Peter Still, industry standards manager at Schneider Electric, has been appointed chairman of CENELEC committee TC44X, “Safety of machinery: electrotechnical aspects”. The previous chairman left the role last year and Mr Still has now been confirmed in post. He has a long history of standards work and has been involved with TC44X for the last 14 years since becoming standards manager at Schneider Electric.
Mr Still comments: “I am very honoured to have been chosen as the chairman of the CENELEC committee for electrical safety of machinery and I am looking forward to working alongside suppliers and enforcement agencies to help ensure the highest levels of safety. A crucial aspect of the role will be to ensure the committee’s standards can be harmonised under the Machinery Directive, giving machine designers a route to compliance with the electrotechnical requirements of the directive.”