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See how we perform our third party electrical evaluations, also known as field labels.
Our Core Services
3rd Party Field Labels for 1/2 a NRTL lab’s Cost. The city is shredding your shutdown order as we speak.
CE/UKCA Mark Evaluations just in time. Your machine was evaluated and shipped to France last week!
Why Choose Lewis Bass?
What Our Clients Say
Lakeshore Cryotronics, Inc.
We are global leaders in manufacturing cryogenic equipment, and leading innovators in measurement and control solutions. We contacted Lewis Bass and they are very quick in response providing us detailed quote. Their engineer visited our facility, gave us an insight on the certification process and generated a pre-inspection report with corrective actions. The field certification also went smoothly. Overall, we appreciate Lewis Bass’s excellent service and professional interface. We thank Andrew, the Lewis Bass engineer, for all his support and guidance.
Raghava Panguluri
Vulcan Construction Inc.
Lewis Bass provided excellent third party electrical evaluation services for unlisted equipment found in a recent project of mine. The team at LB followed up with a detailed scope of work to correct and expedite the inspection process and were very effective in communicating where my client was in the process in addition to fulfilling their planned date of completion. They are most definitely my go to partner if I need a third party review in the future.
Chris Wyand
Genus, Inc.
We want to thank Lewis Bass International Engineering Services for their help and expertise in getting our products approved by two new customers. Lewis Bass International provides the personal touch that make you stand out from the rest.
Hitachi Scientific Instruments
We would like to thank your engineers and staff for a job well done of the SEMI S2 evaluation completed in Naka City, Japan.
BOC Edwards
Safety engineers of Lewis Bass International and technical personnel of BOC Edwards have worked together to perform 19 S2 and CE evaluations in a timely manner, sometimes involving Lewis Bass International quite early in the project for mutual benefit. We have come to know and appreciate the competency of Lewis Bass’ safety engineers throughout these projects.
Samsung Austin Semiconductor
Lewis Bass International International Engineering Services was part of a team effort that saw 382 tools installed in 60 days…and the entire tool installation was accepted by the City of Austin.
Agilent Technologies
We have worked with many vendors in the past. The experience of working with Lewis Bass has been the best. We greatly appreciate the professionalism and positive attitude you demonstrated while working at our site.
Sullivan Construction Company
My company works with high end retail stores (millwork, lighting, etc) and meeting deadlines is imperative for new store openings. We found out last minute that one of our valued customers needed a Field Label and contacted Lewis Bass International Engineering Services. They exceeded our expectations. They met impossible deadlines, gave up their weekend and they worked directly with the City to make sure everything was done so our client could meet its handover date. We will continue to use LBIES for our future jobs.
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Lewis Bass International Engineering Services (LBIES) is under new management
On January 26th 2024 Lewis Bass International Engineering Services, Inc. (LBIES) transferred ownership to four key employees from the current owner, Trish Bass, in an a private all stock transaction. The buyers team (see bios below in the next section) are thrilled to begin a new chapter at LBIES and [...]
LBIES Receives 2022 Best of Milpitas Award for Engineering Safety Consulting
Lewis Bass International Engineering Services is proud to be selected by the Milpitas Award Program as the best of 2022 in the engineering safety consulting category. We have made great strides in the past 3 years toward expanding our services, our marketing presence online, and even a full corporate restructuring [...]
Ask Lewis Bass: A Question About SEMI S2 Addendum Reports
Welcome to another blog in our ongoing series, Ask Lewis Bass! This series features actual submitted questions from companies in the industries we provide engineering safety consulting services to. Topics covered include those associated with our work in 3rd party field labeling, SEMI S2/S8/EMC/F47 testing and design, CE Marking evaluations, [...]
Ask Lewis Bass: A Question About Field Labeling Reports
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Manufacturing Ownership Diversity Group Welcomes Lewis Bass
Lewis Bass International Engineering Services (LBIES), a member of SEMI since 2015, has been invited to join the official SEMI Manufacturing Ownership Diversity Group (SEMI MOD WG) that is hosted and managed in partnership with Intel and Applied Materials. This formal SEMI-recognized group, formed in 2018, has the stated goal [...]
Ask Lewis Bass: A Question About Evaluating CE Marked Equipment
Welcome to another blog in our ongoing series, Ask Lewis Bass! This series features actual submitted questions from companies in the industries we provide engineering safety consulting services to. Topics covered include those associated with our work in 3rd party field labeling, SEMI S2/S8/EMC/F47 testing and design, CE Marking evaluations, [...]
Introducing the Lewis Bass Unlisted Equipment Survey Flyer
Your plans for opening your facility after a big move to that new city were going so well... Then the electrical inspector showed up at the midnight hour and informed you that 50% of your equipment is not compliant and requires third party electrical certification before the building permit can [...]
Ask Lewis Bass: A Question About Thermographic Inspections
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How to use the new UKCA Mark and what it means for your business
On the 31st of January 2020, the United Kingdom executed Brexit and left the European Union and its associated CE Mark product compliance program behind. Enter the UKCA Mark, otherwise known as the UK Conformity Assessment. With the introduction of UKCA Marking, UK bodies can now no longer carry out [...]
Ask Lewis Bass: A Question About CE Marking
Welcome to another blog in our ongoing series, Ask Lewis Bass! This series features actual submitted questions from companies in the industries we provide engineering safety consulting services to. Topics covered include those associated with our work in 3rd party field labeling, SEMI S2/S8/EMC/F47 testing and design, CE Marking evaluations, [...]
When to consider adding seismic anchoring to your equipment
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Ask Lewis Bass: Another Question About Field Labeling
Welcome to another blog in our ongoing series, Ask Lewis Bass! This series features actual submitted questions from companies in the industries we provide engineering safety consulting services to. Topics covered include those associated with our work in 3rd party field labeling, SEMI S2/S8/EMC/F47 testing and design, CE Marking evaluations, [...]
What to expect when you are expecting a field label evaluation
You've just setup and installed your new custom machine in your facility The custom machine is powered on and ready for production. It's in its final install location. You've securely anchored it with seismic bracing because it is over 400lbs, and well, it's just a good thing to do in [...]
Ask Lewis Bass: A Question About Arc Flash Hazard Assessments
Welcome to another blog in our ongoing series, Ask Lewis Bass! This series features actual submitted questions from companies in the industries we provide engineering safety consulting services to. Topics covered include those associated with our work in 3rd party field labeling, SEMI S2/S8/EMC/F47 testing and design, CE Marking evaluations, [...]
Have you asked your VP of safety how much a recordable injury costs?
What does OSHA consider to be a recordable injury in the workplace? OSHA considers any of the following methods of injury to be recordable injuries: Any work-related fatality. Any work-related injury or illness that results in loss of consciousness, days away from work, restricted work, or transfer to another job. [...]
Ask Lewis Bass: A Question About Field Labeling
Welcome to another blog in our ongoing series, Ask Lewis Bass! This series features actual submitted questions from companies in the industries we provide engineering safety consulting services to. Topics covered include those associated with our work in 3rd party field labeling, SEMI S2/S8/EMC/F47 testing and design, CE Marking evaluations, [...]
What is an Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) and why should you care?
What is an AHJ? In North America, AHJs (Authority Having Jurisdictions) act as the enforcement arm of the NFPA 79/790/791 codes that govern our industry when it comes to electrical evaluations of equipment. While it was not intended to be confusing, the fact of the matter is that the AHJ [...]
Ask Lewis Bass: A Question About Seismic Anchorage
Welcome to another blog in our ongoing series, Ask Lewis Bass! This series features actual submitted questions from companies in the industries we provide engineering safety consulting services to. Topics covered include those associated with our work in 3rd party field labeling, SEMI S2/S8/EMC/F47 testing and design, CE Marking evaluations, [...]
Four helpful tips for mitigating arc flash hazards
How can Arc Flash Hazards be mitigated in your facility? ANSI released ANSI Z10-2012 (published in 2012 and last revised in 2017) as a standard that: ...defines minimum requirements for an occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS). The primary purpose of this standard is to provide a management tool [...]
Three machine safety situations facility managers need to be aware of
Here at Lewis Bass, we have encountered just about every possible scenario involving machine safety and compliance-blockers in the course of providing our third party electrical evaluations to our clients. In this week's blog post we are going to cover three safety and compliance topics that we haven't seen addressed [...]
Ask Lewis Bass: A Question About Machine Nameplate Durability
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NRTL Inspections are not Field Label Evaluations
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SEMI’s F47 Voltage Sag Immunity Standard History From 1996-2006
What we now know as SEMI F47-0706 testing began as a series of research experiments conducted by The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in the late 1990s under Section 24: Power Quality in the Semiconductor Industry. Industry participants and contributors to this study included just under thirty fortune 500 companies [...]
Ask Lewis Bass: A Question About SEMI S2 Compliance
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What does Lewis Bass’s California small business certification grant us?
Lewis Bass received official small business certification status in California in December of 2020 (you can download our official certificate here). Much like the benefits and incentives granted us by our WOSB and WBENC certifications on a nationwide level, the California SB designation allows for California state contract bidding benefits [...]
Would you prefer an IRS audit or a OSHA safety inspection?
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Video Premier: How Lewis Bass Performs Field Labeling
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Machine Nameplates: The A-Z of NFPA 79 Requirements
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LBIES’s Electrical Safety Awareness Blog Series Part 3
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LBIES’s Electrical Safety Awareness Blog Series Part 2
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LBIES’s Electrical Safety Awareness Blog Series Part 1
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Short Circuit Current Rating (SCCR) and Your Industrial Equipment
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Happy Holidays from LBIES
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An LBIES Arc Flash Assessment Contributes to Workplace Safety
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What is Field Labeling?
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Lewis Bass International Engineering Services Launches New Website
July 31, 2020 — Milpitas, California — Lewis Bass International Engineering Services, Inc, a provider of safety consulting, Semi S2/S8 CE Marking and Third Party Field Label services in the construction, semiconductor, industrial machinery, medical device, and food industries, as well as electrical design services, is proud to announce that […]
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