Placing on the market is the point at which discrete machinery is first made available in the UK or EU, triggering full legal responsibility for its compliance.
EN IEC 62061 is a machinery standard for safety-related control systems; it grades each safety function by Safety Integrity Level.
Muting temporarily suspends a safety device, typically so that a pallet can pass through a light curtain without stopping the line.
EU-type examination is a conformity assessment route requiring a notified body to examine and certify a machine design before it can be placed on the market.
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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