Technical file
What's there, what's missing and what's only partly covered.
Verkio's technical file checklist, assessed item by item against the machine's own documents, under the rules that apply to the machine.
What's included
Under the right rules
The Machinery Regulation or the Machinery Directive, whichever applies to that machine.
Assessed against your documents
Present, partial, missing or not applicable, with the documents each assessment rests on.
Drafts until reviewed
The assistant's assessments are suggestions until a person has approved them.
A notice when the checklist changes
When the checklist gets a new version, you see which items are new or changed.
Gaps become actions
What's missing becomes an action with an owner and a date.
EU declaration and instructions
Drafts in Word from the machine's details.
How it works
From checklist to a complete technical file
01
The right checklist
Verkio picks the items for the rules that apply to the machine.
02
Assessed against your documents
The assistant assesses each item against the documents you've uploaded.
03
From gap to action
What's missing becomes actions, and the checklist goes into the review package.
In detail
What you need to know
What the technical file is
The technical file is the manufacturer's record of how the machine meets the essential health and safety requirements. It must be possible to compile it and hand it to an authority that asks, and under the Regulation it is kept for at least ten years.
The customer doesn't get it: they get the instructions for use and the EU declaration.
The checklist in Verkio
The items follow Annex IV A to the Machinery Regulation, and Annex VII A to the Machinery Directive for machines under it. For each item the assistant assesses whether it's present, partial, missing or not applicable, and which documents the assessment rests on.
When the checklist gets a new version, you see which items are new or changed.
Common questionsWhat people usually ask.
Does the technical file have to be a single binder?
No, but it must be possible to compile it and hand it to an authority that asks for it.
Which annex does the checklist follow?
Annex IV A to the Machinery Regulation, and Annex VII A to the Machinery Directive for machines under it.
Is safety-related software included?
Yes. Under the Regulation the technical file also covers safety-related software, and the checklist has an item of its own for it.
How long must it be kept?
At least ten years after the machine is placed on the market or put into service, under Article 10(3) of the Regulation.
