Reducing risks with safety-orientated pneumatics
Machines must be designed so that people, animals and property as well as the environment are protected against damage. The aim is to prevent physical damage of any kind. Using safety-orientated pneumatic components from Festo means that you can implement safety measures that are compliant with the EC machinery directive.
Late 2009: the new 2006/42/EC Machinery Directive and the new DIN EN ISO 13849-1 standard will come into effect.
The directive will be binding. The directive must be transposed into national law in all European Member States.
The following is particularly important for you:
- Time schedule for EC machinery directive and DIN EN ISO 13849-1
- Definition and concept of risk
- Risk assessment
- Directive-compliant procedure for safe design (to EN ISO 12100)
- Control architectures (to DIN EN ISO 13849-1)
What has to be done?
Details on how the new EC machinery directive can be put into practice can be found in the Safety Engineering Guidelines.