Machinery Safety

Risk Assessement and Risk Reduction of Machines

GT Engineering is specialised in the risk Assessement and risk Reduction of Machines, Production Lines and Processes. They performed several risk Analysis of Continuous Casting Machines, Rolling Mills, and Electric Arc Furnaces. We work very close with Transfer Machine Manufacturers and, in general, Assembly Machine Producers. We have experience in very different Industries: from Textile to Laser Cutting to Sputtering processes used in the semiconductor sector. We regularly participate to the Technical Commettes liased with CENELEC and CEN, responsible for publication of the main Machinery Safety Technical Standards.
Type A, B and C Standards
Harmonized standards play an important role in the EU Legislation for the CE Marking of Machineries. ISO classifies the 800+ International technical standards h...
Technical Standards Terminology
Are you new in the Machinery Technical Standard world and do you feel a bit lost with the terminology? ...
Stop functions
  According to EN 60204-1 "Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines Part 1: General requirements", there are three categories ...
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...
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...
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...
Safety in Collaborative Robotics
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...
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...
Safeguarded Space
The Alarp Principle
The Alarp principle recognizes that there are three broad categories of risks: 1. Negligible risk: Broadly accepted by most people as they go about their e...
The Alarp Principle
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...
Why Machinery safety is so important?
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...
Ladders: Choice of a type fall protection device
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 for Continuous Casting of Steel