Muting temporarily suspends a safety device so that a pallet can pass through a light curtain without stopping the line.
The muting logic has to tell material from people, run only while the load is passing, and restore protection immediately afterwards. Badly configured muting is one of the quickest ways to turn a protective device into a false sense of security.
A question we hear regularly from clients is which assessment do they actually need for their machinery —
Compliance update — 30 July 2026 On 22 July 2026, the UK Government made The Supply of Machinery
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