ─ 133(6) CE Marking ─────── 133(7) WEEE & RoHS Directive ─ 134(8) REACH ───────── 134(9) IEC61340-5-1 ────── 134(10) The new Battery Directive ─ 135(11) Chinese Version RoHS Directive ─ 135(12) GOST-R ───────── 135(13) CCC ─────────── 135

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9Approach of Tohnichi to Global Standards
With higher awareness of quality control, a variety of regulations have been enacted in diﬀerent
countries from a viewpoint of environment protection.
Tohnichi has been making daily eﬀorts to manufacture the products compliant with those regulations.

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Standards and Limitations（1）ISO 6789
（Assembly tools for screws and nuts Hand torque tools - Requirements andtest methods for design conformance
testing, quality conformance testing
and recalibration procedure）（3）ISO9001（Quality Management System）
ISO 9001 is a global quality management
standard. Use it to establish and to update
your organization's quality management
system (QMS). It applies to all types of

These standards stipulate the variousorganizations. It doesn't matter what size

measurement permissible diﬀerence ratios,they are or what they do. It can help bothmeasurement points, and measurement

product and service organizations achieve

methods relating to the required items,

standards of quality that are recognized andtesting methods, and displays of manualrespected throughout the world.

torque tools used for tightening control ofscrew tightening units.

The following manufacturing and sales siteacquire ISO 9001 certiﬁcation.

（2）ISO / IEC 17025（General requirements for thecompetence of testing andcalibration laboratories）
Regarding the testing and calibration
carried out by testing sites and calibration

ISO9001 : 2008 Kofu factory
ISO9001 : 2008 Tohnichi Shanghai factory
ISO9001 : 2008 Tohnichi Europe NV（4）ISO 14001（Environmental ManagementSystem）

laboratories, this stipulates the general
requirements relating to the competence ofISO 14001 is an environmental managementcompanies wishing to receive certification.

standard. It specifies a set of environmental

The standards include testing and calibration

management requirements for environmental

implemented using the methods stipulated

management systems. The purpose of thisin the standards, together with methods thatstandard is to help all types of organizations tohave been developed by testing sites andprotect the environment, to prevent pollution,calibration laboratories.

and to improve their environmental performance.
The following manufacturing acquires ISO
14001 certiﬁcation
ISO14001 : 2004 Kofu factory

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Chapter（5）Overseas Wireless Standards
CountryAuthority
JapanTELEC
United States FCCThailand
NTCCanada
ICEUCERussia
FSB
China
SRRC
Malaysia
SIRIM
South Korea KCC
TaiwanNCC
Indonesia
SDPPIIndia
WPCSouth Africa ICASAAcquisition condition
FH256MC, FHSLS, FMA, FHD, FHDS, CEM3-G-BT, ST-BT
FH256MC, FHSLS, FMA, FHD, FHDS, CEM3-G-BT, ST-BT
FH256MC, FHSLS, FHD, FHDS, CEM3-G-BT, ST-BT
FH256MC, FHSLS, FMA, FHD, FHDS
FH256MC, FHSLS, FHD, CEM3-G-BT
FH256MC, FHD, FHDS, CEM3-G-BT
FH256MC, FHSLS, FHD, CEM3-G-BT
FH256MC, FHSLS, FHD, FHDS
FH256MC, FHSLS, FHDS
FH256MC, FHD, FHDS
FH256MC, FHSLS,FH256MC
FH256MC

Certification (reference)

Japan（TELEC）

United States（FCC）

FHSLS（P.260）FHD（P.282）

CEM3-G-BT（P.280）

As of November 2013

Canada（IC）

China（SRRC）

South Korea（KCC）

Indonesia（SDPPI）（6）CE Marking
CE Marking is a mark which indicates thatand electronic devices have CE Marking

the speciﬁed product conforms to the safety

affixed and certification attached, and thestandards, and only products that show

conformity is assured. Note that mechanical

CE Marking can be assured of unrestricted

torque wrenches are not applicable to these

distribution inside the EU zone. In thestandards, and do not have CE Marking

case where products are to be exported

certiﬁcation.

to the EU region, it will be necessary tocertify that the product conforms to therequired standards, and CE Marking must beaffixed. Among Tohnichi products, electricTechnical Data

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Standards and Limitations（7）WEEE & RoHS Directive
The purpose (idea) of the Waste Electrical andElectronic Equipment (WEEE).

（8）REACH（Registration, Evaluation.
Authorization and Restriction ofChemicals)

Directive adopted among the EU member
countries is to avoid generating waste

REACH will require all companies manufacturing orelectrical and electronic equipment. Rather

importing chemical substances into the European

than regulating production, the directive

Union in quantities of one tone or more per year

recommends reuse and recycling in order toto register these substances. we do not use

reduce landfill disposal. The creation of thiscomponents that contain hazardous chemicals torecycling system has been implemented

our torque wrenches and torque screwdrivers.

by all of the countries in Europe. The RoHS
Directive is a directive that has the purposeof preventing products including the harmful
substances specified in the regulations
accompanying the WEEE Directive from（9）IEC61340-5-1（Protection of Electronic Devices
from Electrostatic Phenomena ‒General Requirements）

entering the market. Among Tohnichi products,
checking of electric and electronic devices

The general requirements for protection electro

is carried out to determine whether or not

Static Discharge (ESD).

substances covered by the RoHS Directive are

ESD causes the problems such as damage orincluded. Mechanical torque wrench and torquemalfunction of electronic equipment and it may

screwdriver products are not subject to thedegrade the performance of electric devices. Our

directive.

some products that ESD protection mark（）isdescribed fulﬁll this requirement.

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Chapter（10）The new Battery Directive（Directive 2006/66/EC）●Electric and speciﬁed electronic information
products imported to and sold in China.
●Electronic information products manufactured

The new Battery Directive is to regulate batteries andin China for export purposes are excluded.

9battery). Regulated is if you want to export to the EU inequipment with built-in batteries and accumulators that
contain cadmium and mercury. However, the equipment（12）GOST-R（The Government Standard ofRussia）

that is designed to be sent into space and equipment
related to national security are not eligible.

GOST-R (The Government Standard of Russia) isthe general name for all the Russian standards,Prohibition of Ingredientsand industrial products will require explosion-●Batteries shall not contain more than 0.0005% (5proofing, fire-resistance, hygiene certification, andparts per million or ppm) mercury by weight. Button

measurement instrument certification. GOST-R

cells may contain up to 2% mercury by weight.

certiﬁcation is required for all the speciﬁed products,
and it will be necessary to submit certificates in●Batteries shall not contain more than 0.002%

order to import and distribute these products in(20 ppm) cadmium by weight. Batteries

Russia. In advance of other companies, Tohnichi

intended for use in the following applications

has already acquired the GOST-R certification forare exempt from the cadmium requirement:

its main products.

・Emergency and alarm systems
・Emergency lighting
・Medical equipment（13）CCC（China Compulsory Certiﬁcation）

・Cordless power tools
China Compulsory Certiﬁcation (CCC) is a certiﬁcate（11）Chinese Version RoHS Directive

system on the safety of products sold in China and（Administrative Measures on theControl of Pollution caused byElectronic Information Products)

product which does not acquire the certification,

This law is a regulative bill on harmful substances

it was implemented on May 1, 2002. As for thethe commercial activities such as imports and sales
to China are prohibited.

that is applicable within China.
The range of application covers:●Electric and speciﬁed electronic information
products manufactured and sold in China.
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accumulators containing hazardous chemicals (secondary