BIS Registration Guide for Air Purifying Devices in India

The use of Air purifying devices is continuously increasing in India, especially in metro cities like Delhi. Its use in homes, offices, restaurants, schools and other public places for better health of the people. These products come with diverse features and deal with rays, electrical and mechanical components. Any product malfunction can cause serious accidents with the consumers. The Bureau of Indian standard ensures that the product is following the Indian safety standards and fit for the Indian market and then issues the BIS certificate to the product. ASC Group provides clarity to the businesses for the certification process. In this blog let’s understand the essential requirements and process of BIS Certification.

Applicable Scheme - Product Certification Scheme (Scheme 1)

Applicable Mark - ISI Standard Mark (ISI Logo)

Mandatory Tests:

• Earth continuity test
• Electric strength test
• Functional test
• Protection Against Electric Shock
• Provision for earthing
• Leakage current and electric strength at operating temperature
• Leakage current and Electric strength

Optional Tests:

• Transient Overvoltages
• Overload protection of transformers and associated circuits
• Terminals for external conductors
• Resistance to rusting
• Moisture Resistance

Components of Air Purifying Devices

These devices include products to purify the Indoor Air Quality of a room or large hall depending on the location. The components used in Air purifying devices are:

• Mechanical filters (such as HEPA filters),
• Activated carbon filters,
• Electrostatic precipitators,
• Ultraviolet (UV) lamps,
• Fans to remove contaminants such as dust, pollen, smoke, and microbes.

These products are in direct usage of the common people and any technical error can cause accidents.

Applicable Indian Standards

IS 302 (Part 1): 2024

This Indian standard is titled as the Safety of Household and Similar Electrical Appliances – General Requirements, 2024 in the BIS rules. This foundational Indian Standard sets the basic safety requirements for all household and similar electrical appliances, including air purifiers. It addresses:

• Electric shock protection
• Insulation and earthing requirements
• Resist from over heating problems
• Protect from moisture ingress
• Mechanical strength of the product

IS 15101: 2001 (Reaffirmed)

This IS is titled as the Room Air Cleaners - Performance Standard, 2001 in the BIS rules. It deals with the room air cleaner devices and ensures:

• Minimum efficiency of particulate removal
• Air flow and clean air delivery rate (CADR)
• Noise level specifications
• Testing methods and conditions

Applicable International Standards

IEC 60335-1: 2020

Household and Similar Electrical Appliances - Safety - General Requirements, 2020. This standard is aligned with the IS 302 (Part 1).

IEC 62841 Series (if applicable)

Electric Motor-Driven Appliances - Safety and Performance, Latest Editions. It deals with motor run machines like fans, check with the requirement.

India Imported Air Purifying Devices From

Businesses in Indian import these products from many different nations depends on various factors and some major importers of Air Purifying Devices in India are:

• China - Major supplier of economical and mid-range air purifiers in the global market.
• United States - provides technologically advanced products at a competitive price range.
• Japan - electrically high efficient and compact purifiers at competitive costs.
• Germany - known for its precision based engineered products at competitive prices.
• South Korea - provides innovative and technically advanced purifies at global price ranges.

Businesses importing these products must ensure that their product is following the Indian and international standards. They should take a BIS certificate for their product in advance to avoid delays and penalties at the Indian checkpoints.

Complete BIS Certification Process

1. Identify IS - Classified the appropriate Indian standard for the product that we discussed above in this blog.
2. Lab Testing -  Product will be tested at the BIS approved Laboratory.
3. Documentations - prepare the accurate and all required documents that include product design, circuit design, lab reports and other personal information.
4. Submit Application - The completed application will be submitted to the official portal of the BIS.
5. BIS Evaluation - The BIS officials will evaluate the application and verify the documents. In many cases they will inspect the manufacturing unit of the product.
6. Issuance of BIS Certificate - When authority verifies and approves the application then they will grant the BIS license to the product.

Businesses must ensure that their product design is the same that they mentioned in the documents because any discrepancy can lead to reassessment of the product. ASC Group can help the businesses to accurately fill the application.

How ASC Group Helps Businesses?

ASC Group has more than three decades of experience for helping businesses to grow in both national and international markets. Our BIS consultants have years of experience to assist businesses with confidence. We provide complete support to the businesses from identification of the accurate Indian standards, filling applications to the grant of the BIS certificate to the product. Our consultants deal with the officials on behalf of the businesses to complete work within the time frame. Businesses can focus on their growth while their statutory compliance can be handled by ASC Group.

Conclusion

The demand of the Air purifying devices is continuously increasing in the Indian market and businesses including both manufacturers and importers must responsibly align their product with the accurate Indian and international standards to legally enter the Indian market. The BIS certification is an essential requirement for the product to enter the Indian market legally. ASC Group can make this process easy for businesses.