Last edit: 27/08/2025
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: 32 hours
MODULE 1 (8 hours)
- General Prescriptions
- Fixed Installations vs Ele Equipment of Machinery
- Environmental Conditions
- Harmonics generation
- EMC and Annex H [ES3]
- Cable Shielding [ES3]
- Electrical Supply Characteristics
- Applicability of IEC 61439 series
- EMC TEsts [ES3]
- Supply disconnecting (isolating) device
- Whole Body Access
- Power distribution methods
- Unexpected startup
- PE cable
- Incoming supply conductors
- Supply disconnecting (isolating) device introduction
- Protection against Electric Shock [ES3]
MODULE 2 (8 hours) Overcurrents
- Overload and Short Circuit Protection
- Overload Protection
- Short Circuit Protection
- Contactor co-ordination
- The breaking capacity of protections
- The limiting function of protections
- Branching techniques
- Basic criteria for short-circuit protection
- Active and passive components and the importance of the assumed current
- Short circuit testing and other important aspects
- The 5 possible cases of branch circuits
- Tap conductors and other aspects related to short circuits
- Motor starters and OCPD and contactor coordination
- General Example [ES3]
- SCCR calculation for switchboard and example of connection
MODULE 3 (12 hours) Protection against electric shock
- Basic Protection
- Fault Protection and the TN system
- The residual current protection
- TT, IT and Electrical Separation
- TT System: Use of the RCD
- TT System: Use of the Magnetic Protection
- Selectivity with RCDs
- The IT System [ES3]
- The electrical Separation [ES3]
- Protection by reduction of the touch voltage
- Conducting locations with restricted movement [ES3]
- Electrical Safety in case of usage of UPS [ES3]
- Exposed and Extraneous conductive Parts
- Wiring and Class II Equipment; The Protective Conductor
- SELV, PELV and FELV systems
- Cable capacity according to IEC 60364-5-52 Free air [ES3]
- Cable capacity according to IEC 60364-5-52 Burried [ES3]
- Cable capacity according to EN 60204-1 and EN 61439-1
MODULE 4 (4 hours) Ampacity and verifications
- Protection of equipment
- Overcurrent protection and The Neutral Conuctor
- Motor Protection
- Protection against the effects of supply interruption
- Protection against the fault current
- Lightning Protection
- Short Circuit Current Rating
- Operator interface
- Controlgear, Cables and wirings
- Access; Marking; Technical Documentation
- Tests and Verifications
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)