EN 60947-4-3:2014

Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 4-3: Contactors and motor-starters - AC semiconductor controllers and contactors for non-motor loads

IEC 60947-4-3:2014 applies to a.c. semiconductor non-motor load controllers and contactors intended for performing electrical operations by changing the state of a.c. electric circuits between the ON-state and the OFF-state. Typical applications are classified by utilization categories given in Table 2. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 1999, Amendment 1:2006 and Amendment 2:2011. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) Update of the marking requirements (6.1); b) Update of the EMC requirements (8.3.2); and c) Update of the tests requirements (9.3.1, 9.4, 9.4.1.1, 9.4.1.2, 9.4.2.1, 9.4.2.2, 9.4.2.3, 9.4.2.4, 9.4.2.6).

Niederspannungsschaltgeräte - Teil 4-3: Schütze und Motorstarter - Halbleiter-Steuergeräte und -Schütze für nichtmotorische Lasten für Wechselspannung

Appareillage à basse tension - Partie 4-3: Contacteurs et démarreurs de moteurs - Gradateurs et contacteurs à semiconducteurs pour charges, autres que des moteurs, à courant alternatif

L'IEC 60947-4-3:2014 s'applique aux gradateurs et démarreurs à semiconducteurs à courant alternatif pour des charges autres que des moteurs prévus pour effectuer des man uvres électriques en changeant l'état des circuits électriques à courant alternatif entre l'état passant et l'état bloqué. Des applications typiques classées par catégorie d'emploi sont données au Tableau 2. Cette deuxième édition annule et remplace la première édition parue en 1999, l'Amendement 1:2006 et l'Amendement 2:2011. Cette édition constitue une révision technique. Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l'édition précédente: a) mise à jour des exigences de marquage (6.1); b) mise à jour des exigences de CEM (8.3.2); et c) mise à jour des exigences d'essais (9.3.1, 9.4, 9.4.1.1, 9.4.1.2, 9.4.2.1, 9.4.2.2, 9.4.2.3, 9.4.2.4, 9.4.2.6).

Nizkonapetostne stikalne in krmilne naprave - 4-3. del: Kontaktorji in motorski zaganjalniki, polprevodniški krmilniki in kontaktorji na izmenični tok za nemotorske obremenitve (IEC 60947-4-3:2014)

Standard EN IEC 60947-4-3 se uporablja za polprevodniške krmilnike in kontaktorje na izmenični tok za nemotorske obremenitve, namenjene izvajanju električnih operacij s spreminjanjem stanja izmeničnih električnih tokokrogov med stanjem vključenosti in izključenosti. Običajne uporabe se razvrščajo po kategorijah uporabe iz tabele 2. Kot krmilniki se lahko uporabljajo za zmanjšanje amplitude efektivne izmenične napetosti na bremenskih spojkah glede na amplitudo uporabljene napetosti, in sicer trajno ali za določeno obdobje. Obdobje polovičnega vala izmenične valovne oblike ostaja nespremenjeno glede na obdobje uporabljene napetosti. Vključujejo lahko serijsko mehansko stikalno napravo in so namenjeni priključku na tokokroge z naznačeno izmenično napetostjo, ki ne presega 1000 V. Ta standard opisuje krmilnike in kontaktorje za uporabo z obvodnimi stikalnimi napravami ali brez njih. Polprevodniški krmilniki in kontaktorji, obravnavani v tem standardu, običajno niso namenjeni prekinitvi kratkostičnih tokov. Zato naj bi bila ustrezna zaščita pred kratkim stikom (glej točko 8.2.5) del inštalacije, vendar ne nujno tudi del samega krmilnika. V tem okviru ta standard določa zahteve za polprevodniške krmilnike in kontaktorje, povezane z ločenimi napravami za zaščito pred kratkim stikom.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 12-Jun-2014
• Withdrawal Date: 10-Jun-2017
• ICS: 29.130.20 - Low voltage switchgear and controlgear
• ICS: 31.180 - Printed circuits and boards
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 121A - Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear
• Drafting Committee: IEC/SC 121A - Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 13-Jun-2014
• Completion Date: 13-Jun-2014
• Directive: 2004/108/EC - Directive 2004/108/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility and repealing Directive 89/336/EEC
• Directive: 2004/108/EU - DIRECTIVE 2004/108/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 15 December 2004 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility and repealing Directive 89/336/EEC
• Directive: 2006/95/EC - 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: 2014/30/EU - Directive 2014/30/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 electromagnetic compatibility (recast)
• Directive: 2014/35/EU - 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
• Directive: 2014/53/EU - Directive 2014/53/EU of The European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment and repealing Directive 1999/5/EC
• Mandate: M/511 - Mandate to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI relating to harmonised standards in the field of the Low Voltage Directive
• Ref Project: SIST EN 60947-4-3:2014 - Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 4-3: Contactors and motor-starters - AC semiconductor controllers and contactors for non-motor loads

Relations

• Replaces: EN 60947-4-3:2000/A2:2011 - Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 4-3: Contactors and motor-starters - AC semiconductor controllers and contactors for non-motor loads
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023
• Replaces: EN 60947-4-3:2000/A1:2006 - Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 4-3: Contactors and motor-starters - AC semiconductor controllers and contactors for non-motor loads
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023
• Replaces: EN 60947-4-3:2000 - Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 4-3: Contactors and motor-starters - AC semiconductor controllers and contactors for non-motor loads
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

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Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 4-3: Contactors and motor-starters - AC
semiconductor controllers and contactors for non-motor loads
Niederspannungsschaltgeräte - Teil 4-3: Schütze und Motorstarter - Halbleiter-
Steuergeräte und -Schütze für nichtmotorische Lasten für Wechselspannung
Appareillage à basse tension - Partie 4-3: Contacteurs et démarreurs de moteurs -
Gradateurs et contacteurs à semiconducteurs pour charges, autres que des moteurs, à
courant alternatif
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60947-4-3:2014
ICS:
29.130.20 Nizkonapetostne stikalne in Low voltage switchgear and
krmilne naprave controlgear
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60947-4-3

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
June 2014
ICS 29.130.20; 31.180 Supersedes EN 60947-4-3:2000
English Version
Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 4-3: Contactors
and motor-starters - AC semiconductor controllers and
contactors for non-motor loads
(IEC 60947-4-3:2014)
Appareillage à basse tension - Partie 4-3: Contacteurs et Niederspannungsschaltgeräte - Teil 4-3: Schütze und
démarreurs de moteurs - Gradateurs et contacteurs à Motorstarter - Halbleiter-Steuergeräte und -Schütze für
semiconducteurs pour charges, autres que des moteurs, à nichtmotorische Lasten für Wechselspannung
courant alternatif (IEC 60947-4-3:2014)
(CEI 60947-4-3:2014)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2014-06-11. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC
Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
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This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
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Turkey and the United Kingdom.

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Ref. No. EN 60947-4-3:2014 E
Foreword
The text of document 121A/2/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 60947-4-3, prepared by SC 17B “Low-
voltage switchgear and controlgear” of IEC/TC 17 “Switchgear and controlgear" was submitted to the
IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN 60947-4-3:2014.

The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be (dop) 2015-03-11
implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
(dow) 2017-06-11
• latest date by which the national
standards conflicting with the
document have to be withdrawn
This European Standard has been prepared under a mandate given to CENELEC by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association and covers essential requirements of
EU Directive 2004/108/EC.
For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZZ, which is an integral part of this
document.
This document supersedes EN 60947-4-3:2000.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such
patent rights.
This standard covers the Principle Elements of the Safety Objectives for Electrical Equipment
Designed for Use within Certain Voltage Limits (LVD - 2006/95/EC).

Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60947-4-3:2014 was approved by CENELEC as a
European Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated:

IEC 60085:2007 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60085:2008 (modified).
IEC 60146 (series) NOTE Harmonized as EN 60146 (series) (not modified).
IEC 60664 (series) NOTE Harmonized as EN 60664 (series) (not modified).
IEC 60947-4-2:2011 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60947-4-2:2012 (modified).
IEC 61439 (series) NOTE Harmonized as EN 61439 (series) (not modified).

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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

NOTE 1 When an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant

EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

IEC 60269-1 2006 Low-voltage fuses -- Part 1: General EN 60269-1 2007
requirements
IEC 60410 1973 Sampling plans and procedures for - -
inspection by attributes
IEC 60947-1 2007 Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear -- EN 60947-1 2007
Part 1: General rules
+A1 2010  +A1 2011
IEC 61000-4 - Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) -- Part EN 61000-4 -
(series) 4-1: Testing and measurement techniques (series)
- Overview of IEC 61000-4 series
IEC 61000-4-5 2005 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) -- Part EN 61000-4-5 2006
4-5: Testing and measurement techniques
- Surge immunity test
CISPR 11 (mod) 2009 Industrial, scientific and medical equipment EN 55011 2009
- Radio-frequency disturbance
characteristics - Limits and methods of
measurement
CISPR 11:2009/A1 2010  EN 55011:2009/A1 2010

Annex ZZ
(informative)
Coverage of Essential Requirements of EU Directives
This European Standard has been prepared under a mandate given to CENELEC by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association and within its scope the standard covers
protection requirements of Annex I Article 1 of the EU Directive 2004/108/EC.

Compliance with this standard provides presumption of conformity with the specified essential
requirements of the Directives concerned.

NOTE: Other requirements and other EU Directives may be applicable to the products falling within
the scope of this standard.
IEC 60947-4-3 ®
Edition 2.0 2014-05
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear –

Part 4-3: Contactors and motor-starters – AC semiconductor controllers and

contactors for non-motor loads

Appareillage à basse tension –

Partie 4-3: Contacteurs et démarreurs de moteurs – Gradateurs et contacteurs à

semiconducteurs pour charges, autres que des moteurs, à courant alternatif

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
PRICE CODE
INTERNATIONALE
CODE PRIX XC
ICS 29.130.20, 31.180 ISBN 978-2-8322-1567-8

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 6
INTRODUCTION . 8
1 Scope . 9
2 Normative references . 10
3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 10
3.1 Terms and definitions concerning a.c. semiconductor (non-motor-load)
control devices . 11
3.1.1 AC semiconductor controllers and contactors (solid-state
contactors) (see Figure 1) . 11
3.1.2 Hybrid controllers and contactors (see Figure 1) . 14
3.2 Vacant . 18
3.3 Symbols and abbreviations . 18
4 Classification . 18
5 Characteristics of a.c. semiconductor controllers and contactors . 19
5.1 Summary of characteristics . 19
5.2 Type of equipment . 19
5.3 Rated and limiting values for main circuits . 22
5.3.1 Rated voltages . 22
5.3.2 Currents . 22
5.3.3 Rated frequency . 22
5.3.4 Rated duty . 22
5.3.5 Normal load and overload characteristics . 23
5.3.6 Rated conditional short-circuit current . 24
5.4 Utilization category . 24
5.4.1 Assignment of ratings based on the results of tests . 25
5.5 Control circuits . 26
5.6 Auxiliary circuits . 26
5.7 Vacant . 26
5.8 Coordination with short-circuit protective devices (SCPD) . 26
6 Product information . 26
6.1 Nature of information . 26
6.2 Marking . 28
6.3 Instructions for installation, operation and maintenance . 28
7 Normal service, mounting and transport conditions . 28
7.1 Normal service conditions . 28
7.1.1 Ambient air temperature . 28
7.1.2 Altitude . 28
7.1.3 Atmospheric conditions . 28
7.1.4 Shock and vibrations . 29
7.2 Conditions during transport and storage . 29
7.3 Mounting . 29
7.4 Electrical system disturbances and influences . 29
8 Constructional and performance requirements . 29
8.1 Constructional requirements . 29
8.1.1 General . 29

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8.1.2 Materials . 29
8.1.3 Current-carrying parts and their connections . 29
8.1.4 Clearances and creepage distances . 29
8.1.5 Actuator . 30
8.1.6 Indication of the contact position . 30
8.1.7 Additional requirements for equipment suitable for isolation .
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