Machinery Safety 101
14 April, 2021

What exactly is PELV?

by Doug Nix
in Electrical Safety, Inherently Safe Design
Photo of the interior of an electrical control cabinet showing the components and wireways on the backplane.

What exactly is PELV? Elec­tric­al design­ers run into all kinds of spe­cial­ized ter­min­o­logy as part of their work. IEC is notori­ous for cre­at­ing spe­cial­ized terms that are not famil­i­ar to… 

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25 November, 2020

Conveyor System Safety

by Doug Nix
in Canada, Conveyors, EU European Union, USA /
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Processing of waste electrical and electronic materials
This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Con­vey­or systems

If you design, integ­rate or use con­vey­ors in your oper­a­tion, you should have a sol­id grasp on the basic safety require­ments for con­vey­or sys­tems. This art­icle will get you up to speed on everything you need to know! 

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11 November, 2020

SPCE 2020

by Doug Nix
in Events, IEEE PSES

The IEEE Sym­posi­um on Product Com­pli­ance Engin­eer­ing is the premi­er product safety engin­eer­ing con­fer­ence, a place where engin­eer­ing pro­fes­sion­als in con­sumer products, IT, med­ic­al, indus­tri­al and pro­fes­sion­al equip­ment gath­er each year… 

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9 June, 2020

ISO/DIS 13849 – 1 Available for Public Review

by Doug Nix
in Canada, Control Functions, EU European Union, Functional Safety, International, Standards
Decision tree used to determine PL based on risk parameters.

Update 2020-10-11: The next three-day ISO/TC 199/WG8 meet­ing runs Tues­day-Thursday this week. Our com­mit­tee mem­bers will be wad­ing into the next 1 600 com­ments along with expert mem­bers from around the… 

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16 December, 2019

Brexit’s impact

by Doug Nix
in CE Mark, EU European Union
Brexit: UK and EU Flags against a blue sky

The UK Con­ser­vat­ive Party win last week has finally drawn an end to the ongo­ing uncer­tainty cre­ated by the Brexit ref­er­en­dum and the dither­ing that fol­lowed the UK Par­lia­ment. Prime… 

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