EN ISO 10218 is the standard for industrial robot safety, deriving the Performance Level of a robot’s safety functions from a risk assessment against EN ISO 12100.
The insulation resistance test applies a DC test voltage across a machine’s electrical installation to confirm the insulation is intact and not at risk of breakdown.
Self-certification is the conformity route that lets a manufacturer declare compliance without third-party involvement, available for all machinery not explicitly listed in Annex I of the Machinery Regulation.
The Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EC sets the safety requirements for electrical equipment operating within defined voltage ranges, one of the directives a compliant control panel must meet.
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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