Re: Intrinsic safety for factory communication?

1999-09-03 Thread Peter Merguerian
Joe, There truly are standards for factory automation for the US and Europe (although I have to dig into my files to tell you the standards). For ITE, industrial control, robotic or any other equipment for use in hazardous locations, the equipment must either be intinsically safe or protecte

Re: Intrinsic safety for factory communication?

1999-09-03 Thread cnewton
n 09/02/99 04:59 PM GMT Please respond to j...@aol.com To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org cc:(bcc: Carl Newton/XYCOM) Subject: Intrinsic safety for factory communication? Hello All: I am hoping that some of you can help me gain an understanding of the requirements for "intrin

Re: Intrinsic safety for factory communication?

1999-09-02 Thread jmerrill
...@majordomo.ieee.org cc:(bcc: John Merrill/Aut/Schneider) Subject: Intrinsic safety for factory communication? Hello All: I am hoping that some of you can help me gain an understanding of the requirements for "intrinsic safety" for communication wiring that is used in a manufacturing e

Re: Intrinsic safety for factory communication?

1999-09-02 Thread Art Michael
Hi Joe, Start with UL 913. Then go to CSA, UL or FM sites and search on the topics, "intrinsic safety" "hazardous locations" "hazloc". Also, on the Safety Link, you will find a link to a 6-part tutorial on this subject . Search on the term "intrinsically safe" or "crouse-hinds" Regards, Art

Intrinsic safety for factory communication?

1999-09-02 Thread JPR3
Hello All: I am hoping that some of you can help me gain an understanding of the requirements for "intrinsic safety" for communication wiring that is used in a manufacturing environment. My background is in telecom and ITE, not factory automation. However, I have been asked to assist a clien