The target: Monitoring devices conforming to the standards
The standards and regulations for machine safety form an important basis for the selection of safety switchgear. We are happy to provide you with assistance in this respect. We work in close co-operation with the standardisation authorities and can actively support you in the task of designing monitoring devices to particular national and international standards in each case. |
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Initial information on this complex subject is to be found here on our homepage. The new edition of our book “Safety on machines and engineering plants” contains appreciably more information on the harmonised safety standards in the EU. And for concrete questions, our specialist engineers for safety technology are at your disposal. |
Projects and libraries in the new version are compatible with those in Versions 1.1.x. more
On 2009.12.18, the European Commission has published the list of titles and references of harmonised standards for Machinery under Directive 2006/42/EC in the Official Journal of the European Union C 309/29. more
This 1st Edition of the Guide to application of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC includes comments on the Preamble, on the legal provisions set out in the Articles, on the essential health and safety requirements set out in Annex I and on the requirements for Declarations set out in Annex II. more
On December 7/8, the European Machinery Committee has decided after a controversial discussion between the Member States, that the transition period for the EN 954-1 is extended. more
Simplification of the risk analysis to DIN EN ISO 13849-1
In order to further facilitate this task for the engineers and to provide for a clear and praxis-oriented valuation base for the safety of machine controls, the Schmersal Group has created a library for its products, which can be directly imported into SISTEMA. more
With the standards EN ISO 13 849-1:2006 and EN IEC 62 061:2005 coming into force the subject of designing safety-related parts of control systems takes on a new shape, in which a SRP/CS in future is composed of a combination of deterministic(1) and probabilistic(2) approaches. Added to this are a few equally important new requirements under the keyword “Systematic Faults” and “Software”. This paper is intended to provide you with background information. on the subject of the “New SRP/CS standardisation” which will be useful for your everyday work. more
The "category principle" for Safety-Related Parts of Control Systems (SRP/CS) of machinery belongs in the past: The familiar control unit categories of EN 954-1:1996 have been replaced by performance levels of EN ISO 13849-1:2005 and must be applied by the end of 2009. What now changes for the designers and safety engineers? more
2006/42/EC was finally adopted on 25th April 2006, and was published in the Official Journal of the EU (L157) in June. more