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Functional safety guide for machinery maintenance engineers
May 2011 Email to a friend   Comment on this article
Plant engineers responsible for the functional safety of machinery can get help in the form of a 200-page technical guide from Pilz Automation Technology.

Functional safety guide for machinery maintenance engineersIts Safety Compendium, which was compiled by a committee of machinery safety experts at the organisation, is available to download or as a hard copy.

Topics covered include: law, directives and standards (including the new Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC); safeguards and other protective equipment; safety control technology; safety-related communications; and safe motion control.

Section 2.3 of the publication includes a comparison of the old and new Machinery Directives.
 
Author
Brian Tinham
 
 
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