2019/1784: Welding equipment

Last updated: 30 January 2020

The European Commission has broken out the section on Welding Equipment from Machine Tools. Ecodesign requirements were published in October 2019. 

The ecodesign requirements include:

• On January 1, 2021, requirements will be introduced for product information as well as availability of spare parts, maintenance and repair information. Furthermore, a list of critical raw materials in the welding equipment shall be displayed. The EU has produced a list of 27 materials that were considered to be extra critical such as cobalt, molybdenum, niobium and tungsten.
• On January 1, 2023, energy efficiency requirements are introduced for welding equipment and idle consumption.

 A new review of the regulation will take place five years after adoption of the regulation.