Fundamentals of Machinery Safety

In this training course, you will acquire in-depth knowledge about technical safety in industry. You can improve your competence in the key areas that are particularly relevant for machinery safety. The focus will be particularly on the topics of CE marking, methods of protection, safety components and design and validation of control systems in accordance with EN ISO 13849 and EN IEC 62061. And this will be on the basis of standards and laws that promote machinery safety.

• Repetition of international and local legislation and safety standards
• Machinery Directive including CE marking
  - Machinery Directive requirements
  - Relevant European legislation
  - Essential health and safety requirements
  - Important standards (harmonised with the Machinery Directive and other directives)
• Risk assessment
  - Limits of the machinery
  - Applicable standards for the risk assessment of machines
• Introduction to protection methods and systems
• Electrical safety (EN IEC 60204/NFPA 79): general requirements for the electrical safety of machinery
• Lockout Tagout – Control of dangerous energy sources
  - LoTo process overview
  - LoTo procedure
• Safety design
  - Safety components and protection methods
  - Standards for mechanical safeguards
• Robot safety
  - Assessment and safeguards
  - Applicable standards and laws
• Safety-related parts of controllers
• Introduction to standards for safety controllers EN ISO 13849 and EN IEC 62061

Your best path to qualification:

• Introduction: Introduction to Machinery Safety
• Fundamental: Fundamentals of Machinery Safety
• Advanced: Electrical Machine Safety in Industrial Installations (EN IEC 60204)
• Expert: CMSE - Certified Machinery Safety Expert

• Design engineers
• Project managers
• Planners

The training course "Introduction to Machinery Safety" could be interesting for you.