The safety of personnel and machinery is always in the foreground. Regulations and standards are used to evaluate and minimize risks.
Learning objectives and content
- Identifying the major normative and legally relevant aspects of machine safety
- Protective equipment:
- Emergency stop, guard, restart interlock, locking devices, operating mode selector switch, distance calculation
- Programmable vs. hard-wired safety technology
- Manipulation and misuse
- Liability of the machine manufacturer
- Definition of safety and risk
- Harmonized standards and technical regulations
- Technical documentation
- The basics of safety-oriented machine design
- Risk assessment per EN ISO 12100:2010
- Basic health and safety requirements