Lauren,

I don't have an answer off the top of my head for you, but the place 
I'd start looking is in annex D of EN 13861, which is a guide to the 
other ergonomics standards for machinery.

Nick.


At 10:22 -0500 23/8/10, [email protected] wrote:
>I wonder where to set a minimum actuator (switches, breakers) height 
>guidance for European industrial market. My 2005 60204-1 has a 
>constraint in 10.1.2 of 0.6m but it is not clear what the target 
>population is (i.e. normal operation, service or maintenance).
>
>The newly released 60204-33 which focuses on semiconductor 
>manufacturing equipment (the case here) has the same constraint, but 
>it is specifically for "operator hand controls" with "operator" 
>limited to people operating the tool for normal operation (i.e. the 
>document is silent about actuator heights for service and maint. 
>personnel).
>
>Does anyone know if there is any EU elect design doc that might be 
>applicable that explicitly addresses heights for actuators used only 
>during service or maintenance scenarios?
>
>Regards,
>Lauren Crane
>

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