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For more than ten years, DIN EN 60204-1 has ensured the safe design of electrical equipment for machines and plants. The underlying IEC 60204-1 standard was updated in 2016 - now the European version of the world's most widely used machine safety standard is published. This whitepaper provides an overview of the most important changes for machine and plant manufacturers, especially with regards to switchgear technology.
Discover our training course about updates in IEC/EN 60204-1 and learn how to perform the verification of heating and of short-circuit strength for control systems according to IEC/EN 60204-1.
Internationally harmonized regulations, known as EU Directives, are in place to ensure balanced protections for people and the environment and to reduce competitive disadvantages and hurdles to business due to different safety regulations within the EU.
The safety of machines is primarily covered within two directives. The Machinery Safety Directive is oriented toward producers of machines, while the Work Equipment Directive is oriented toward operators of machines. A principle known as the 'Presumption of Conformity' applies to the fulfillment of requirements defined in harmonized standards. It presumes that the protective goals of the EU directive are to be regarded as sufficiently met.
Our safety manual gives you an overview of the most important directives, standards and regulations for machines in the EU.
On this basis, the software calculates the reliability values as well as the attained Performance Level (PL).
A direct comparison with the required Performance Level (PLr) is thus possible.
The software records the relevant parameters for evaluation such as MTTFd, B10d, DCavg and CCF. It directly indicates the influence of variable parameters on the overall result.
Further information and the SISTEMA software download can be found directly at the IFA.
Functional safety includes calculation and documentation of the likelihood of failure for the individual safety functions. As a manufacturer of machines and equipment, additional characteristic values are required for safety-oriented products. The safety characteristic values are made available by the manufacturers of the products. These values are used together with statistical calculation tools to determine the attained safety level, known as a performance level in EN ISO 13849-1 or the Safety Integrity Level in IEC 62061 and IEC 61508.
Eaton provides you with all the specific characteristic values for safety-relevant components in the following download.
Reliability values to EN ISO 13849-1:
Reliability values to IEC 62061:
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