DIRECTIVE 2014/34/EU
Directive 2014/34/EU, which came into force on 20 April 2016, aims to provide the requirements to be met by equipment and protective systems intended for use in...
ATEX Risk
NEC and the GFCI
A GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter) is the American equivalent of the High Sensitivity Differential protection or "Salva Vita" in Italian. It detects if the current is flowing where it should not (ground fault) and shuts off the power. It trigg...
UL and CSA Conformity
Hazardousness of substances
What causes an explosion is the combustion of gas. For this to occur, 3 elements are needed:
- Combustible: the gas
- Oxidizer: the air (oxygen)
- Ignition: ...
ATEX Risk
The Alarp Principle
The Alarp principle recognizes that there are three broad categories of risks:
1. Negligible risk: Broadly accepted by most people as they go about their e...
Machinery Safety
Why Machinery safety is so important?
Machinery Safety is probably the main leverage that can reduce the number of deaths and injuries in the work place.
In the European Union machinery is a contrib...
Machinery Safety
Machinery Safety in USA
All about OSHA:the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) that passed in 1970 to provide safe and healthy working conditions for Industrial USA Companies
UL and CSA Conformity
Fault Loop Impedance Measurement
The Earth Fault Loop includes the Load, the bonding conductor, the earthed (Grounded) neutral point of the tranformer, the so...
Electrical Safety and Arc Flash Mitigation
IEC 60364 vs NEC
The world of electrical installations is not always straightforward.
Working on an international project electrical engineers are often bewildered by the ...
UL and CSA Conformity
Ladders: Choice of a type fall protection device
The main alternatives for protection of the users of fixed ladders against falling from a height are:
• Safety cage
• Guide...
Machinery Safety
Machinery Safety for Continuous Casting of Steel
GT Engineering has run a few analysis of continuous casting process safety,based also upon the C type Harmonised Norm EN 14753,call us for a first discussion
Machinery Safety
