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News Release from: BSI British Standards
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 10 July 2006
Machinery safety standard is revised
Machinery designers, developers, manufacturers, installers and service engineers need to comply with the requirements set out in the Machinery Directive 98/37/EC.
Machinery designers, developers, manufacturers, installers and service engineers need to comply with the requirements set out in the Machinery Directive 98/37/EC As a first stop for authoritative guidance on best practice guidelines, standards and supporting documentation which will ensure compliance to the Machinery Directive 98/37/EC, BSI has published a newly revised machinery safety standard
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 16 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Best practice publication for design engineering
BSI Business Information has published the newly revised and renamed best practice publication for design engineering BS8888:2004 Technical Product Specification.
BS EN60204-1:2006 "Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines - General requirements" provides requirements and recommendations relating to: safety of people and property; consistency of control response ; and ease of maintenance.
The standard applies to electrical, electronic and programmable electronic equipment and systems which are not portable by hand while working, including a group of machines working together.
BS EN60204-1 is relevant to the electrical equipment or parts of the electrical equipment that operate with nominal supply voltages not exceeding 1000V for alternating current and not exceeding 1500V for direct current, and with nominal supply frequencies not exceeding 200Hz.
The price is GBP 180, or GBP 90 for BSI Subscribing Members.
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