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BS EN 61310-3:2008

Current

Current

The latest, up-to-date edition.

Safety of machinery. Indication, marking and actuation Requirements for the location and operation of actuators

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

28-02-2009

£166.00
Excluding VAT
Summarise this standard

1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General requirements
5 Actions and effects
  5.1 Principles
  5.2 Final effects
  5.3 Actions
  5.4 Correlation between actions and final effects
  5.5 Stopping
Annex A (informative) - Typical examples of monofunction actuators
Annex ZA (normative) - Normative references to international
                       publications with their corresponding
                       European publications
Annex ZZ (informative) - Coverage of Essential Requirements of
                         EC Directives
Annex ZZA (informative) - Coverage of Essential Requirements of
                          Directive 98/37/EC
Annex ZZB (informative) - Coverage of Essential Requirements of
                          Directive 2006/42/EC
Bibliography

Describes safety-related requirements for actuators, operated by the hand or by other parts of the human body, at the human-machine interface.

Committee
MCE/3
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 98/260155 DC. (05/2005) Supersedes 04/30117619 DC. (03/2009)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
18
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

Specifies safety-related requirements for actuators, operated by the hand or by other parts of the human body, at the human-machine interface. It gives general requirements for the standard direction of movement for actuators; the arrangement of an actuator in relation to other actuators; the correlation between an action and its final effects. It includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: Table 1, Table 2 and Table A.1 have been revised editorially.

Standards Relationship
DIN EN 61310-3:2008-09 Identical
I.S. EN 61310-3:2008 Identical
IEC 61310-3:2007 Identical
NBN EN 61310-3 : 2008 Identical
EN 61310-3:2008 Identical
NF EN 61310-3 : 2008 Identical
IEC 62137-3:2011 Identical
UNE-EN 61310-3:2008 Identical

£166.00
Excluding VAT