Hi Steve, IMO, EN 60204-1 is the wrong standard. You said that the cart is used in a lab setting. You need to use a lab equipment standard, and for the EU EN 61010-1 is the correct choice.
If not that, then you really need to add a bunch of additional machinery related standards, which I also think is the wrong choice since the cart doesn’t sound like it meets the definition of a machine. -- Doug Nix [email protected] (519) 729-5704 "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." - Thomas Edison > On Jul 22, 2023, at 15:51, Steve Brody <[email protected]> wrote: > > A client has a product which is a mobile cart intended for a laboratory > setting in which it can be moved to whatever lab station it is needed at. It > is on casters and when wheeled to the working location, leveling feet which > are located in the center of the castor mount, are lowered and locked into > position to keep the cart from moving and to ensure it is level. > > The product will be evaluated to EN 60204-1, but there is no reference to > stability in this standard. > > First question is should EN 61010-1, 7.4, be used to evaluate stability, and > if not then what? > > Assuming yes, the first sentence of 7.4 says; 'Equipment and assemblies of > equipment not secured to the building structure before operation should be > physically stable.' > > Second question is does this section apply to the cart only when in position > for use, or also when being moved from location to location? > > Because when in use the cart is supported by [properly rated] feet, then the > tests for castors should no longer apply?. > > That is the third question. > > Your thoughts and comments are requested and appreciated, as always. > > Thanks, > > Steve Brody > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > C - 603 617 9116 > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to All > emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Website: https://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pses/ <https://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pses/> > Instructions: https://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pses/list.html (including how to > unsubscribe) <https://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pses/list.html> > List rules: https://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pses/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Mike Sherman at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Rick Linford at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > For policy questions, send mail to: > Jim Bacher at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe from the EMC-PSTC list, click the following link: > https://listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=EMC-PSTC&A=1 > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Website: https://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pses/ Instructions: https://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pses/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: https://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pses/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Mike Sherman at: [email protected] Rick Linford at: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> _________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the EMC-PSTC list, click the following link: https://listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=EMC-PSTC&A=1
