A collaborative robot, or cobot, is an industrial robot designed to work safely alongside people, using force and load monitoring to detect impacts and maintain safe operation.
A safety function is a specific protective job a machine’s control system performs, such as stopping motion the moment a guard is opened.
Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 require employers to avoid hazardous manual handling where reasonably practicable, and to assess and reduce the risk where it can’t be avoided.
A light curtain is an optoelectronic device that projects a field of infrared beams in front of a hazard and stops the machine the instant a beam is broken.
For nearly two decades, the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC) has been the backbone of machinery safety compliance across Europe.
Introduction Machinery is now software-defined, connected, and increasingly autonomous. The Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 treats software failures as
A question we hear regularly from clients is which assessment do they actually need for their machinery —
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