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 ...

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 ...

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 – ...

But more severe failure poses a safety hazard to personnel. When products or applications are used for safety functions—for example a light curtain, a safety programmable logic controller (PLC), a ...

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 ...