Conformity assessment is the process a manufacturer follows to demonstrate machinery meets the law before placing it on the market.
The route: identify the legislation that applies, meet the essential requirements (standards give a presumption of conformity), compile the technical file, issue the Declaration of Conformity and affix the mark. Most machinery is self-certified; only certain high-risk categories need a notified or approved body.
A pressure-sensitive mat stops the machine when someone stands on it, a guard for floor areas where beams and fences are impractical.
An emergency stop is the red, latching control on a yellow background that when pressed, overrides everything else and brings a machine to a safe stop in an emergency.
Isolation is the act of disconnecting a machine’s energy sources, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic or stored, so it cannot operate during maintenance.
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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