Seminar - Electrical Machinery Standards Update - Hosted By ECS

This March, ECS will be host to the Electrical Equipment of Machinery EU Export Code Changes Course - presented by Andreas Beyer, Managing Director of ELCO.

The course will run for approximately 90 minutes followed by Q&A’s, food and beverages will be provided and will cost $100 per person.

This practice seminars intention is it to highlight the code changes to IEC 60204-1 Edition 6 – Safety of machinery – Electrical equipment of machines – Part 1: General requirements introduced in 2016 and relevant to all the machinery exporters into the European Union.

Target audience are electrical & control system design engineers, engineering managers, panel builders and electricians who design & built industrial machinery. 

The seminar will illustrate the main areas of concern as described in the topic below and a Q&A session will give room for discussion afterwards.

Introduction

• legal and normative requirements EU & cross reference to NZ legislations
• context European Machinery Directive – Low Voltage Directive

Change to 60204-1

• scope of application & normative reference
• electrical control panel design and switch gear selection
• EMC immunity and emission
• environmental considerations
• incoming feeder supply, earthing and disconnecting device
• the means of basic protection and fault protection
• overload protection & over-temperature protection for motors
• a brief introduction into short-circuit current rating
• equipotential bonding, earth leakage current & VSDs
• control circuits and provision of acoustic and/or visual warning signals
• the newly added requirements for wireless remote control
• Protection against malfunction of control circuits
• operator interface and HMI design
• device to effect emergency stop operation
• thermal balance within electrical enclosure
• wiring practice and electromagnetic effects EMC
• socket outlets with RCD
• Marking of enclosures, reference designations and warning signs
• technical documentation and generic test requirements
• design verification to the latest IEC 60204-1
   

When: Friday 13th March | 1pm to 4pm

Where: ECS in Hamilton

Cost: $100 +gst

*If the above date does not suit but you are still interested, please register your expression of interest below. We may hold additional seminars on this topic.