EN IEC 62061 is a machinery standard for safety-related control systems; it grades each safety function by Safety Integrity Level.
It shares ground with EN ISO 13849-1, and either is an accepted route for circuits such as emergency stops and interlocks. Its IEC 61508 roots make it the natural home for complex electronic and programmable systems.
CE marking is a manufacturer’s own declaration that machinery meets the EU’s essential health and safety requirements.
Risk reduction is the process of driving machinery risk down to an acceptable level; design measures come first and PPE comes last.
COSHH is the UK regulation governing the control of substances hazardous to health, covering everything from chemical storage to housekeeping in an audit.
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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