Dear %%if(%%firstname%% is empty,Colleague,%%firstname%%)%%:
To receive the latest automation information, add enews@automation.com to your address book.
Read the online version if links don't work in this Machine Safety Update. |
|
|
October 2009 |
Sponsor: Omron STI |
Machine & Process Safety Engineering Guide
.jpg)
Omron Scientific Technologies, Inc. introduces the 2009-2010 Guide to Machine and Process Safeguarding. This comprehensive resource includes all the latest essential information and selection guidelines on their most popular safety solutions, and highlights products that are available for delivery in five days or less. As with past editions, the guide features a “safety library” with more than 100 pages of educational resource material, making it so much more than a standard product catalog.
Request your free guide.
|
Sponsor: SICK |
Download SICK’s New Safety Guide Today!
SICK’s easy-to-use safety guide, “Guidelines for Safe Machinery – Six Steps to a Safe Machine,” contains safety requirements and guidelines for North America. This guide describes laws, regulations and standards to ensure the safety of machinery and people.
Click here to download this guide
|
Visit our Automation Portals |
Our Automation Portals organize information on various topics and include content published on Automation.com as well as other industry websites. Each portal includes new products, company news, articles, white papers, application stories, training, resources, events, and more.
Visit these one-stop sites for all your automation information
|
| Connect with Automation.com |
   
|
|
| In this Issue |
 |
| Featured Articles |
Pursuing the discipline of control system cyber security
Plant Engineering, September 2009
By John Cusimano
What does it mean to have a safety and security culture? First, it means management commitment from the highest levels. Second, it means management demonstrates that commitment by establishing and improving safety and security management systems. Finally, it means enforcing these systems and holding individuals accountable for failure to follow them.
The electrical barrier
Plant Services, September 2009
By Gerald Woodson
Working on electrically energized systems isn’t the ideal, but on occasion, it might need to be done. With the right approach and appropriate equipment, the work can be done safely. When your qualified employees cross over to the energized side of the barrier, are they fully qualified and prepared to be there?
Alarms: Behind the Red Screen
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, September 2009
By C. Martin Hinckley, Assured Quality, Inc.
When operators fail to follow or actively dismantle “andon” devices it’s usually a sign of serious systemic problems. Here’s how to prevent them from resulting in recalls or worse.
The Safety Drive
Control Engineering Asia, September 2009
By Armin Glaser
There are currently a whole range of standards and directives on machinery safety that are entirely new or are due to replace existing editions. Theses include the new Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC), EN ISO 13849-1, which will replace EN 954-1,and DIN EN 62061.
Bad Design Brings Press to a Crushing Halt
Machine Design, September 2009
By Jessica Shapiro
A punch-press operator cycled the press once. When she reached in to reposition the workpiece according to standard procedure, the press cycled again, crushing fingers on both her hands. Investigators examined the “single-trip” mechanism that should have stopped the press and found several problems.
|
Browse more articles on the Machine Safety portal
|
Live News Feed |
|
|
|
| Product Announcements |
|
| Other Product Announcements
|
Browse more Product Announcements on the Machine Safety portal.
Search all Products by keyword, category, manufacturer or release date. |
| White Papers |
PROFIsafe: Networked Safety for Process and Factory Automation
By ARC Advisory Group
Safety has evolved from being a cost burden to a strategy for improving productivity and reducing downtime. PROFIsafe allows seamless communication of safety data independent of network media. Automation users are now taking advantage of these solutions to unify their network while maintaining conformity with safety standards up to SIL3.
|
Browse more white papers on the Machine Safety portal.
|
| Resources & Literature |
Gotcha Stick - Safe Distance Scale for Machine Guarding
Is that Hard-Guard Adequately Protecting your Machine Operators? Based on revised anthropometric data, the "Gotcha Stick" from STI is a three-segment safe distance scale used to verify that openings in machine hard-guards will not allow the point-of-operation to be accessed by the operator.
Banner Engineering Complete Catalog on CD Features 3500+ Web Links to More Info
Banner Engineering's catalog CD contains all current product catalogs for more than 15,000 sensing, safety, measurement & inspection, and vision products as well as current pricing.
Guide to AS-Interface Maintenance and Troubleshooting
This 32-page illustrated pocket-sized reference from Pepperl+Fuchs is filled with information to help AS-Interface users set up and maintain an AS-Interface solution.
Guide to Machine and Process Safeguarding
This comprehensive resource includes information and selection guidelines on safety solutions, including Laser Scanners, Perimeter Access Guards, Programmable Safety Controllers, Force Guided Relays, Light Curtains, Contact Strips and Edges, and more.
|
Browse more resources and literature on the Machine Safety portal.
|
| Application Stories |
Wiring manufacturer plugs into benefits of Clare analyser
Process & Control Today, September 2009
Apex Wiring Solutions, a manufacturer of prefabricated electrical connector and cable assemblies, is using the Clare Horizon high voltage wiring analyser to improve the electrical safety testing of its units during the production process.
After the Explosion...
Control Engineering, September 2009
By Jim McConahay, Moore Industries
Imperial Valley Resource Recovery suffered a major electrical explosion that destroyed the connection to the grid and adjacent control room electronics. It was all replaced with Ethernet-based Modbus RTU communications and controls from Moore Industries
Danish microdairy gains data foundation
Control Engineering, September 2009
An integrated EtherNet/IP solution from Rockwell Automation provides dairy staff with full control of all processes and safety aspects, and can be rapidly reconfigured to produce multiple products in one plant.
Planning a Safe and Successful Integration: Robots in Packaging/Palletizing
Robotics Online, August 2009
By Brette Christe, JR Automation Technologies
Implementing packaging/palletizing robots into a production process. The choices you make when it comes to process logistics, safety, and robot selection directly impact production planning, inventory, scheduling, quality, and efficiency.
Reliable Operations for Perishable Products
Control Engineering, August 2009
By Dan Hornbeck, Rockwell Automation
As it designs and deploys its industrial ice cream plants, Gram Equipment uses Rockwell Automation’s GuardLogix platform to help provide the monitoring and control it needs to ensure process optimization and product quality.
|
Browse more application stories on the Machine Safety portal.
|
| Featured Training |
Machine Safety Seminar
SICK invites you to attend a machine safety seminar, “Understanding the new global standards — what you need to know to implement machine safety.”
Workshop: How to comply with EU's revised machinery directive
September through November 2009, various cities
Seminar discusses the new Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (2004/108/EC), and other relevant European Union directives and standards for the industrial market.
TUV Rheinland conducts East Coast Seminars on EU Exporting
October 2009, various cities in U.S.
The workshop helps exporters understand the updated Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC), the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (2004/108/EC), and other European Union directives and standards.
Purge and Pressurization Systems seminar
October 21, 2009 Houston, TX
This one-day training session covers purging, how to determine the need, what is used to purge/pressurize an enclosure, and what types of enclosures and devices can be purged. Price: $350.
Safety Automation Forum
November 10, 2009 Anaheim, CA
Covers safety's continued importance within the manufacturing industry, its effect on the top and bottom line, and how changing standards can best be leveraged.
|
Browse more training and seminar opportunities on the Machine Safety portal.
|
| Company & Organizational News |
ISA selects Automation.com to provide E-Newsletters
The co-branded e-newsletters will be distributed to Automation.com’s subscribers, InTech subscribers, and ISA members and customers, creating a combined total distribution of more than 90,000 world-wide automation professionals.
International Robot Safety Standard Enters Final Phase of Acceptance
Robotics On Line, September 2009
By Jeff Fryman, Robotic Industries Association
The ISO TC184/SC 2 WG3 team completed their work on reviewing the technical content of the proposed new Part 2 of ISO 10218, the International Standard for robot safety. Where Part 1 only covers the requirements for the robot; Part 2 covers the integration and installation of a robot system or cell thereby giving a more complete set of requirements for robot safety.
European Machinery Directive Standard may be back--or not
Deadline for conformity with EN ISO 13849-1 or EN/IEC 62061 remains 29 Dec 2009. Extension of EN 954 1 to be considered at December meeting.
European machine builders breathe a sigh of relief as EC delays safety implementation
Control Engineering Europe, September 2009
The European Commission (EC) has announced that the implementation of the new European Machinery Directive, which was supposed to start on the 29th of December 2009, will be delayed for another three years. It says the current safety standard EN 954-1 can be used to support compliance to the standard in the interim.
Extension to machinery directive standard
HazardEx, September 2009
The European Commission (EC) has announced that BS EN 954-1 can be used to support compliance to the European Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC for a further three years in spite of the introduction of new replacement standards.
|
Browse more company and organizational news on the Machine Safety portal. |
| Featured Events |
National Robot Safety Conference
October 26-28, 2009 Dearborn, Michigan
The conference includes new workshops on Cost Justification, an Introduction to Robot Vision, Essential Safety Controls and a Primer on Functional Safety.
Automation Fair 2009
November 11-12, 2009 Anaheim, California
At this two-day event, attend in-depth technical sessions, workshops, and hands-on labs. Visit more than 100 exhibits and displays. Learn best practices at specialized industry forums.
Hannover Messe Middle East
February 9-11, 2010 Dubai
Deutsche Messe Hannover will be staging CeMAT Middle East, Industrial Automation (IA) Middle East, and Motion, Drive & Automation (MDA) Middle East together.
HazardEx 2010
February 24-25, 2010 Harrogate, UK
The comprehensive two day conference will give everyone involved in safety for engineering plant, insight and case study examples of how peers have executed safety programmes in their facilities. As always the programme will provide detailed standards/legislation updates directly from those involved in the process of creating them
ISA announces Automation Week show
October 4-7, 2010 Houston, TX
ISA Automation Week, a knowledge-based conference event, will deliver critical knowledge on the application of automation technologies in processing and manufacturing environments.
|
Browse more industry events on the Machine Safety portal.
Add an event to our calendar. |
I hope you enjoyed this Machine Safety update. If you have any comments or suggestions regarding the content in this e-newsletter or on Automation.com, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Rick Zabel
Vice President, Publisher
Automation.com
View our Privacy Policy
For editorial inquiries, please contact Rick Zabel
For advertising inquiries, please contact Chris Nelson, or see our Media Kit. |
|
|
_thumb.jpg)
_thumb.jpg)
