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This reliably prevents collisions
or uncontrolled restarts after
EMERGENCY-STOP, for example.
At the same time, using safety-
oriented pneumatics also
minimises the risk of liability
claims.
The EC Machinery Directive
specifies a risk analysis and
assessment for machines. These
have helped to develop and
define protection goals.
The protection goals are
achieved using various safety
functions.
Safety-oriented solutions from
Festo, in the form of
• Components
• Circuits
• Engineering
make it easy to achieve your
safety objectives. Safe operation
of machines should be possible
in all modes and stages of their
service life.
Safety-oriented solutions from
Festo provide you with proposals
for
• Commissioning
• Automatic/manual operation
• Setting up
• Risk situations and emergency
functions, such as safe stop,
safe exhausting.
• Restart -> Protection against
unexpected start-up
• Service/maintenance
In addition to this, if errors occur,
they must not lead to failure of
the safety functions, depending
on their hazard potential.
As a general rule, the simpler the
safety technology used in the
application, the more efficient it
is. The complexity of safety
engineering is in the variety of
state combinations and
transitional states.
As a result, it would seem
virtually impossible to
implement standardised safety
engineering concepts.
Due to their flexible applications,
Festo drive systems can be
incorporated in the risk analysis
and assessment for each
machine, depending on the
application.
To ensure that the electrical
safety functionality of your
control system is a suitable
continuation of in your safety
concept for pneumatic
components, Festo offers
solutions based on risk analyses
and risk assessments for the
most commonly used
applications.
Reduce risk – think preventively
Simple but safe
Machines have to be designed in a way that protects people, animals,
property and the environment from harm. The goal is to prevent physical
damage of any type. Using safety-oriented pneumatics from Festo provides you
with the security of implementing safety measures in compliance with
the EC machinery directive.