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 Categories

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Emergency Stop on machine console
This entry is part 4 of 16 in the series Emer­gency Stop

I’ve noticed a lot of people look­ing for inform­a­tion on Emer­gency Stop cat­egor­ies recently; this art­icle is aimed at those read­ers who want to under­stand this top­ic in more depth. First, a cla­ri­fic­a­tion: Emer­gency stop cat­egor­ies DO NOT EXIST, but stop cat­egor­ies do. A stop cat­egory is a descrip­tion of a con­trol func­tion – what the con­trol does – and […]

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Using E-Stops in Lockout Procedures

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This entry is part 6 of 16 in the series Emer­gency Stop

Emer­gency stop devices are some­times, incor­rectly, used as part of a lock­out pro­ced­ure for machinery. Learn more about how to cor­rectly used these devices as part of Haz­ard­ous Energy Con­trol Pro­ced­ures for indus­tri­al machinery.