DKE German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE
DIN EN 60519-1
; VDE 0721-1:2011-10
Safety in electroheating installations - Part 1: General requirements (IEC 60519-1:2010); German version EN 60519-1:2011
Sicherheit in Elektrowärmeanlagen - Teil 1: Allgemeine Anforderungen (IEC 60519-1:2010); Deutsche Fassung EN 60519-1:2011
Overview
This standard deals with the general safety requirements and is applicable to industrial electroheating installations. The requirements apply to industrial installations and associated processing systems with the possible use of the following equipment: - equipment for direct and indirect resistance heating; - equipment for electric resistance trace heating; - equipment for induction heating; - equipment using the effect of EM forces on liquid metals; - equipment for arc heating, including submerged arc heating; - equipment for electroslag remelting; - equipment for plasma heating; - equipment for microwave heating; - equipment for dielectric heating; - equipment for electron beam heating; - equipment for laser heating; - equipment for infrared radiation heating. The responsible committee is K 362 "Industrielle Elektrowärme" ("Industrial electroheat") of the DKE (German Commission for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies) at DIN and VDE.
