Abstract: With the wide application of automation equipment in the equipment manufacturing industry, electro-sensitive protective equipment as a safety protection device of mechanical equipment is widely used and concerned by the industry and enterprises.GB/T 19436.1-2013 "Electrical safety of machinery—Electro-sensitive protective equipment—Part1:General requirements and tests" specifies the general requirements for the design, manufacture and test of electro-sensitive protective equipment, which is an important safety protection standard in the field of electrical safety of machinery in China.According to the main content of GB/T 19436.1-2013, this paper interprets and analyzes the function, design and environmental requirements of electro-sensitive protective equipment and relevant test verification methods, in order to understand the content of the standard and correctly use the standard.