Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik

The VDE Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies is a technical- scientific association in Germany.

3.1 VDE regulations
3.2 VDE Specifications

Association

Organization

The VDE is the association of electrical engineering, electronics and information technology, its science, its resultant technologies and applications. The VDE is committed to a better climate for innovation, safety standards, for a modern engineering education, and high technology acceptance in the population. VDE combines science, standardization and product testing. Especially the safety in electrical engineering, the development of codes of practice as a national and international standards, testing and certification of equipment and systems VDE priorities. The VDE Testing and Certification Institute, based in Offenbach is one of the independent testing organizations for electrotechnical products. From washing machines to IT products here a wide variety of devices are tested. Worldwide, 200,000 products, the seal of the VDE.

VDE activity fields of the art knowledge transfer, research and professional development of the key technologies of electrical engineering, electronics and information technology and its applications. Its members, it offers access to networks, knowledge transfer and training. President of the Association is Joachim Schneider. Communication, energy, mobility and life science are key fields that promotes the VDE.

The VDE is active worldwide and maintains a network of international contacts and partnerships. In technical- scientific level of VDE cooperates with other organizations and is represented in the standardization organizations such as CENELEC, ETSI and IEC. The VDE is also cooperating with the American Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ( IEEE). Nationwide, the VDE is represented by its 29 Regional-/Bezirksvereine, the VDE state representatives and 60 high school groups. A volunteer bureau, the well-known representatives of the art in science and industry members, and a full-time Board make the association policy. Seat of the VDE is Frankfurt am Main. Representations made in Brussels and Berlin.

Structure

The VDE has 1200 employees. It consists of 36,000 members, of which 1300 companies and 8000 students. It is divided into 29 county clubs / country representations and maintains five professional societies.

Professional societies

The Information Technology Society (ITG ) promotes research and application of information technology in the information and communication technology, in production systems, environmental protection, medicine and transport technology.
The aim of the Power Engineering Society (ETG ) is the development of components, devices and systems for the generation, transmission, distribution and application of electrical energy.
The German Society for Biomedical Engineering in VDE ( DGBMT ) is dedicated to the interdisciplinary cooperation of engineers, scientists and doctors.
The aim of this interdisciplinary VDI / VDE - Society Microelectronics, Micro and Precision Engineering (GMM ) is to provide impetus in the fields of microelectronics, microsystems and nanotechnology and precision engineering.
The VDI / VDE Society for Measurement and Automatic Control (GMA ) supports the range instrumentation, control and automation technology in theory and application.

Forum Network Technology / Network Operation in the VDE ( FNN )

The Forum Network Technology / Network Operation in the VDE ( FNN ) is the committee responsible for the development of VDE application and technical advice on the safe and reliable operation of the transmission and distribution networks.

Basic system technical issues are discussed in consensus with the affected stakeholders and develop practical solutions.

The Forum Network Technology / Network Operation promotes a modern, non-profit platform for experts to exchange experiences and contributes to the development of network technology and network operation and the counting and metrology at.

Activity

The aim of the VDE is to create through the five professional societies in conjunction with the field of standardization and product testing of knowledge transfer and exchange of information between researchers, developers and users. The VDE is annually 1,800 events and 67,000 participants, the largest provider of further education in electrical engineering and information technology. The VDE is committed to future technologies and represents the interests of working in them engineers, scientists and students in politics and the public. The VDE supports young scientists and young people interested in technology. The VDE YoungNet produces about 8,000 students and 3,000 young professionals. Each year, the VDE prizes and scholarships to talented students, graduates and young scientists (for example, the Hans- Pundt Prize in Dresden) and leads competitions such as INVENT a CHIP through.

As a founding member of the VDE IEC campaigns for internationally harmonized standards. The information carried by the VDE German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE is the national standards body in this field. The VDE Testing and Certification Institute in Offenbach are carried out by the 500 employees annually about 100,000 product testing for 5,000 customers.

Through the VDE Global Services GmbH, the VDE is represented in Asia to settle there, testing and certification services on site. The VDE VERLAG, headquartered in Berlin and Offenbach is a specialist publisher of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The range of publications ranges from standards on specialized books to journals. The VDI / VDE Innovation Technik GmbH, Berlin, conceived as a project sponsor on behalf of government departments in the federal and state technology policy programs.

History

On 21 and January 22, 1893 took place in Berlin, the founding conference of the VDE (Association of German Electrical Engineers ) instead. 37 delegates from the Electrotechnical clubs in Germany adopted the founding protocol and elected the first board of directors. In September, the VDE held its first annual meeting and formed the first technical committee of the VDE for the development of electrical codes. The first VDE Commissions for deployment and operational requirements as well as for copper standard parts took in 1894 on their work. They were followed in the later more commissions, including for the development of standard parts for light bulbs, sheet iron, wires and cables, installation materials, ground current, light metering and meter. The first " VDE regulation " VDE 0100 for the safe creation of electronic systems has been adopted.

The first book of the VDE standard parts appeared in 1904. Was elaborated by a commission headed by the Secretary-General later George Dettmar and comprised 183 pages and contains 17 provisions. With the cooperation of the VDE, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) was founded in London in 1906; you joined in 24 states. In 1920 the establishment of a central VDE testing in Berlin. Their task was to review of electrical products for compliance with the existing VDE regulations. There followed the first legally protected registration of the " VDE mark ." 1928 was the establishment of ETC Press, which trades as VDE VERLAG GMBH since 1947. In 1937 the incorporation of the VDE in the Nazi League of German engineering ( NSBDT ). Until 1945 he was thus connected to the Main Office for Technology of the NSDAP. Like all organizations the NSBDT connected to the VDE was banned after the war. From the British occupation forces in Berlin a trustee was used. With the exception of the speaker system could be added gradually working in the VDE - center again.

1948 was the beginning of the reconstruction of the General Secretariat and the laboratory in Wuppertal and the rules point in Mannheim. On March 23, 1950, the foundation of the Association took place. Its seat was now Frankfurt, where the testing was moved. 1954 saw the founding of the first VDE professional society, the news Technology Society (NTG ) today Information Technology Society (ITG ). In 1961, the creation of the VDE radio emblem. To summarize the electrotechnical standardization work, founded DIN and VDE 1970, the German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (DKE ). Thus there were in the Federal Republic of Germany only a place for Electrotechnical Standardization, the legally carried by VDE DKE, which also represents German interests in the international standardization bodies of electrical engineering. The merger of the VDI / VDE - sections measurement and control technology originated in 1973, VDI / VDE Society for Measurement and Automatic Control ( GMR ) today Measurement and Automatic Control (GMA ). 1974 was the establishment of the Power Engineering Society within VDE (ETG ). The VDI / VDE Society Micro-and Precision Engineering (GMF ) in 1976 accepted their work under the name of VDI / VDE Society for Precision Engineering ( FWT ). The Association for lightning protection and Blitzableiterbau eV occurred in 1985 at the VDE. Their activities were in the newly formed VDE Committee continued lightning protection and lightning research (ABB VDE ). As equal partners VDI and VDE perform together since 1986 in Berlin, the " VDI / VDE Technology Centre for Information Technology ". Equipped with funds from the Federal Ministry of Research and Technology, supports the Centre since 1978, small and medium enterprises in the implementation of new technological developments. The VDE / VDI-Society Microelectronics ( GME) in 1987 took on their work.

After the fall of the wall of the VDE and the electrical engineers in the GDR was open from 1989. Seven district associations, the Association founded in 1992 in the new German states and included over 4000 new members. The name of the VDE test 1991 " Testing and Certification Institute " is converted to as the subject certification has become an additional work area. In 1992, with the participation of the VDE, the founding of the Federation Medical Technology DVMT. In 1995 the merger of GME (VDE / VDI - Society Microelectronics ) and GMF (VDI / VDE Society micro and precision engineering) to VDE / VDI Society Microelectronics, Micro and Precision Engineering (GMM ). In 1998 it came to the change of name according to VDE delegates decision in VDE - Association for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies 2001 came it to the fusion of VDE and German Society for Biomedical Engineering (DGBMT ). . The DGBMT was this new professional society in the VDE. New name for the DKE was DKE German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE. The VDE representative office was opened in Berlin. 2003 saw the establishment of the VDE Global Services GmbH. The 50th anniversary of the Information Technology Society (ITG ) was committed in the Frankfurt St. Paul's Church 2004. Chancellor Gerhard Schröder opened the VDE Congress 2004 - Innovation for people. The VDE 2006, IEC organized World Congress in Berlin with German Economics Minister Michael Glos. EU Commissioner Günter Verheugen opened the VDE Congress 2006 Innovations for Europe, Aachen.

Regulations and Standards

The information carried by the VDE German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE (DKE ) develops standards and safety regulations for electrical engineering, electronics and information technology. It represents German interests in European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization ( CENELEC) and the International Electrotechnical Commission ( IEC). Around 3,500 people in business, science and administration develop volunteer the VDE rules and regulations in the DKE.

VDE regulations

The main VDE regulations for safety in electrical engineering refer to:

Dangerous currents, see current accident
Dangerous voltages, refer to current accident
The five safety rules

The BGs give out accident prevention regulations which relate partly to VDE standards.

VDE Specifications

This is a list of articles that contain descriptions of various DIN VDE standards:

Physician Youth studies Deutsche Kommission Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik im DIN und VDE States of Germany Deutsche Bundespost Telecommunications engineering Electrical machine Light fixture

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