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General information pertaining to safe practices and accepted standards

 
 

Push button colours according to standard

  EN60073 / VDE 0199

DIN EN60073

VDE 0113-1 Table 2

Ref: Moeller wiring manual

Ref: Panel design Rittal

 

   
Emergency - Emergency switching off; Firefighting RED RED

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Abnormal condition- Intervention, to suppress abnormal condition to avoid unwanted changes Yellow YELLOW for functions indicating a warning or abnormal status.    
Enforced action - Resetting function Blue BLUE functions of urgent significance (compulsary)    
RESET   BLUE, WHITE, GREY or BLACK.

If these are also used as STOP/OFF buttons, the colours WHITE, GREY or

BLACK are preferred, preferably BLACK. GREEN must not be used.

 

   
Ready, safe to start Green GREEN = safe or normal operation.     
START/ON   WHITE(pref),

GREY or BLACK,  GREEN= ok

RED must not be used.

 

 

   
Momentary switches eg jog   WHITE, GREY and BLACK

RED, YELLOW and GREEN must not be used.

   
Push On/Push OFF   WHITE, GREY and BLACK

The colours RED, YELLOW or GREEN must not be used.

   
Stop/OFF   BLACK(pref), GREY or WHITE,

*RED = ok  GREEN must not be used.

 

   
No function assigned White,      
No function assigned Grey      
No function assigned Black      
         

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Indicator light colours according to standard

  EN60073 / VDE 0199

DIN EN60073

VDE 0113-1 Table 2

Ref: Moeller wiring manual

     
Warning of potential danger or a situation which requires immediate
action e.g.

Failure of pressure in the

lubricating system

Temperature outside

specified (safe) limits

Essential equipment stopped

by action of a protective

device

RED      
Abnormal
condition Impending critical
condition- e.g.

Temperature

(or pressure) different from

normal level

Overload, which is

permissible for a limited time

Yellow      
Enforced action - Operator action essential - e,g,

Remove obstacle

Switch over to Advance

Blue      
Normal - Ready to start or safe / normal operating conditions prevailing e..g.

Machine ready to be started

Mode / control x running normally

Green      
No function assigned

 

White,      
No function assigned Grey      
No function assigned Black      
         

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Labelling standards:
  IEC    
START/ ON

417 IEC 5007

   
STOP/OFF

417 IEC 5008

   
Alternating ON/OFF

417 IEC 5010

   
Momentary control eg. jogging

IEC- IEC 5011

   

Safety systems according to standards

         

B10d: Number of operations until 10 % of the tested components fail dangerously.

 

EN ISO 13849-1      
B10:

Number of operations until 10 % of the tested components fail.

       
MTTFd: Mean Time To Dangerous Failure.

Average of the time expected up to a dangerous failure

EN ISO 13849-1      
PL : Performance Level

 

EN ISO 13849-1      
PFHd:

Probability of a Dangerous Failure per Hour

Probability of a dangerous failure per hour

  IEC 62061    
SIL CL:

Safety Integrity Level Claim Limit.

SIL claim limit (for a subsystem).

 

  IEC 62061    

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