In message <p06240806c2c6b81bf4af@[192.168.1.145]>, dated Fri, 20 Jul 2007, Nick Williams <[email protected]> writes:
>Several other replies to this enquiry have mentioned IEC 61508, >apparently in ignorance of the existence of EN 62061:2005, "Safety of >machinery. Functional safety of safety-related electrical, electronic >and programmable electronic control systems" which is, in effect, an >adaptation of IEC 61508 to machine control applications. Well, in fact it's the European implementation of IEC 62061, as you can tell by the number starting with 6 - home-grown CENELEC standards start with 5. From the IEC web site: IEC 62061 (2005-01) Safety of machinery - Functional safety of safety-related electrical, electronic and programmable electronic control systems Maintenance Result Date: 2007 IEC 62061 Corr.1 (2005-07) Corrigendum 1 - Safety of machinery - Functional safety of safety-related electrical, electronic and programmable electronic control systems I don't think it's easy to understand 62061 without also reading some of the 61508 series. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk There are benefits from being irrational - just ask the square root of 2. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
