What is PED?
The Pressure Equipment Directive (2014/68/EU, formerly 97/23/EC) is an EU directive that sets safety requirements for the design, manufacture, and conformity assessment of pressure equipment and assemblies. It applies to equipment with a maximum allowable pressure greater than 0.5 bar.
What it means for product data
Products covered by PED must carry CE marking and declare their PED category (I through IV, based on risk level). This information belongs in your product catalog as structured attributes: PED category, maximum allowable pressure, conformity assessment module, and notified body number. Distributors and end users need this data for procurement and compliance documentation.
Common catalog issues
PED category often appears as free text ("Cat II" vs "Category 2" vs "PED II") rather than a standardized value. Maximum pressure may be in different units (bar vs PSI vs kPa). These inconsistencies cause problems in procurement systems that expect normalized data.
How FacetFlux helps
FacetFlux normalizes PED attributes during AI enrichment — standardizing category designations, converting pressure units, and ensuring compliance data is complete and consistently formatted across your catalog.
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