This group safety publication is primarily intended to be used as a product safety standard for
the products mentioned in the scope, but shall also be used by technical committees in the
preparation of their publications for products similar to those mentioned in the scope of this
standard, in accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide 104 and
lSO/lEC Guide 51.
This Part 2 of IEC 61010 specifies particular safety requirements for the following types of
electrical equipment and their accessories, wherever they are intended to be used, which fall
under a), b), or c) below and present HAZARDS from the power driven moving parts according
to one or more of the items 1) to 5) used by the equipment for a specific application.
1) An assembly, fitted with or intended to be fitted with a drive system other than directly
applied human or animal effort, consisting of linked parts or components, at least one of
which moves, and which are joined together for a specific application.
2) An assembly referred to in item 1), missing only the components to connect it on site or to
sources of energy and motion.
3) An assembly referred to in items 1) and 2), ready to be installed and able to function as it
stands only if mounted on a means of transport, or installed in a building or a structure.
4) Assemblies referred to in items 1), 2) and 3) or partly completed assemblies which, in
order to achieve the same end, are arranged and controlled so that they function as an
integral whole.
A partly completed assembly is equipment which cannot perform a specific application by
itself. A partly completed assembly is only intended to be incorporated into, or assembled
with, other equipment, thereby forming equipment to which this standard applies.
5) An assembly of linked parts or components, at least one of which moves and which are
joined together, intended for lifting loads and whose only power source is directly applied
human effort.
If all or part of the equipment falls within the scope of one or more other part 2 standards of
IEC 61010 as well as within the scope of this standard, it will also need to meet the
requirements of those other Part 2 standards.