DEKRA Certification Group

Henk Kormelink
Product Expert Industrial Components
IEC member IEC 121A/MT6, IEC 121B/MT2
Overview DEKRA Group

COMMITTED TO
SAFETY
Our Mission
We ensure safety
TECHNOLOGY & EQUIPMENT
by supporting excellence in the design,
configuration, operation, and maintenance
of technical equipment we use whether
on the road, at work and at home
STANDARDS & PRACTICES
by developing and advancing
standards and practices that
support optimal safety performance
MIND-SET & BEHAVIOUR
Safet
y
by fostering safety
awareness in every mind and
safety consistent behavior
 Requirements

End customer

Consultants Market

Product

Product National
standards codes

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 Type testing or
Design verification

● Partial verification
● Short circuit and/or temperature rise
● Full product verification
● All tests according the standard
● Type testing
● Design verification
● Factory inspections
● Certification
● Product re-examinsations

● Increased competition
● Increased complexity (more automation and control)
● Increased consequences of failures
● Increased quality focus

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 Risk Reduction framework
KEMA-KEUR CERTIFICATION

Yearly Initial and yearly follow-up factory

Degree of risk reduction

Monito- inspections to verify the quality and

ring safety of the assembly process

Yearly product re-

examinations
FULL TYPE TESTING
One One time
time PARTIAL testing
testing TYPE
TESTING

Product Product & Process

One aspect < > Full sequence One party in the chain < > Total chain approach
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The extent of a measure
 Market differences

● Partial verification ● Verification by manufacturer

● Full product verification ● Verification by 3rd party by independent test house
● Certification ● Certification only by certification body (e.g. KEMA KEUR)

● In Europe, verification by manufacturer

● In UAE, verification by independent test house
● In UAE, special service conditions require additional verifications
● Certification is often used as additional added value

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Our position?

Standards Test capabilities

 we participate in standardisation to help  adjusted to the standards and products
develop safety standards

Product knowledge Independent

 Industrial product knowledge  additional value for end customers

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IEC 61439 series

Design verification
Latest edition of IEC 61439
Overview IEC 61439

 IEC 61439-0: Guide for specifying assemblies

 A specifier’s guide made to improve the usability of the standard for
specification purposes
 IEC 61439-1: General rules
 IEC 61439-2: Power switchgear and control gear assemblies
 IEC 61439-3: Distribution boards
 IEC 61439-4: Assemblies for construction sites
 IEC 61439-5: Assemblies for power distribution
 IEC 61439-6: Busbar trunking systems
 TS/IEC 61439-7: Assemblies for specific installations at public sites such as marinas,
camping sites, market squares, electrical vehicles charging stations
 IEC 61439-8: ?
Chapters of IEC 61439-1

1. Scope
2. Normative references
3. Terms and definitions
4. Symbols and abbreviations
5. Interface characteristics
6. Information
7. Service conditions
8. Constructional requirements (old: design and construction)
9. Performance requirements (old: design and construction)
10. Design verification (old: test specifications)
11. Routine verification (old: test specifications)
Special service conditions in Middle East (50-55 ̊C)

 Testing products according IEC standards is performed based

on 35 degrees ambient for product/component testing

at 50 C:
 Within enclosures, higher temperatures
 Aging effects increase with higher ambients
 Trip units:
 Electronic circuits (temperature independent)
 Derating required for thermal magnetic trip units
 Critical temperatures of components (e.g. MCBs)

General approach:
 Material limits: Absolute limit is the reference, so temperature
rise limits are reduced with 15 K
 Questions?

RESPONSIBILITY CUSTOMER ENTREPRENEURSHIP TEAM SPIRIT INTEGRITY

FOR SAFETY ORIENTATION

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