Series: Emergency Stop

This series delves into the sim­pli­city and the com­plex­ity that is the ‘Emer­gency Stop’ safety func­tion. This is one of the most com­mon and most fre­quently mis­un­der­stood con­trol func­tions in machine design.

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Emergency Stop – What’s so confusing about that?

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Emergency Stop on machine console
This entry is part 1 of 14 in the series Emer­gency Stop

I get a lot of calls and emails ask­ing about emer­gency stops. This is one of those decept­ively simple con­cepts that has man­aged to get very com­plic­ated over time. Not every machine needs or can bene­fit from an emer­gency stop. In some cases, it may lead to an unreas­on­able expect­a­tion of safety from the user, which can lead to injury if they don’t under­stand the haz­ards involved. Some product-spe­cif­ic stand­ards