Case Study
Coping with Electrical Safety Standards
I f you fi nd electrical safety standards confusing, you’re not alone. Many machine builders have recently had to grapple with an ambiguous round of changes to NFPA-79, the portion of the National Electrical Code that governs the electrical wiring of industrial machines. The standard cuts a broad swath across the industrial machinery landscape. It applies to a comprehensive range of machine types—everything from machine tools and injection