Safety Function’s initial training, based on Dr. Hallowell’s extensive research on energy-based safety, begins with the Energy Wheel, where 10 energy sources have been identified as potential sources ...

Safety+ offers engineers access to standard productivity tools for programming. Source: B&R B&R, a division of ABB, introduces Safety+, an innovative open approach to programming safety functions that ...

To a machine designer, “stay safe” is not just a cheerful slogan or wishful thinking. Operator safety is a central design issue. The international standard, ISO 12100:2010 Safety of machinery – ...

SafeDesigner is a development and configuration tool for programming safety-related functions from within the Automation Studio development environment. SafeDesigner is a development and configuration ...

Professional Safety is an anonymous peer-reviewed journal published monthly by the American Society of Safety Professionals, the world’s oldest professional safety organization. Professional Safety ...

The B&R ACOPOS P3 servo drive is now also available with safety function Safely Limited Torque (SLT). This makes B&R one of the first manufacturers to offer this certified safety function. Safely ...

Based on the foundational IEC 61508 standard’s essential requirements, high-performance supervisory circuits can facilitate functional-safety compliance in safety instrumented systems and other ...

The NUMSafe application program for machine safety control uses the same software development tools used to commission the overall system, including CNC, PLC, drives and I/O modules. This unified ...