Industrial robot adoption has reached a point of no return. Automated machinery has become an industry standard and will only become increasingly common as time goes on. As this trend continues, ...

During the design process, failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) is typically used to assess how equipment and machinery might fail. Recent functional safety design legislation in the EU has ...

Simplified machine designs with fewer components run more efficiently and are less expensive to build. Older mechanical power transmission and actuator technologies, such as chain, rack and pinion and ...

Across industries such as aerospace, automotive, medical technology, and industrial automation, embedded systems are becoming ...

"How can European standards affect me, especially since I only use machines built in the US?" This is a common question, and one way to answer this is to look at how machine safety is enforced, where ...

Machine learning components are enabling advances in self-driving cars, the power grid, and robotic medicine, but what are the implications for safety? Decades of research and practice in safety ...

As mechanical systems evolve into interconnected digital networks with PLCs and intelligent sensors, manufacturers must adopt functional safety principles to detect faults and transition systems to ...

In this article we explore the resurgence of Safety in Design as a proactive strategy for eliminating workplace hazards from the outset of a project. Discover how integrating safety into design ...

In recent years, the rapid advancement of machine learning (ML) has led to their early integration into safety-critical systems. As noted in Chapter 2, these technologies offer significant potential ...

There’s no question plant safety has always been a prime concern, but now it takes precedence from the shop floor up to the C-suite. Plant managers are tracking days-without-accidents while ...

Walk past a control panel in a workshop, and the first thing you notice is not the wiring. You notice labels, symbols, windows, and buttons that tell people where to look. Those surface details shape ...