EMF COMP
Industrial
Welding, induction heating, magnetisers, large motors: industrial sites contain some of the strongest electromagnetic fields found in any workplace.
You can’t see these fields, but the law expects you to know how strong they are. We measure them, explain what the numbers mean and tell you plainly whether you comply with the CEMFAW Regulations 2016. Welding bays, furnaces, switchrooms, substations, motors, pumps: we have surveyed them all. You deal directly with the specialist doing the work, and you get a report your safety committee can read. Chartered, independent, award-winning. Get in touch for a free consultation.
EMF Regulations for Industry
The law is the Control of Electromagnetic Fields at Work Regulations 2016, or CEMFAW. It applies to every employer. The duty is simple: find your EMF sources, work out how much exposure people get, compare it with the legal limits, and act if it is too high. With five or more employees, you must write it down. Staff with pacemakers, defibrillators or other implants need extra protection: fields too weak to affect anyone else can still interfere with an implanted device. Our Managing Director, Dr Richard Findlay, is past Chair of the Society for Radiological Protection’s EMF Safety Committee. He co-wrote the European Commission’s practical guide to the EMF Directive, the law behind the UK Regulations.
High Field Sources in The Industrial Sector
Strong electromagnetic fields in industry commonly come from:
- Electric welding and melting
- Power distribution (substations, switchrooms, cables carrying significant currents)
- Induction heating
- Magnetisers and demagnetisers
- Permanent magnets and electromagnets
- Radiofrequency field (RF) heating
- Non-destructive Testing (NDT)
- Magnetic Particle Inspection (MPI)
- Electrical charging equipment
- Antennas
- RF plasma (CVD, sputtering)
- Industrial heating or drying
- Large motors and pumps
Independent Advice
We sell no equipment and no shielding. So the recommendation you get is the one the measurements support. Often the answer is simple. Fields fall away quickly with distance, so a moved workstation or a marked-off area usually solves the problem. We explain what CEMFAW requires of your site in plain English. No jargon, and no controls you don’t need.
Affiliated Organisation
EMFcomp is SafeContractor accredited and an Affiliate of the Society for Radiological Protection. We have completed more than 500 EMF assessments. Beyond site surveys, we model exposure by computer and assess interference between equipment (EMI and EMC). Tell us what worries you. We will tell you whether it should.
“A very comprehensive report was delivered promptly, giving detailed explanations, advice and recommendations which allowed us to fulfil our legal duties to assess and control the risks from EMF. We were very happy with the professional service provided and would be happy to use EMFcomp again.”
Andrew Cowling, Radiation Protection Manager – University of Leeds
