Just about every product and machine we come in contact with uses electricity. To keep us safe, almost all of them have built-in safety features, especially those on the factory floor. Technicians, ...

Disconnect switches play an important role in ensuring the safety and efficiency of industrial machinery. As key components in electrical systems, they provide a reliable means for safety isolating ...

In machine shops, slipping safety standards will affect the workers and equipment. With rotating parts, heavy machinery, electrical hazards, and fine airborne particulates, even a momentary lapse can ...

A single global machine safety standard has been in the works for a long time and will now be a little longer. The merger of safety standards ISO 13849 and IEC 62061 into one standard, IEC/ISO 17305, ...

Lack of understanding of OSHA machine guard regulations continues to make machine safeguarding one of OSHA's Top 10 violations. Machine guarding is one of OSHA's Top 10 most cited violations year ...

I’ve been spending a lot of time with both consumer packaged goods (CPGs) companies and machine builders lately, and there’s a couple of common themes that keep popping up in conversations. First, ...

Some common pitfalls in machine safety have to do with not wiring devices correctly. Many devices today can cover a range of safety levels, such as SIL 1 through SIL 3, but have different wiring ...

When two service technicians arrived at a facility to check on a malfunctioning milling machine, they confirmed a peculiar operational pattern. When turned on, the machine would run normally for an ...

New Delhi: A day after withdrawing 14 quality control orders (QCOs) for 14 mostly imported petrochemicals and industrial raw materials in one stroke, the Centre has left open the implementation date ...

Keene State College has licensed electricians or electrician’s apprentice level employees on site to perform electrical repair work of all kinds, from installing outlets to troubleshooting tripped ...

Machine guarding is one of OSHA's Top 10 most cited violations year after year, despite tough regulations and fines that attempt to quell the machine safety crisis. Injuries stemming from a lack of ...