Technical standards

IEC 60204-1: Electrical equipment of machines
IEC released the new Standard EN 60204-1 on 13th October 2016. It gives prescriptions for the electrical equipment of machines. Its previous version dates back ...
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IEC 60204-1: Electrical equipment of machines
EN ISO 13850: Emergency Stop
All about the Emergency Stop Function provided by the normative UNI EN ISO 13850, all the news introduced in the last version of the norm in November 2015..
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Emergency Stop Function: EN 13850
EN 746-2 - Industrial Thermoprocessing Equipment
The standards of the UNI EN 746 series contain the requirements for the safe design and construction of industrial thermoprocessing equipment. The full list of ...
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EN 746-2 - Industrial Thermoprocessing Equipment
EN ISO 13854: Minimum Gaps to avoid crushing of parts of the human body
In September 2019 the EN ISO 13854 was published. It replaces the previous standard EN 349:2008. This standard is part of the approach, in place since sev...
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EN 13854: Minimum Gaps to avoid crushing of parts of the human body
EN ISO 20607: INSTRUCTIONS HANDBOOK
The standard EN ISO 20607 has been published in july 2019. This standard is part of the approach, already applied for some years by the Machinery Directive, wh...
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EN ISO 20607: INSTRUCTIONS HANDBOOK
C22.2 N° 286: Industrial control panels and assemblies
C22.2 N°286 is the now reference standard for the construction of Industrial Control Panels in Canada. It is the equivalent of UL 508A for USA.
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IEC 62061: Functional Safety of Machinery
IEC 62061 is one of the two Functional Safety Standard for machineries, the other being ISO 13849-1. On 22 March 2021, after 16 years from the first editio...
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IEC 62061: Functional Safety of Machinery
CSA Z432: Safeguarding of Machinery
On October 25, 2016, the third edition of Canadian Standard Z432 on safeguarding of machinery was published.  It is the reference Standard for the Assessm...
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Z432: Safeguarding of Machinery
EN IEC 61439-2: Power switchgear and controlgear assemblies
The purpose of the standard EN IEC 61439-2 (low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies) is to harmonize as far as practicable all rules and requirements ...
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EN IEC 61439-2: Power switchgear and controlgear assemblies
IEC 60364-4-41: Protection against Electric Shock
The standard defines the methods to be used to protect people against electric shock. The Latest edition (5.1) is dated March 2017. The new requirements will be...
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IEC 60364-4-41: Protection against Electric Shock
EN ISO 3740: Determination of Sound Power Level
  The standard EN ISO 3740, published in march 2019, replaces the previous version EN ISO 3740:2002.    This standard gives the guidelin...
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EN ISO 3740: Determination of Sound Power Level