Category: CE Mark

Inform­a­tion and posts related to CE Mark­ing of machinery and indus­tri­al products

CE Mark

Brexit is such a waste

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Brexit: UK and EU Flags against a blue sky

This morn­ing I read news of the tests that the May Gov­ern­ment plans to use when assess­ing the Brexit deal they are try­ing to nego­ti­ate with the EU. The @CommonsEUexit report on the UK/EU future rela­tion­ship has just been pub­lished. Here are its “key tests” for judging a future deal. Full text of the report here – […]

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Machinery Safety Labels: 3 Top Tools for Effective Warnings

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Safety label by Clarion Safety Systems
This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Safety Labels

Machinery Safety Labels The third level of the Hier­archy of Con­trols is Inform­a­tion for Use. Safety Labels are a key part of the Inform­a­tion for Use provided by machine build­ers to users and are often the only inform­a­tion that many users get to see. This makes the design and place­ment of the safety labels crit­ic­al to […]

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Safe Drive Control including Safe Torque Off (STO)

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Graph illustrating STO Function
This entry is part 12 of 14 in the series Emer­gency Stop

Ed. Note: This art­icle was revised 25-Jul-17 to include inform­a­tion on safe stand­still. Safe Drive Con­trol includ­ing STO Motor drives are every­where. From DC vari­able speed drives and index­ing drives, through AC Vari­able Fre­quency drives, servo drives and step­per motor drives, the cap­ab­il­it­ies and the flex­ib­il­ity of these elec­tron­ic sys­tems has giv­en machine design­ers unpre­ced­en­ted […]