Safety in Collaborative Robotics
There is no “Collaborative Robot”. That is one of the first statements you hear from people working in Collaborative Robotics. The reason is because...
Machinery Safety
Whole Body access
If you deal with Machinery Safety you may wonder what Whole Body Access means. That is a relatively new terminology (this article was originally written in...
Machinery Safety
Safeguarded Space
Machinery safety is often dealing with 2 areas:
- A safe area, free of hazards
- A dangerous one
Historically, the term used...
Machinery Safety
Turkish – CE Marking
THE QUESTION
The manufacturer often asks questions about the free circulation of machines in countries outside the EU.
Do the same EU principles apply to ...
Machinery Directive
Explosiveness of dust
The explosion of dust is quite simple to imagine in terms of everyday experience.
ATEX Risk
Machinery Directive and Partly completed Machinery, Guide 2019
The Guide to the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC has been updated in October 2019. It contains a number of clarifications and corrections to the concept...
Machinery Directive
Gas Train
The Gas Train is a part of a combustion system, featuring the components that carry the fuel from the network (or from the tank) to the burner. A gas train can ...
Gas Furnaces - CE Marking
ATEX REGULATIONS AND CLASSIFICATION OF ATEX AREAS
The Atex Classification of places with danger of explosion (atex zone) due to the presence of explosives, flammable fluids and combustible dusts was in the past...
ATEX Risk
ATEX DIRECTIVE 99/92/EC AND EXPLOSION RISKS
Legislative Decree 81/08 Art.290 on the assessment of explosion risks, states that:
In fulfilling the obligations set out in Article 17, paragraph 1, the empl...
ATEX Risk
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
