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UL listing, UL licensing, UL classification, what is the difference between them?

SRF 2024-10-14 10:31

1. UL Listing Mark
it is mainly used in general terminal products that consumers can purchase directly from the market, such as home appliances, computers, heaters, fuses, power boards, smoke detectors, fire extinguishers and other products.
Anything UL Listing Mark A representative sample of the product complies with the relevant UL safety standards. This series of signs includes the United States, Canada and the United States and Canada three kinds of signs.

2. UL Grading Mark
when a product has a specific hazard, a specific attribute, a limited or special use condition, or even a product regulated by statute, it is required to be used. UL Grading Mark.
The classification mark refers to one or more of the following requirements: specific risks, such as casualties, fire, etc.; performance under specific conditions; specific specification requirements; specific standards, etc.
Common products such as fire doors, fire hydrants, medical equipment, ice machines, etc. This series of signs includes the United States, Canada and the United States and Canada three kinds of signs.


3. UL Approved Parts Mark
it mainly uses parts and components used in finished product assembly plants or other component factories, such as plastics, capacitors, printed circuit boards, complex high-tech components and industrial control components.
UL Parts Certification by providing an objective way to demonstrate that parts comply with applicable regulatory requirements, parts suppliers can create added value and reduce time-to-market for products using UL approved parts.

4. UL Upgrade Certification Mark
upgraded version UL certification the mark integrates a variety of UL certifications from different regions into a unified mark, realizing a certification mark "carrying" a variety of certification information from different regions.
Each mark has a unique identification code, providing more detailed certification information for a specific product. UL upgraded certification mark can integrate more new certification categories, providing traceability and intelligent marking function.


5. UL Verification Mark
UL Verification Mark it is to provide objective, science-based third-party testing and verification for the marketing publicity marked by manufacturers for their products, such as product performance, quality, function and other claims.


6. UL GREENGUARD Certification Mark
UL GREENGUARD it is aimed at the low release certification of chemical substances in indoor products to ensure that the release of chemical substances in products meets the minimum limit requirements.


UL GREENGUARD is suitable for more than 480 product types in 26 industries, including building materials, decoration, furniture, cleaning supplies and electronic equipment.


7. UL ECOLOGO recognition certificate mark
ECOLOGO certification is based on UL product life cycle multi-attribute certification standards, third-party audit and certification of products, the final certification of the green performance of the product.
The certification evaluates more than 350 codes and standards, including green building, environmental codes, responsible procurement, green certification and more.


8. the difference between UL listing and UL approval
in general, when it comes to "UL certification", most of them refer to "UL listing".
Except other than UL Listed products can also be applied. "UL recognized parts" certification. Depending on the type of certification required, the instrument will have a separate marking.
Products with "UL listing" are final products (finished products) or components installed on site. These products have been tested for installation and comply with local installation regulations, such as ANSI/NFPA 70 (National Electrical Code)(NEC).
Products with the "UL approved components" logo cannot be installed directly on site or installed independently. Of course, these products are intended as components of a system that must be UL listed ". The installation of such parts shall only be done at the factory, not on site.
In the process of obtaining the "UL approved component" certification, the product (in the sense of "UL certification", it is a component) has passed the test and evaluation specific to the corresponding system, thus simplifying the "UL listing" of the entire system.

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