Machinery safety & CE certification
Placed on the market. Legally.
Forty-five years on shuttle systems, AGVs and automated intralogistics — most recently as Safety Director at Movu Robotics, until 2026. Now independent, with nothing to sell you afterwards: I read your safety concept the way an auditor will, and carry your position into the ISO and CEN standards process.
Practice record
Most recently
Safety Director, Movu Robotics (until 2026)
Focus
Shuttle · AGV · intralogistics
Principal
Herman Tesseur
Standards work
ISO & CEN process
Experience
45+ years
Based in
Mechelen, Belgium
The CE identification plate is the last thing fixed to the machine and the first thing an inspector reads. Everything in this practice is aimed at making it true.
What I do
Three ways I work with you.
Most machinery safety advice tells you where a standard is today. What decides your project is where it is going: EN ISO 3691‑4 is in revision and ISO 12895 is in ballot right now. That is the version your system will be judged against when it ships in eighteen months.
Stage 01
Safety concept review
Your risk assessment and safety functions read by someone who has seen these machines fail and has spent four decades on the clauses you are being measured against. Residual risk written down, not assumed away.
Stage 02
Standards representation
Your position carried into the national and international standards process for this machinery, and early warning before a change reaches your drawings.
Stage 03
Technical DOCUMENTATION support
Annex IV (MR) reviewed clause by clause, the declaration checked against what the machine actually does, and the plate verified before it is fixed.
Machinery in scope
Where the experience sits.
| Machine class | Primary standard | Status | Active Member |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGV and AMR, floor guided | EN ISO 3691‑4:2023 | Under revision | 2017- 2026 |
| Industrial Mobile Robot | EN ISO 26058-1 | Under development | Since 2026 |
| AS/RS | EN 528:2021+A1:2022 | Published | No |
| Shuttle, rack guided | EN xxx | Under development | Since 2022 |
| Pallet conveyor and sortation | EN 619:2022 | Under revision | Since 2022 |
| Identification of whole body access | EN ISO 12895 | Under development | Since 2026 |
The record
Four decades on the same problem.
Anyone can quote you the current version of a standard. What is worth paying for is knowing which sentence is about to change, and how long you have before it does.
Years in machinery safety
45+
Working languages
NL · FR · EN
Standards focus
ISO · CEN
Based in
Mechelen
A machine without a technical documentation is not on the market. It is exposed.
Send the layout drawing and I will tell you what the machine is, which standards apply, and where the risk actually sits.