Title :
Developments in the certification of ExN motors
Author_Institution :
GEC Alsthom Large Machines Ltd., UK
Abstract :
The author describes how certification of ExN machines has progressed on two main fronts within the last few years. Firstly, towards establishing within CENELEC countries a common set of rules for the assessment of the risks posed both by stator windings and by rotors, and secondly in developing ExN equipment construction standards internationally within CENELEC and IEC
Keywords :
electric motors; CENELEC; ExN motors; IEC; certification developments; equipment construction standards; international standards; risk assessment; rotor windings; safety standards; stator windings;
Conference_Titel :
Machines in Hazardous Areas (Digest No. 1997/057), IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
DOI :
10.1049/ic:19970319
