EN 60204-1 Safety of Machinery - Electrical Equipment of Machines - Part 1: General Requirements

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EN 60204-1 Safety of Machinery - Electrical Equipment of Machines - Part 1: General Requirements

EUROLAB laboratory provides testing and compliance services within the scope of EN 60204-1 standard. This part of the EN 60204 standard covers the applications of electrical, electronic and programmable electronic equipment and systems for machines (including the group of machines working together in a coordinated way) that cannot be manually transported while in operation.

EN 60204-1 Safety of Machinery - Electrical Equipment of Machines - Part 1: General Requirements

It is envisaged that the EN 60204-1 standard will be applied to electrical equipment used in a wide variety of machines and in a group of machines working together in a coordinated manner.

The risks associated with the hazards associated with the electrical equipment should be considered as part of all risk assessment rules for the machine. This should specify the appropriate risk reduction and necessary protective measures for persons who may be exposed to these hazards while still maintaining an acceptable level of performance of machinery and equipment.

Hazardous situations may result from, but are not limited to:

  • Failures or faults in electrical equipment as a result of electric shock or the possibility of electrical fire,
  • Faults or errors in control circuits (or components and devices working together with these circuits) as a result of malfunctioning of the machine,
  • Failure or faults in power circuits as a result of faulty operation of the machine, as well as interruption or deterioration in power supplies,
  • Loss of continuity of circuits operating due to sliding or rotating contacts, resulting in failure of the safety function,
  • Electrical disturbances such as electromagnetic and electrostatic, which come from outside or produced inside the electrical equipment as a result of faulty operation of the machine,
  • For example, discharge of stored energy (electrical or mechanical) as a result of events such as electric shock, unexpected movement that may cause injury,
  • Surface temperatures that can cause injury.

Security measures; It is a combination of the measures envisaged at the design stage and required to be fulfilled by the user. The design and development process should identify the hazards and risks arising from them. Where hazards cannot be eliminated and/or risks cannot be adequately reduced in nature by safe design measures, protective measures (e.g. protection) should be provided to reduce the risk. Additional means (eg awareness tools) should be provided if further risk reduction is required. In addition, work processes that can reduce the risk may be required.

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