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For more than ten years, DIN EN 60204-1 has ensured the safe design of electrical equipment for machinery and plants. The underlying standard IEC 60204-1 was updated in 2016 – and the European version of the world's most widely used machine safety standard has now been 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 on the latest updates to IEC/EN 60204-1 and learn how to verify the heating and short-circuit strength of control systems in accordance with IEC/EN 60204-1.
The EU's internationally harmonised directives are designed to ensure balanced protection for people and the environment and to reduce competitive disadvantages and business hurdles due to differing safety regulations.
In the EU, machine safety is primarily governed by two directives. While the Machinery Directive is aimed at machine builders, the Work Equipment Directive is directed at machine operators. A principle known as presumption of conformity applies to the fulfilment of the requirements laid down in the harmonised standards. It presumes that the protective aims of the EU directives are to be regarded as sufficiently met.
Our Safety Manual provides an overview of the EU’s most important directives, standards and regulations for machinery.
On this basis, the software then calculates the reliability ratings and the performance level (PL).
This enables a direct comparison with the required performance level (PLr).
The software records the relevant evaluation parameters, such as MTTFd, B10d, DCavg and CCF. It directly indicates the impact of variable parameters on the overall result.
We provide libraries for integration into the SISTEMA software at: input, logic and output. Please note that the libraries are constantly updated and that new products are regularly added.
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Functional safety includes the calculation and documentation of the probability of failure of the individual safety functions. Machine builders and system integrators require additional characteristic values for safety-related products, which are made available by the respective manufacturers. These values are used together with statistical calculation tools to determine the safety level, which is referred to as the performance level in EN ISO 13849-1 and as the safety integrity level in IEC 62061 and IEC 61508.
We provide you with the specific characteristic values of all our safety-related components via the following link.
Reliability ratings according to EN ISO 13849-1:
Reliability rating according to IEC 62061:
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