IEC 61496-1 Ed. 3.0 b:2012 PDF

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Safety of machinery – Electro-sensitive protective equipment – Part 1: General requirements and tests
standard by International Electrotechnical Commission, 04/05/2012

Category: IEC

Description

IEC 61496-1:2012 specifies general requirements for the design, construction and testing of non-contact electro-sensitive protective equipment (ESPE) designed specifically to detect persons as part of a safety related system. Special attention is directed to functional and design requirements that ensure an appropriate safety-related performance is achieved. An ESPE may include optional safety-related functions, the requirements for which are given in Annex A. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2004 and its amendment 1 (2007). The main changes with respect to the previous edition are as follows: The design, test and verification requirements have been updated to make them consistent with the latest standards for functional safety and EMC.