EN ISO 13855 sets where to position light curtains, scanners, mats and other protective devices, using human approach speed and the machine’s stopping time.
The logic is plain: the faster a person can approach and the longer the machine takes to stop, the further away the device has to sit. Skip the calculation and a light curtain becomes decoration.
A lifting beam is a rigid lifting accessory, sometimes just a plate with a welded lifting eye, that distributes a load across multiple attachment points.
A residual current device is a protective device that disconnects a circuit when it detects an imbalance in current, tested as part of a machine’s electrical verification.
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.
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
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