If a welding cell placed on the EU market has a data connection, ask how it meets the Cyber Resilience Act, whose main obligations apply from 11 December 2027. Pendant-only rotators raise far fewer questions. List interfaces, remote access, and update policy in the freeze pack.
Write the destination motor efficiency class or exemption and the drive data into the RFQ. Rotator motors are small next to the welding power source — a compliance line, not a TCO driver. Efficiency class does not fix a wrong Hertz.
From 20 January 2027 Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 replaces Directive 2006/42/EC. Specify the risk assessment, the safety-function list, and a declaration matching the exact machine and its placing date. A CE file written for the old Directive is not automatically the 2027 file.
Name three signatories before the crate is built: a millwright for the machine, a welding engineer for the first real workpiece, and quality for the file. One signature cannot close FAT, SAT, and welder qualification. A video without named roles is not a file.
Treat a second-country move as a new freeze for electrical nameplate, destination documents, packing, and SAT language. A cell that closed SAT in Portugal does not become a Saudi or Brazilian machine because the serial is unchanged.
Write crate, wood treatment, humidity protection, and pre-SAT storage as RFQ lines. ISPM-15 and fumigation are destination and Incoterm questions, not a silent catalogue default. Port dwell is preservation, not a manufacturing defect.
Write language, nameplate marks, and spare-parts descriptions as RFQ lines. English and Chinese are published contact languages; other packs are not a silent catalogue default. A CE file, a Hertz nameplate, and a SAT punch list in the wrong language are three different failures.
Specify SAT as a separate hold-point from FAT. Origin proves the protocol; destination proves power, civil, crane, and the first real workpiece. Name SAT mode (vendor on site / remote / partner) before the crate sails. Remote SAT is not assumed included.
Specify one Incoterm and one named place on every vendor quote. Do not compare Chinese EXW with European DAP. DAP is not automatically DDP. This is a specification outlook, not legal advice and not a duty table.
Electrical frequency and voltage must be clearly defined in your RFQ according to the installation site, do not reuse nameplates from other regions. This guide covers 50Hz and 60Hz requirements for multi-market welding automation deliveries and dual-frequency specification considerations.
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