IEC 60519-1:2015 specifies general safety requirements for industrial installations or equipment intended for electroheating (EH) and electroheating based treatment technologies as well as for electromagnetic processing of materials (EPM). This fifth edition cancels and replaces the fourth edition published in 2010. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) The title and scope of the standard has been expanded to include installations and equipment for electromagnetic processing of materials.
b) Terms and definitions as well as the list of normative references have been updated and completed with new items.
c) The requirements have been restructured.
d) Additional requirements for electric and magnetic fields, for touch currents as well as for optical radiation have been added.
e) New clauses addressing verification have been added.
f) New annexes specifying limits of exposure hazards for electric and magnetic fields, optical radiation, noise and vibration have been added.
g) New annexes on EMC, markings and warnings, guidelines for using this standard and information on the connection to ISO 13577-1 have been added.
Related directives
NOTE: If the word "harmonized" (marked in green) is not found in the field with the name of the directive, it means that the European standard is not cited in the OJEU.
2006/42/EC
Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast)
Directive 2006/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the harmonisation of the laws of Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (codified version)
Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits
