Machine Safety
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Wireless Control and Wireless Safety!
December 20, 2010
Safe wireless (also known as safe cableless) is often applied to a machine using a “zone” concept to reduce the wireless communication distance. As wireless machine communications increase, application questions include the following. » more
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December 20, 2010
Safe wireless (also known as safe cableless) is often applied to a machine using a “zone” concept to reduce the wireless communication distance. As wireless machine communications increase, application questions include the following. » more
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Functional Safety - A New "Mark" From UL
December 17, 2010
UL offers functional safety certification. » more
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December 17, 2010
UL offers functional safety certification. » more
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Integrated Machine Safety – or Not!
December 03, 2010
How will the 2011 updated NFPA 79, Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery, affect arguments for and against a fully integrated architecture for safety and general control? » more
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December 03, 2010
How will the 2011 updated NFPA 79, Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery, affect arguments for and against a fully integrated architecture for safety and general control? » more
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E-Stops Aren’t Safety Devices
November 30, 2010
While safety experts say machine safety e-stops are not safety devices, folks in industry pretty much all seem to think e-stops are safety devices because of their function. Ask yourself these three questions. » more
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November 30, 2010
While safety experts say machine safety e-stops are not safety devices, folks in industry pretty much all seem to think e-stops are safety devices because of their function. Ask yourself these three questions. » more
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Machine safety and your safety culture
November 12, 2010
How's your machine safety culture? Have you heard anyone say: My hand is quicker than the machine, production is more important than safety, we don't need machine guards because... » more
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November 12, 2010
How's your machine safety culture? Have you heard anyone say: My hand is quicker than the machine, production is more important than safety, we don't need machine guards because... » more
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Machine Safety - Hard Guarding Is Best - Right?
November 09, 2010
While hard guarding can be best for machine safety in some applications, a risk assessment will help assess which technologies should be applied to achieve tolerable risk. This can be where trouble often begins. » more
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November 09, 2010
While hard guarding can be best for machine safety in some applications, a risk assessment will help assess which technologies should be applied to achieve tolerable risk. This can be where trouble often begins. » more
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As An OEM – Can I Choose Which Standards?
October 25, 2010
This is a frequent question where an OEM is approaching a new design or new machine. And, often this is the case when it’s a start-up OEM. So, what’s the answer? Several years back for me I would usually start my reply with “Well, it depends!” Those OEM meetings were usually pretty short. Today, I’ve learned to conduct some analysis of what the OEM is... » more
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October 25, 2010
This is a frequent question where an OEM is approaching a new design or new machine. And, often this is the case when it’s a start-up OEM. So, what’s the answer? Several years back for me I would usually start my reply with “Well, it depends!” Those OEM meetings were usually pretty short. Today, I’ve learned to conduct some analysis of what the OEM is... » more
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Risk Assessment Documentation & the new European Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC
October 07, 2010
The European Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC clearly calls out the requirements for the “Technical File”. Per this new Directive companies should consider that the risk assessment is required compliance documentation. This requirement is specifically detailed in the General Principles section of Annex I. In the earlier Directive there was always a need to... » more
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October 07, 2010
The European Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC clearly calls out the requirements for the “Technical File”. Per this new Directive companies should consider that the risk assessment is required compliance documentation. This requirement is specifically detailed in the General Principles section of Annex I. In the earlier Directive there was always a need to... » more
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Trouble Implementing ISO 13849-1; 2006 per the European Machinery Directive
September 30, 2010
The European Machinery Directive clearly calls out the required transition from EN 954 to ISO 13849-1 by December 2011. With that said, some companies in the U.S. are currently struggling with conformance to the B10 requirement for simple components in order to determine their impact on the related safety performance level. Ironically, this week I’m in... » more
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September 30, 2010
The European Machinery Directive clearly calls out the required transition from EN 954 to ISO 13849-1 by December 2011. With that said, some companies in the U.S. are currently struggling with conformance to the B10 requirement for simple components in order to determine their impact on the related safety performance level. Ironically, this week I’m in... » more
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Updating Minds About Machine Safety
September 24, 2010
The Machine Safety segment of industry over the past ten to fifteen years has experienced phenomenal growth of product innovation, solutions for hazard mitigation, and industry regulations, to mention a few. On a global basis anyone can access information and participate in forums in order to understand this evolution of machine guarding solutions.... » more
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September 24, 2010
The Machine Safety segment of industry over the past ten to fifteen years has experienced phenomenal growth of product innovation, solutions for hazard mitigation, and industry regulations, to mention a few. On a global basis anyone can access information and participate in forums in order to understand this evolution of machine guarding solutions.... » more
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