BS EN 50173-3 specifies generic cabling to serve the automation islands in industrial premises, or industrial spaces within other types of building.
It covers balanced cabling and optical fibre cabling.
BS EN 50173-3 specifies directly or via reference to EN 50173-1 the:
BS EN 50173-3 has taken into account requirements specified in application standards listed in EN 50173-1.
Note: Safety and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) requirements are outside the scope of BS EN 50173-3 and are covered by other standards and regulations. However, information given in BS EN 50173-3 be of assistance in meeting these standards and regulations.
BS EN 50173-3- Generic cabling systems for industrial spaces is useful for:
The importance of cabling infrastructure is similar to that of other fundamental utilities such as water and
energy supply and interruptions to the services provided over that infrastructure can have a serious impact. A lack of design foresight, the use of inappropriate components, incorrect installation, poor administration or inadequate support can threaten quality of service and have commercial consequences for all types of users.
BS EN 50173-3 specifies generic cabling to serve the automation islands in industrial premises, or industrial spaces within other types of building.
Note: Additionally those premises can include:
BS EN 50173-3 provides the schematic and contextual relationships between the standards produced by TC 215 for information technology cabling, namely:
BS EN 50173-3 helps you with guidance on functional elements of generic cabling for industrial premises, describes how they are connected together to form subsystems and identifies the interfaces at which application-specific components are connected to the generic cabling infrastructure.
BS EN 50173-3 supersedes EN 50173-3:2007 + A1:2010 + AC:2011. BS EN 50173-3 includes some technical changes with respect to EN 50173-3:2007 + A1:2010 + AC:2011. These include:
EN 50173-3:2018