A safety component is a component placed on the market separately whose failure endangers people, subject to its own conformity assessment under machinery law.
An interlocked guard is a movable guard wired to the machine’s safety controls: open it and the hazardous movement stops until the guard is closed again and the machine restarted.
Performance Level is the five-step scale in EN ISO 13849-1, from PL a up to PL e, for how reliably a safety function performs when called on.
CE marking is a manufacturer’s own declaration that machinery meets the EU’s essential health and safety requirements.
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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