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Product Focus

The Mounted Breaker Manufacturers Bureau (MBMB) conducts activities on behalf of manufacturers of mounted hydraulic breakers.

Mission

MBMB's major focus has been the development, through a technical subcommittee, of a AEM Tool Energy Rating for hydraulic breakers.  It is exploring interfacing issues with excavator manufacturers and other issues, such as noise abatement, safety labeling and statistical programs.

Bureau Activities

MBMB has developed a hydraulic breaker safety manual.  The Bureau is also looking at the issue of worldwide harmonization of a hydraulic mounted breaker noise test document.

The MBMB certification program for its AEM Tool Energy Rating continues in high gear. As of April 1998, testing and certification procedures have been set, a testing agency is in place and manufacturers have been certified under the AEM breaker standard.

Once a manufacturer's breaker tools have been certified, MBMB members have agreed to actively promote this distinction in their marketing materials, including prominent display of the Tool Energy Rating decal. AEM is also promoting this Tool Energy Rating at industry trade shows.

To go to a list of MBMB members, with links to their respective corporate web sites, click here.

Statistics

In addition, MBMB operates a market statistical program for 6 size classifications by U.S and Canada.

EU Directives

Physical Agents Directive - Vibration

• Directive 2002/44/EC (25 June 2002)
• PowerPoint: Manufacturer Response to the EU Physical Agents Directive Limiting Worker Exposure to Vibration, Dipl.-Ing. Univ. Reinhold Hartdegen (May 2006)

Physical Agents Directive - Noise

• Directive 2003/10/EC (6 February 2003)

Noise Directive for Outdoor Equipment

• Directive 2000/14/EC (8 May 2000)
• Guidelines for Application of Noise Directive (December 2001)

AEM Staff Contact
Richard Dressler, P.E.
414-298-4132