3 Steps to Safer Machine Design
It is the responsibility of the machine designer to assess the risks posed by a machine or parts of the machine. When those risks are determined, follow these three steps to mitigate potential hazards.
- Design the equipment so that it cannot cause injury. This may be easier said than done. Any time an operator must interact with a machine, there will be some inherent risk as both human behavior and machines are not totally predictable.
- Build in additional forms of protection such as physical barriers or safety circuits to be proactive against identified threats.
- Add passive safety measures such as warning signs and lights to further reduce risk.
Choosing a safety function also depends on what is suited for a machine so that one safety trigger will not initiate a different type of safety hazard.
The machine designer is ultimately responsible for mitigating risk with associated use. Part of that requires choosing parts that meet current standards. Machine designers should work closely with parts distributors with a variety of products and solid product knowledge to develop equipment with the components that will keep operators as safe as possible.
Contact us to make your existing or new machines safer.
Recent Posts
-
Using Scan Tunnels to Track, Sort and Route Warehouse Packages
If you’re using conveyor lines to move products, packages and shipments through your warehouse, the …Apr 17th 2024 -
Embracing Collaboration: How Universal Robots Transformed DeAngelo Marine Exhaust
When the welding robots made their debut at DeAngelo Marine Exhaust, there was a mix of excitem …Apr 11th 2024 -
How to Speed Up Your Warehouse Packing by 33% with Machine Vision
Packing benches are some of the busiest areas of most warehouses, with thousands of items to pack i …Apr 4th 2024
