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Instruction manual
THE QUESTION Often the manufacturer has doubts about what should be indicated in the Instruction manual. One of the aspects is whether it is necessary to report...
Machinery Safety
Safety of the Electric Arc Furnace (EAF)
GT Engineering has done a few Risk analysis of Electric Arc Furnaces, both in new and in already installed processes. Give us a call for an first discussion
Gas Furnaces - CE Marking
Safety of the Electric Arc Furnace (EAF)
CE Marking of Control Panels
The CE marking indicates the conformity of the product with the Union legislation applying to the product and providing for CE marking. The CE marking is affixed on products that are placed on the EEA and Turkish market, whether they are manufactured...
Machinery Directive
CE Marking of Control Panels
Grounding and Bonding
The NEC often uses the term ground when it really means bond.Let's see definitions and let's see how to make things clear to understand better this standard
Electrical Safety and Arc Flash Mitigation
Grounding and Bonding
The emergency stop function
Among the commands of a machine, probably, the emergency stop is the most visible one; however it is not the easiest to understand. The reference standard is&n...
Machinery Safety
The emergency stop function
Safety in Collaborative Robotics
There is no “Collaborative Robot”. That is one of the first statements you hear from people working in Collaborative Robotics. The reason is because...
Machinery Safety
Safety in Collaborative Robotics
Machinery Safety in Canada
The Technical Norm Z432-04 specifies requirements for design, manufacture, installation, maintenance, operation, and safeguarding of industrial equipment...
UL and CSA Conformity
Machinery Safety in Canada
Whole Body access
If you deal with Machinery Safety you may wonder what Whole Body Access means. That is a relatively new terminology (this article was originally written in...
Machinery Safety
Whole Body access
Safeguarded Space
Machinery safety is often dealing with 2 areas: -    A safe area, free of hazards -    A dangerous one Historically, the term used...
Machinery Safety
Safeguarded Space
Turkish – CE Marking
THE QUESTION The manufacturer often asks questions about the free circulation of machines in countries outside the EU.  Do the same EU principles apply to ...
Machinery Directive
TURKISH – CE MARKING
Explosiveness of dust
The explosion of dust is quite simple to imagine in terms of everyday experience.
ATEX Risk
Explosiveness of dust
Machinery Directive and Partly completed Machinery, Guide 2019
  The Guide to the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC has been updated in October 2019. It contains a number of clarifications and corrections to the concept...
Machinery Directive