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IEC 61355 - Collection of standardized and established document kinds
 


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Identity number:D00034
DCC:DC
Status level:Standard
Name:Operating instruction
Alternative names:Operating manual
Content of information:Description:
The user of the product shall be provided with information regarding normal and safe operation/functioning. As appropriate, this should be completed by information regarding automatic and remote controlled products, exceptional functions/situations, indications to be observed, protection of persons and instructions for fault detection.
Mandatory content of information:
The instruction material shall contain applicable information relating to the product itself as
follows :

− detailed description of the product, its fittings, its guards and/or protective devices;
− comprehensive range of applications for which the product is intended, taking into account
variations of the original machine if appropriate;
− warnings about reasonably foreseeable misuse;
− information about residual risks which could not be eliminated by the risk reduction taken by the supplier;
− information about particular risks which may be generated by certain applications, by using certain fittings, and about additional protective measures which are necessary for such applications;
− when required for portable hand-held and hand-guided machinery, information regarding vibration;
− modes and means for stopping the product's operation;
− process flow diagrams or function diagrams (see IEC 61082-1);
− descriptions of manual controls;
− instructions for setting and adjustment;
− instructions for re-starting after an intervention;
− diagrams showing the main functions of the product and especially the safety functions;
− how to use provisions against noise, vibration, radiation, gases, vapours or dust emitted by the product;
− recommendations for waste removal;
− description of the initial operations required to bring the product to full working performance, with details of checks, methods of setting adjustable controls and what the setting should be;
− maintenance tasks within the capability of the user during normal use;
− identification and treatment of malfunctions;
− details of any techniques that are likely to be new to users, for example with regard to information technologies;
− storage of the product after use.
Application area:Electrical engineering (incl instrumentation and control), Process engineering
Activity area:Operation and use
Form of presentation:Z - Composite form
Released on:2008-04-14
Applies:D00014 (XXX Manual); D00018 (XXX Instruction (for the use of an object))
Keywords:instructions, operating instructions, operating manuals, operation
Source references:IEC 62079:2001
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