Machine safety in automation technology

You’ll be familiar with this: the best components leave us feeling uncertain if it is not clear how the machine must be designed and handled correctly in operation. For example, because there are no application notes. Or because the data sheet does not contain important figures. That is why we advise and help you implement your machine safely in accordance with the Machinery Directive with as little effort as possible. Regardless of whether you opt for pneumatic or electric actuator technology.

Tools

  • For the SISTEMA calculation tool, you will find all the safety-related characteristic values of our products in a VDMA database.
  • All the relevant characteristic values can be found in the product reliability data sheet in the catalogue.
  • Software and sizing tools help you with product selection.

Tools for sizing

Standards and guidelines

  • Our products are developed, tested and certified in accordance with the relevant standards.
  • Technical reports help you to implement the safety functions in accordance with the standards.
  • We play an important role in the further development of standards. You, too, can benefit from this.

Further information about standards and regulations

Customized system solutions

  • We develop customer-specific solutions with you for safety-related applications.
  • This of course also includes the safety-related documentation.

Training courses

  • At Festo Didactic, you can find our range of technical safety seminars and online training around the world – making you fit to manage the topic of safety engineering.
  • We offer on-site consulting services for the machine.

Services

  • Our specialists in safety engineering will help you select the right products and safety functions worldwide.
  • In our 26 application centres worldwide, we can test the functions for your application – close to your location as well.

Products

  • Products for machine safety for all areas of automation from a single source
  • Our safety devices are certified according to all the current standards and thus reduce design time.
  • All characteristic values for standard products are also available online.
  • Quick and easy calculation of the risk reduction

Certifications

  • SIL certificates from notified bodies
  • SIL manufacturer's declarations available for numerous products and systems

Customized system solutions

  • We develop customer-specific solutions with you for safety-related applications.
  • This of course also includes the safety-related documentation.

Training courses

At Festo Didactic, you can find our range of technical safety seminars and online training around the world – making you fit to manage the topic of safety engineering.

Services

Our specialists in safety engineering will help you select the right products for safety-related circuits worldwide.

Products

  • Type tests in accordance with NE 95 for SIL-certified products
  • Tried-and-tested products for safety-related applications in the low-demand and high-demand area
  • All safety-related product data are available online for a quick and easy calculation of the risk reduction.

We accompany you on your way to a safe machine in factory automation as well as to a safe system in the process industry.

How? Take a look at our guidelines on machine and system safety. Here you will not only find comprehensive information on the basic standards, risk assessment and risk reduction, but also detailed overviews of all safety functions with the appropriate products to implement these functions in your system.

The guideline also contains an overview of all Festo Training and Consulting seminars on the subject of safety engineering qualification.

Interested?

Read more in the guideline for machine and system safety (PDF)

Raising awareness of machine and system safety

Risk assessment and machine safety involve more people than you might expect. It certainly does not hurt to pass on this link.