A personal fall-arrest system is a harness and safety line arrangement that physically catches a climber within a short distance if they fall, far more reliable than a cage alone.
The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 are the UK’s implementation of the Machinery Directive and apply to anyone placing machinery on the market or building machinery for their own use.
Earth fault loop impedance is the total impedance of the fault current path, measured to confirm that a protective device will disconnect the supply fast enough in a fault condition.
Partly completed machinery is equipment, such as a bare industrial robot, that only becomes a working machine once integrated into an installation.
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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