North America WERCSmart
North America WERCSmart,
North America WERCSmart,
▍What is CTIA CERTIFICATION?
CTIA, the abbreviation of Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association, is a non-profit civic organization established in 1984 for the purpose of guaranteeing benefit of operators, manufacturers and users. CTIA consists of all U.S. operators and manufacturers from mobile radio services, as well as from wireless data services and products. Supported by FCC (Federal Communications Commission) and Congress, CTIA performs a large part of duties and functions that were used to be conducted by the government. In 1991, CTIA created an unbiased, independent and centralized product evaluation and certification system for wireless industry. Under the system, all wireless products in consumer grade shall take compliance tests and those complying with the relevant standards will be granted to utilize CTIA marking and hit store shelves of North American communication market.
CATL (CTIA Authorized Testing Laboratory) represents labs accredited by CTIA for testing and review. Testing reports issued from CATL would be all approved by CTIA. While other testing reports and results from non-CATL will not be recognized or have no access to CTIA. CATL accredited by CTIA varies in industries and certifications. Only CATL which is qualified for battery compliance test and inspection has access to battery certification for compliance to IEEE1725.
▍CTIA Battery Testing Standards
a) Certification Requirement for Battery system Compliance to IEEE1725— Applicable to Battery Systems with single cell or multiple cells connected in parallel;
b) Certification Requirement for Battery system Compliance to IEEE1625— Applicable to Battery Systems with multiple cells connected in parallel or in both parallel and series;
Warm tips: Select above certification standards properly for batteries used in mobile phones and computers. Do not misuse IEE1725 for batteries in mobile phones or IEEE1625 for batteries in computers.
▍Why MCM？
● Hard Technology: Since 2014, MCM has been attending battery pack conference held by CTIA in US annually, and is able to obtain latest update and understand new policy trends about CTIA in a more prompt, accurate and active way.
●Qualification: MCM is CATL accredited by CTIA and is qualified to perform all processes related to certification including testing, factory audit and report uploading.
WERCSmart is a product registration database company developed by The Wercs in The United States, providing product supervision for supermarkets in The United States and Canada, and facilitating the procurement of products. Retailers and other participants in the WERCSmart program are facing increasingly complex federal, state, and local regulatory compliance challenges in selling, shipping, storing, or disposing of products. The security data sheets (SDSs) provided with the product usually does not contain enough information to comply with these regulations. The product data shall be standardalized through WERCSmart to comply with those regulations.MCM has a group of excellent personnel who have been studying the regulatory requirements of SDS for a long time, and have a deep understanding of the changes of regulations, so as to provide SDS compilation services for customers for nearly ten years.MCM has special staff to communicate with WERCSmart audit staff to ensure the smooth completion of registration and audit.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires that products used in the workplace be tested and certified by nationally recognized laboratories before they can be marketed. Testing standards used include the American National Standards Institute (ANSI); American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM); American Underwriters Laboratory (UL); Research organization standard for mutual recognition of factories.
