Last edit: 26/10/2023
Training Objectives
The training objective is to be able to design and engineer an industrial control panel according to the European Standard EN 60204-1. 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: 16 hours
MODULE 1 (8 hours) Introduction and Overcurrents
- Fixed installations vs Electrical Equipment of Machinery
- Main Reference Standards
- CE Marking of Electrical Installation
- General prescriptions
- Cable shielding
- 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
- Residual Current Devices and the G Curve
- Overload Protection
- The Short Circuit
- The Interrupting Rating
- Selectivity
- The SCCR
- Tap Conductors
MODULE 2 (8 hours) Indirect Contacts, Ampacity and verifications
- Basic and Fault protection in TN Systems
- The concept of Exposed and Extraneous Conductive Part
- The Fault Loop and the TN System
- Amendment IEC 60204-1 – September 2021
- Residual Current Device
- The high sensitivity RCD
- TT and TN systems
- Class II Cables
- IEC 60204-1: what shall be bonded
- 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
- Operator interface and Cabling techniques
- The nameplate
- Nominal vs maximum current
- Tests and Verifications: Continuity test, Earth Leakages, Dielectric, Insulation 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)