A single global machine safety standard has been in the works for a long time and will now be a little longer. The merger of safety standards ISO 13849 and IEC 62061 into one standard, IEC/ISO 17305, ...

"How can European standards affect me, especially since I only use machines built in the US?" This is a common question, and one way to answer this is to look at how machine safety is enforced, where ...

In machine shops, slipping safety standards will affect the workers and equipment. With rotating parts, heavy machinery, electrical hazards, and fine airborne particulates, even a momentary lapse can ...

• Two basic codes, from the U. S. and European Union, govern the design of most accumulators. • Many countries amend the basic codes with additional testing and certification requirements. • Some ...

Worker safety is a top priority for manufacturers. They know that working alongside rotating parts, high-pressure fluids, and combustible fluids creates serious risks of injury. Although there are ...

The NUMSafe application program for machine safety control uses the same software development tools used to commission the overall system, including CNC, PLC, drives and I/O modules. This unified ...