BS EN 60204-32:2008 Safety of machinery. Electrical equipment of machines. Requirements for hoisting machines
BS EN 60204-32 applies to electrical and electronic equipment and systems for hoisting machines and related equipment.
The equipment covered by BS EN 60204-32 commences at the point of connection of the supply to the electrical equipment of the hoisting machine (crane-supply-switch). It covers systems for
power supply and control feeders situated outside of the hoisting machine, for example, flexible cables or conductor wires or conductor bars.
For the purposes of this standard, hoisting machines include cranes of all types, winches of all
types, and storage and retrieval machines. The following product groups are included:
– overhead travelling cranes;
– mobile cranes;
– tower cranes;
– slewing luffing cranes;
– gantry cranes;
– offshore cranes;
– floating cranes;
– winches of all types;
– hoists and accessories;
– loader cranes;
– cable cranes;
– load holding devices;
– storage and retrieval machines;
– monorail hoists;
– straddle carriers;
– rubber tyred gantry cranes (RTGs).
Contents of BS EN 60204-32:
• Scope.
• Normative references
• Terms and definitions
• General requirements
• Incoming supply conductor terminations and devices for disconnecting and
• switching off
• Protection against electric shock
• Protection of equipment
• Equipotential bonding
• Control circuits and control functions
• Operator interface and hoisting machine mounted control devices
• Controlgear: location, mounting, and enclosures
• Conductors and cables
• Wiring practices
• Electric motors and associated equipment
• Accessories and lighting
• Marking, warning signs and reference designations
• Documentation
• Verification
• Bibliography
