“Beneficial for engineers
wishing toensure their
compliancewith the
relevant directives.”
Bob Jackson, SafetyApplicationsManager at Festo
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ob Jackson, SafetyApplications
Manager at Festo,who is running
the two-dayworkshops,
comments: “Generallycourses
about safetyand theMachineryDirective
tend to lookmore into theelectrical and
electronic issues that canariseand
neglect thepneumaticselement. Plugging
thisskillsgap, thiscourseaddressesgood
practiseandsafetystandards relating to
pneumaticandmechanical systems,
focussingonspecificsafetyareasaround
actuator systemsand theoptions
available for complianceunder the
MachineryDirective.”
The firstday looksat goodandsafe
practisewithpneumaticsascoveredby
ISO4414:2010,with thesecondday
working throughpractical examplesof
how toapply thisknowledge, understand
the risksand limitationsof different
pneumaticsolutions,whilepaying
particular attention to thechallengesof
ensuring thesafeand reliableoperationof
vertical axes.
Topicscovered includeair supply, control
valvesandcircuits, aswell asactuators;
stoppingandholdingacylinderusing
mechanical andpneumaticmethods,
behavioursof actuators insafety
solutions, clampingdevices, circuitryand
theirusage.
Jacksonadds: “I believe thiscoursewill
provehugelybeneficial for engineers
wishing toensure their compliancewith
the relevantdirectivesbydeveloping their
knowledgeof this topic throughboth
theoryandpracticalworkshops.”
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