Conformity To Ec Directive / Ul Standard - Panasonic M2X Series Instruction Manual

Conformity to EC Directive / UL Standard

EC Directive
The EC Directive is applied to all electronic products that provide proper functions and are exported to
EU (European Union) for direct sales for general consumers. These products must conform to the EU
uniformed safety standards, and the CE marking that indicates the conformity to the standards must be
affixed to the products.
Inverters are handled as the components to be incorporated in machinery or equipment, not the
above-mentioned product that provides proper functions and are exported for direct sales for general
consumers. Therefore, applying the CE marking to inverters is not compulsorily required.
To facilitate the conformity of the machinery or equipment that incorporates inverters to the EC Directive,
we attain conformity to the relevant standards of the Low Voltage Directive.
Conformity to the EMC Directive
Regarding our inverter systems, we define models (conditions) of their installation distance, wiring and
so on for inverters and general-purpose motors, so that the models conform to the relevant standards of
the EMC Directive. However, when an inverter system is actually incorporated in machinery or
equipment, its wiring and grounding conditions may be different from the models. For this reason, the
machinery or equipment in which the inverter and general-purpose motor are incorporated must
undergo the final examination to verify the conformity to the EMC Directive (particularly, in terms of
unnecessary radiation noise and noise terminal voltage).
Applicable standards
Object Applicable standards
EN50178
EN55011
Inverter
IEC61000-4-2
IEC61000-4-3
IEC61000-4-4
IEC61000-4-5
IEC61000-4-6
IEC61000-4-11 Instantaneous Power Failure Immunity Test
IEC: International Electrotechnical Commission
EN: Europaischen Normen= European standards
EMC: Electromagnetic Compatibility= Electromagnetic environmental compatibility
Radio Interference Wave Characteristics for Industrial,
Scientific and Medical High-frequency Equipment
Electrostatic Discharge Immunity Test
Radio Frequency Radiation Field Immunity Test
Electrical High-speed Transient Phenomena /
Burst Immunity Test
Lightning Surge Immunity Test
High-frequency Conduction Immunity Test
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Conformity to Low
Voltage Directive
relevant standards
Conformity to EMC
Directive relevant
standards