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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

     
Emergency - Emergency switching off; Firefighting RED      
Abnormal condition- Intervention, to suppress abnormal condition to avoid unwanted changes Yellow      
Enforced action - Resetting function Blue      
Ready, safe to start Green      
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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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