In machine shops, slipping safety standards will affect the workers and equipment. With rotating parts, heavy machinery, electrical hazards, and fine airborne particulates, even a momentary lapse can ...

A standards-based design approach can right-size a safety system to its required performance level. It happens all the time: Machine safety systems are built to the incorrect safety level and create ...

ISO 13849 is a globally recognized standard that was originally released in 2006 and adopted by the European Union as a required standard in 2009 as EN ISO 13849. The standard categorizes safety ...

The NUMSafe application program for machine safety control uses the same software development tools used to commission the overall system, including CNC, PLC, drives and I/O modules. This unified ...

It is apparent that those responding generally knew that used industrial production equipment may not have all the safety whistles and bells. Ever wonder if your approach, or your safety manager's ...