Approvals, certificates, standards
9.8 MM900 product group
SCALANCE X-300
Operating Instructions, 02/2012, A5E01113043-12
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Machinery directive
The product is a component in compliance with the EC Machinery Directive 2006/42//EEC.
According to the machinery directive, we are obliged to point out that the product described
is intended solely for installation in a machine.
Before the final product can be put into operation, it must be tested to ensure that it conforms
with the directive 2006/42/EEC.
Note
Note for the manufacturers of machine
s
This product is not a machine in the sense of the EC Machinery Directive. There is therefore
no declaration of conformity relating to the EC Machinery Directive 2006/42/EEC for this
product.
Explosion protection directive (ATEX)
The SIMATIC NET product meets the requirements of the EC directive:94/9/EC "Equipment
and Protective Devices for Use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres".
WARNING
When using (installing) SIMATIC NET products in hazardous area zone 2, make absolutely
sure that the associated conditions are adhered to:
• "Approval of SIMATIC/ SIMATIC NET Products for Direct Installation in Ex-Zone 2"
You will find this on the Internet on the pages of Siemens Industry Automation Customer
Support under the following entry ID:
33118441 (http://support.automation.siemens.
com/WW/view/en/33118441)
"Entry list" tab > entry type "Certificates"
The product SCALANCE MM991-2 has the approval:
II 3(2)G Ex nA [op is] IIC T4 DEKRA 11 ATEX 0060 X
These products meet the requirements of the standards
● EN 60079-15: 2005
● EN 60079-0:2006
● EN 60079-28: 2007