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FMEA, FMECA and FMEDA, what are the differences?
THE DOUBT: The terms FMEA and FMECA may be common among component manufacturers, however the term FMEDA is only known in case the manufacturer has safety compo...
Machinery Safety
ISO 3691-4 : 2020
ISO 3691-4:2020 is the type-C standard of driverless industrial trucks. Examples of driverless industrial trucks (trucks of ISO 5053-1) can also be known as: &l...
Machinery Safety
ISO 3691-4 : 2020
Bonding, Earthing and Grounding, what is the difference?
THE DOUBT: What is the difference between Bonding, Earthing and Grounding? Is the motor frame grounded or bonded? ...
Electrical Safety and Arc Flash Mitigation
Last edition of EN IEC 60079-10-1
In December 2021 the new edition of EN IEC 60079-10-1 has been published. All standards that conflict with EN IEC 60079-10-1:2021 must be withdrawn by 22/01/202...
ATEX Risk
Last edition of EN IEC 60079-10-1
Does the Manufacturer responsibility last for 10 years only?
THE DOUBT: Is it true that the machinery manufacturer has responsibility, for the safety of its product, only for 10 years from the moment the machinery h...
Machinery Directive
Does the Manufacturer responsibility last for 10 years only?
Shall Partly Completed Machinery be CE Marked?
THE DOUBT: Shall a partly completed machinery bear the CE marking?   CONSIDERATIONS There is a straight answer most people know and that is: No, it...
Machinery Directive
Shall Partly Completed Machinery be CE Marked?
Can an Employer CE mark a Machinery or a production line?
THE DOUBT: In the ideal world, Machinery and Production Lines are engineered, manufactured, installed, commissioned and, finally, CE marked by a Manufacturer. E...
Machinery Directive
Seven reasons to Bond or Earth a metallic part
THE DOUBT: Why a metal part has to be connected to a PE (Protection Earth) cable? CONSIDERATIONS: There are 7 reasons why a piece of metal has to be bond...
Electrical Safety and Arc Flash Mitigation
Is an assembly without its electrical part a Machinery?
THE DOUBT: Often, machinery manufacturers have both mechanical and electrical or hydraulic competences: therefore they engineer the whole machine, produce it a...
Machinery Directive
Is an assembly without its electrical part a Machinery?
The Naked Machinery
When doing a risk assessment of a Machinery, regardless whether you are using ISO 12100 or B11.0, you need to use the concept of the naked machinery. If you ar...
Machinery Safety
The Naked Machinery
Risk assessement and machinery security
THE DOUBT: what behaviour should be considered when doing a risk assessment for a machinery? CONSIDERATIONS: One of the sentences sometimes used when dealing w...
Machinery Directive
Risk assessement and machinery security