Last edit: 26/10/2023
Training objective
The training objective is to be able to design and engineer an industrial control panel according to the European Standard EN 60204-1. We will also touch on other important standards like IEC 60364-4-41, IEC 60364-4-43, IEC 60364-5-52, IEC 60364-5-53. Since October 2021, the 2006 edition of EN 60204-1 is not anymore harmonised and the new edition has become compulsory. We will also touch on the new editions of IEC 61439-1 and IEC 61439-2 (2020). Despite adhering to the language of the standard, the training is practical, with several examples.
Contents
DURATION: 28 hours
MODULE 1 (4 hours)
- Fixed installations vs Electrical Equipment of Machinery
- Main Reference Standards
- CE Marking of Electrical Installation
- General prescriptions
- Cable shielding
- EMC and Annex H
- Harmonic currents
- Main Disconnect
- Grounding Cable
- Unexpected start up
- Use of an unfused disconnect as a General Disconnector
- How to distribute power inside the control panel
- Protection against electric shock
- Interface Parameters
MODULE 2 (8 hours) Overcurrents
- The Circuit Breaker protections
- Miniature CB
- MCCB and ACB
- Residual Current Devices and the G Curve
- The Fuse link
- Overload Protection
- The Short Circuit
- The Interrupting Rating
- Selectivity
- The SCCR
- Energy Limiting properties
- Selectivity under short circuit conditions
- The I2t concept and why it is important
- Tap Conductors
- How to properly size a contactor
MODULE 3 (8 hours) Protection against electric shock
- Basic Protection
- Fault protection in TN Systems
- The concept of Exposed Conductive Part
- The concept of Extraneous Conductive Part
- The Fault Loop
- TN System (solidly grounded Y)
- Amendment IEC 60204-1 – September 2021
- Residual Current Device
- RCD and Variable Speed Drives
- The G curve of MCCB and ACB
- The high sensitivity RCD
- TT systems
- TN Systems
- Electrical insulation
- Direct Current and its safety
- Equipotentiality between Exposed and Extraneous Conductive Parts
- How to solve the issue of the Extraneous Conductive parts
- TN system in Machinery
- Class II Cables
- Double insulation according to IEC 60364-4-41
- IEC 60204-1: what shall be bonded
- SELV, PEVL and FELV circuits
MODULO 4 (8 ore) Ampacity and verifications
- Free air cable ampacity according to IEC 60364-5-52
- Cable Ampacity according to IEC 60204-1 and IEC 61439-1
- Cable Ampacity: GT Engineering recommendation
- Protection against control circuit malfunctioning
- Switching power supplies
- The use of PELV circuits in Machinery
- Operator interface
- Cabling techniques
- The nameplate
- Nominal vs maximum current
- Continuity test
- Earth Leakages
- Protection against indirect Contacts in TN Systems
- Fault protection in case of VSDs
- Fault Protection in TT Systems
- Dielectric Test
- Insulation Test
- Residual voltage test
Instructor
GT Engineering is a member of the following Technical Committees
- Member of the Technical Committee IEC/TC44 MT 60204-1 for IEC 60204-1: Safety of machinery – Electrical equipment of machines.
- Member of the Technical Committee IEC/TC64 MT9 for IEC 60364-4-41: Low-voltage electrical installations – Protection against electric shock
- Member of the UL Standard Technical Panel (STP) for UL 508A
- Principal (Special Expert) on the NFPA 79 Technical Committee.
- Member of WG 4-006 of the CE Code (Canadian Electrical Code C22.1)