Prima Ricerca & Sviluppo S.r.l.
About
Prima Ricerca & Sviluppo, which also trades as PRS Lab, is an independent Italian testing and certification house at Faloppio in the province of Como, close to the Swiss border, and operates as a conformity assessment body supporting manufacturers through both European CE marking and international market approvals. The EMC laboratory is built around a semi-anechoic chamber used at the 3 metre measurement distance, instrumented with a Rohde & Schwarz ESU40 EMI receiver and a Spitzenberger EMC 15000/PAS programmable power network simulator, which is what allows harmonics, flicker, voltage dip and interruption testing to be run on three-phase equipment alongside the emission and immunity suite. Published test reports show accredited work against the full European set - radiated and conducted emissions, harmonic current and flicker, voltage dips, and the IEC 61000-4 immunity family - and a notable specialisation in home and building electronic systems, where the laboratory tests to the EN 50491-5-1 and EN 50491-5-2 HBES/BACS standards that cover KNX and similar building automation networks. That niche sits alongside conventional work on consumer electronics, appliances, IT equipment and industrial products, and the company also provides regulatory consultancy, technical file preparation and coordination of overseas approvals. Note that the laboratory's own website blocks automated retrieval, so the capability detail here is drawn from its published test documentation rather than from its service pages, and its specific accreditation and foreign designation numbers could not be independently confirmed. Specialisations are home and building automation systems, consumer and IT products, and international market access.
Accreditations
| Accreditation |
|---|
| ISO/IEC 17025 |
| EMC Directive 2014/30/EU |
Testing Services
| Test Type | Applicable Standards |
|---|---|
| Radiated Emissions | CISPR 32, EN 55032, EN 55022, CISPR 11, EN 55011, CISPR 14-1, EN 55014-1, EN 50491-5-2, EN 61000-6-3, EN 61000-6-4 |
| Conducted Emissions | CISPR 32, EN 55032, EN 55022, CISPR 11, EN 55011, CISPR 14-1, EN 55014-1, EN 50491-5-2, EN 61000-6-3, EN 61000-6-4 |
| Radiated Immunity | IEC 61000-4-3, EN 61000-4-3, EN 55035, EN 50491-5-2, EN 61000-6-1, EN 61000-6-2 |
| Conducted Immunity | IEC 61000-4-6, EN 61000-4-6, EN 55035, EN 50491-5-2, EN 61000-6-1, EN 61000-6-2 |
| ESD | IEC 61000-4-2, EN 61000-4-2 |
| EFT/Burst | IEC 61000-4-4, EN 61000-4-4 |
| Surge Immunity | IEC 61000-4-5, EN 61000-4-5 |
| Harmonics & Flicker | IEC 61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-2, IEC 61000-3-3, EN 61000-3-3 |
| Voltage Dips/Interrupts | IEC 61000-4-11, EN 61000-4-11 |
| Power Frequency Magnetic Field | IEC 61000-4-8, EN 61000-4-8 |
| Pre-Compliance Testing | CISPR 32, EN 50491-5-1, IEC 61000-4-3, EN 61000-6-1 |
| Radio Equipment Testing | ETSI EN 301 489-1, ETSI EN 301 489-3, ETSI EN 301 489-17, ETSI EN 300 220, ETSI EN 300 328 |
| Product Safety | EN 62368-1, EN 60335-1, EN 61010-1, EN 50491-3 |
Certifications / Marks
| Certification |
|---|
| CE |
| UKCA |
Industries Served
| Industry |
|---|
| Consumer Electronics |
| Household Appliances |
| Information Technology |
| Industrial Equipment |
| Radio & Wireless |
| Energy & Power |
Major Equipment
| Equipment |
|---|
| Semi-anechoic chamber at 3 m measurement distance |
| Rohde & Schwarz ESU40 EMI receiver |
| Spitzenberger EMC 15000/PAS programmable power network simulator |
| RF signal generators |
| LISN |
| CDN |
| ESD simulator |
| EFT/burst generator |
| Surge generator |
| Harmonics and flicker analyser |
| RF immunity amplifiers and antennas |
