Why Machinery safety is so important?
Machinery Safety is probably the main leverage that can reduce the number of deaths and injuries in the work place.
In the European Union machinery is a contrib...
Machinery Safety
Machinery Safety in USA
All about OSHA:the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) that passed in 1970 to provide safe and healthy working conditions for Industrial USA Companies
UL and CSA Conformity
Fault Loop Impedance Measurement
The Earth Fault Loop includes the Load, the bonding conductor, the earthed (Grounded) neutral point of the tranformer, the so...
Electrical Safety and Arc Flash Mitigation
IEC 60364 vs NEC
The world of electrical installations is not always straightforward.
Working on an international project electrical engineers are often bewildered by the ...
UL and CSA Conformity
Ladders: Choice of a type fall protection device
The main alternatives for protection of the users of fixed ladders against falling from a height are:
• Safety cage
• Guide...
Machinery Safety
Machinery Safety for Continuous Casting of Steel
GT Engineering has run a few analysis of continuous casting process safety,based also upon the C type Harmonised Norm EN 14753,call us for a first discussion
Machinery Safety
Reduced Speed or Reduced Energy
The assessment and risk reduction process is detailed in various standards.
An important aspect of the risk reduction methods suggested by the standards co...
Machinery Safety
Airborne Sound Measurement
Sound can be described as any pressure variation that human can hear.
The exposure to intense sounds for long period of time can harm the personal health of the operators: it becomes necessary to intervene in the situations where sound values exceed...
Machinery Directive
Product Standard for Industrial Control Panels
THE QUESTION
Machine and control panel manufacturers often wonder which Electrical Standard shall they follow for the CE Marking of Industrial Control Panels.&n...
Electrical Safety and Arc Flash Mitigation
The difference between high and low sensitivity residual current devices
DOUBT
We know that high and low sensitivity Residual Current Devices (RCDs) are divided according to the current IΔn (nominal differential curren...
Electrical Safety and Arc Flash Mitigation
