NFPA 79

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NFPA 79 – Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery Overview with High Tech Design Safety

There are many different standards that can apply to your equipment and it can be difficult to know which one is the right one…Many times the standards seem the same. Other times your equipment might not fall directly in the scope of one particular standard but may span several different standards. Or even sometimes you

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IEC 60204 – Safety of machinery – Electrical Equipment of Machines Overview

IEC 60204 is your primary electrical standard for electrical machinery for industrial uses. Best cases are to design to this standard and to NFPA 79, both are closely similar. If you design to these standards, and any product specific standard you will be 10000% better off at the end. IF you fail to specifically design

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