EN 60204-31:2013

Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines - Part 31: Particular safety and EMC requirements for sewing machines, units and systems

IEC 60204-31:2013 applies to electrical and electronic equipment, sewing machines, units and systems, designed specifically for professional use in the sewing industry. It is applicable to the electrical equipment or parts of the electrical equipment which operate with nominal supply voltages not exceeding 1 000 V for alternating current and not exceeding 1 500 V for direct current, and with nominal frequencies not exceeding 200 Hz. This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition, published in 2001 and constitutes a technical revision. It includes the following changes: - Alignment of the normative references; - Alignment of titles and subtitles to the IEC 60204-1; - Revision of Annex AA to align this annex with the relevant IEC standards.

Sicherheit von Maschinen - Elektrische Ausrüstung von Maschinen - Teil 31: Besondere Sicherheits- und EMV-Anforderungen an Nähmaschinen, Näheinheiten und Nähanlagen

Sécurité des machines - Equipement électrique des machines - Partie 31: Exigences particulières de sécurité et de CEM pour machines à coudre, unités et systèmes de couture

La CEI 60204-31:2013 est applicable à l'équipement aussi bien électrique qu'électronique des machines à coudre, des unités et systèmes de couture conçus spécialement pour un usage professionnel dans l'industrie de la couture. Elle est applicable à l'équipement électrique ou à des parties de l'équipement électrique fonctionnant sous une tension nominale ne dépassant pas 1 000 V en courant alternatif ou 1 500 V en courant continu, et pour des fréquences nominales ne dépassant pas 200 Hz. Cette quatrième édition annule et remplace la troisième édition, parue en 2001 dont elle constitue une révision technique. Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques suivantes: - Alignement des références normatives; - Alignement des titres et sous-titres à la CEI 60204-1; - La révision de l'Annexe AA pour aligner cette annexe avec les normes CEI correspondantes.

Varnost strojev - Električna oprema strojev - 31. del: Posebne zahteve za varnost in EMC za šivalne stroje, enote in sisteme

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 03-Oct-2013
• Withdrawal Date: 27-May-2016
• ICS: 13.110 - Safety of machinery
• ICS: 61.080 - Sewing machines and other equipment for the clothing industry
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 44X - Safety of machinery: electrotchnical aspects
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 44 - IEC_TC_44
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 04-Oct-2013
• Completion Date: 04-Oct-2013
• 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: 2006/42/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: 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)
• Mandate: M/396 - Mandate to CEN and Cenelec for standardisation in the field of machinery
• Mandate: M/552 - [C(2016) 7641 final] Standardisation request as regards harmonised standards in support of 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
• Ref Project: SIST EN 60204-31:2014 - Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines - Part 31: Particular safety and EMC requirements for sewing machines, units and systems

Relations

• Replaces: EN 60204-31:1998 - Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines - Part 31: Particular safety and EMC requirements for sewing machines, units and systems
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

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Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines - Part 31: Particular safety and
EMC requirements for sewing machines, units and systems
Sicherheit von Maschinen - Elektrische Ausrüstung von Maschinen - Teil 31: Besondere
Sicherheits- und EMV-Anforderungen an Nähmaschinen, Näheinheiten und Nähanlagen
Sécurité des machines - Equipement électrique des machines - Partie 31: Exigences
particulières de sécurité et de CEM pour machines à coudre, unités et systèmes de
couture
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60204-31:2013
ICS:
13.110 Varnost strojev Safety of machinery
61.080 âLYDOQLVWURMLLQGUXJDRSUHPD Sewing machines and other
]DREODþLOQRLQGXVWULMR equipment for the clothing
industry
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EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 60204-31
NORME EUROPÉENNE
October 2013
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.110; 61.080 Supersedes EN 60204-31:1998

English version
Safety of machinery -
Electrical equipment of machines -
Part 31: Particular safety and EMC requirements for sewing machines,
units and systems
(IEC 60204-31:2013)
Sécurité des machines -  Sicherheit von Maschinen -
Equipement électrique des machines - Elektrische Ausrüstung von Maschinen -
Partie 31: Exigences particulières de Teil 31: Besondere Sicherheits- und EMV-
sécurité et de CEM pour machines à Anforderungen an Nähmaschinen,
coudre, unités et systèmes de couture Näheinheiten und Nähanlagen
(CEI 60204-31:2013) (IEC 60204-31:2013)

This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2013-05-28. 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 Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified
to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus,
the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung

CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B - 1000 Brussels

© 2013 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 60204-31:2013 E
Foreword
The text of document 44/685/FDIS, future edition 4 of IEC 60204-31, prepared by IEC/TC 44 "Safety of
machinery - Electrotechnical aspects" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by
CENELEC as EN 60204-31:2013.
The following dates are fixed:
(dop) 2014-04-04
• latest date by which the document has
to be implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
(dow) 2016-05-28
• latest date by which the national
standards conflicting with the

document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 60204-31:1998.
EN 60204-31:1998:
a) Alignment of the normative references;
b) Alignment of titles and subtitles to the EN 60204-1;
c) Revision of Annex AA to align this annex with the relevant European standards.
This European Standard is to be used in conjunction with EN 60204-1:2006 + A1:2009.
This part supplements or modifies the corresponding clauses in EN 60204-1 so as to convert that
publication into the European standard dealing with requirements for the electrical equipment of sewing
machines, units and systems.
Where a particular subclause of Part 1 is not mentioned in this part, that subclause applies as far as is
reasonable. Where this part states "addition", "modification" or "replacement" the relevant text in Part 1 is
adapted accordingly.
The annex which is additional to those in Part 1 is lettered AA.
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 document has been prepared under a mandate given to CENELEC by the European Commission
and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).
For the relationship with EU Directives see informative Annexes ZZA and ZZB, which are integral parts of
this document.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60204-31:2013 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 60335-2-28 NOTE  Harmonised as EN 60335-2-28.
IEC 61000-6-2:2005 NOTE  Harmonised as EN 61000-6-2:2005 (not modified).

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  When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.
Addition to Annex ZA of EN 60204-1:2006:

Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

IEC 60204-1 (mod) 2005 Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of EN 60204-1 2006
+ A1 2008 machines - + corr. February 2010
Part 1: General requirements + A1 2009

IEC 60364-4-41 - Low-voltage electrical installations - HD 60364-4-41 -
Part 4-41: Protection for safety - Protection
against electric shock
IEC 60664-1 2007 Insulation coordination for equipment within EN 60664-1 2007
low-voltage systems -
Part 1: Principles, requirements and tests

IEC 60721-3-3 - Classification of environmental conditions - EN 60721-3-3 -
Part 3: Classification of groups of
environmental parameters and their
severities -
Section 3: Stationary use at weatherprotected
locations
IEC 60947-1 2007 Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear - EN 60947-1 2007
+ A1 2010 Part 1: General rules + A1 2011

IEC 61000-3-2 - Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - EN 61000-3-2 -
Part 3-2: Limits - Limits for harmonic current
emissions (equipment input current ≤ 16 A per
phase)
IEC 61000-3-3 - Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - EN 61000-3-3 -
Part 3-3: Limits - Limitation of voltage
changes, voltage fluctuations and flicker in
public low-voltage supply systems, for
equipment with rated current ≤ 16 A per phase
and not subject to conditional connection

IEC 61000-4-2 - Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - EN 61000-4-2 -
Part 4-2: Testing and measurement
techniques - Electrostatic discharge immunity
test
IEC 61000-4-3 - Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - EN 61000-4-3 -
Part 4-3: Testing and measurement
techniques - Radiated, radio-frequency,
electromagnetic field immunity test

IEC 61000-4-4 - Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - EN 61000-4-4 -
Part 4-4: Testing and measurement
techniques - Electrical fast transient/burst
immunity test
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Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 61000-4-5 2005 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - EN 61000-4-5 2006
+ corr. October 2009 Part 4-5: Testing and measurement
techniques - Surge immunity test

IEC 61000-4-6 - Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - EN 61000-4-6 -
Part 4-6: Testing and measurement
techniques - Immunity to conducted
disturbances, induced by radio-frequency
fields
IEC 61000-4-11 - Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - EN 61000-4-11 -
Part 4-11: Testing and measurement
techniques - Voltage dips, short interruptions
and voltage variations immunity tests

IEC 61058-1 - Switches for appliances - EN 61058-1 -
Part 1: General requirements
IEC 61558-1 - Safety of power transformers, power supplies, EN 61558-1 -
reactors and similar products -
Part 1: General requirements and tests

CISPR 11 (mod) 2009 Industrial, scientific and medical equipment - EN 55011 2009
+ A1 2010 Radio-frequency disturbance characteristics - + A1 2010
Limits and methods of measurement

ENV 50204 - Radiated electromagnetic field from digital - -
radio telephones - Immunity test

Annex ZZA
(informative)
Coverage of Essential Requirements of EU Directive (2006/42/EC)
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 only the
following essential requirement out of those given in annex I of the EC Directive 2006/42/EC:

− 1.5.1
Compliance with this standard provides one means of conformity with the specified essential
requirements of the Directive concerned.

WARNING: Other requirements and other EU Directives may be applicable to the products falling within
the scope of this standard.
Annex ZZB
(informative)
Coverage of Essential Requirements of EU Directive (2004/108/EC)
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 all
relevant essential requirements as given in Annex I of the EC Directive 2004/108/EC.
Compliance with this standard provides one means of conformity with the specified essential
requirements of the Directive concerned.
WARNING: Other requirements and other EC Directives may be applicable to the products falling within
the scope of this standard.
IEC 60204-31 ®
Edition 4.0 2013-04
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Safety of machinery – Electrical equipment of machines –

Part 31: Particular safety and EMC requirements for sewing machines, units and

systems
Sécurité des machines – Équipement électrique des machines –

Partie 31: Exigences particulières de sécurité et de CEM pour machines à

coudre, unités et systèmes de couture

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ICS 13.110; 61.080 ISBN 978-2-83220-749-9

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 General requirements . 7
5 Incoming supply conductor terminations and devices for disconnecting and

switching off . 7
6 Protection against electric shock . 8
7 Protection of equipment . 8
8 Equipotential bonding . 9
9 Control circuits and control functions . 9
10 Operator interface and machine mounted control devices . 10
11 Controlgear: location, mounting and enclosures . 11
12 Conductors and cables . 12
13 Wiring practices . 12
14 Electric motors and associated equipment . 12
15 Accessories and lighting . 13
16 Marking, warning signs and reference designations . 13
17 Technical documentation . 13
18 Verific
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