Mandatory electrical tests for North America
Manufacturers of industrial control panels to be installed in North America often don't know which electrical tests to submit their products ...
UL and CSA Conformity
Lockout-Tagout Analysis
Hazardous energy related incidents is a generator of fatalities, in USA & Canada we talk about Lockout-Tagout and the reference USA standard is ANSI/ASSE Z244.1
Electrical Safety and Arc Flash Mitigation
Machinery Directive: the Harmonised Standards
European harmonized standards have become the technical governing rules and are the obligatory way to reduce unnecessary risks and to meet the EU directives
Machinery Directive
What colour is the neutral conductor according to EN 60204-1?
THE DOUBT: Most of us know that Light Blue is the colour of the neutral conductor inside an industrial control panel. The doubt is the colour of the &ldquo...
Electrical Safety and Arc Flash Mitigation
CE Marking of Machineries made in North America
If you are a machinery manufacturer or exporter to the European market you might have assumed that shipping products to Europe was a rather simple ope...
UL and CSA Conformity
SPDs in Industrial Control Panels
Are SPDs mandatory in Industrial Control Panels? A debated subject both in North America and Europe.
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UL and CSA Conformity
Switchgears, Switchboards and Motor Control Centers: what are the differences?
Switchgears and switchboards are intended to ensure the power distribution to other devices, boards and panels. Although these cabinets are different, they are ...
UL and CSA Conformity
BS 7671: an introduction
BS 7671: 2008 is the National Standard for most electrical installation work undertaken in the United Kingdom.
It is also adopted by a number of other Countries...
Electrical Safety and Arc Flash Mitigation
Technical Standards Terminology
Are you new in the Machinery Technical Standard world and do you feel a bit lost with the terminology?
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Machinery Safety
Shall a Basic Safety Standard be applied to machineries? The case of pink functional grounding cable
IEC 60204-1 VS IEC 60445: green-and-yellow functional grounding conductor VS pink functional grounding conductor.
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Electrical Safety and Arc Flash Mitigation
Machinery EC declaration of conformity
Before placing machinery on the market and/or putting it into service, the manufacturer shall draw up the EC Declaration of conformity in accordance with Machin...
Machinery Directive
Stop functions
According to
EN 60204-1 "Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines Part 1: General requirements",
there are three categories ...
Machinery Safety
