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Start with the news release Safety services boost productivity from Rockwell Automation, which we summarised at the time by saying "Through effective hazard assessment, Rockwell Automation safety consultants can evaluate a manufacturer's equipment, identify guarding deficiencies and recommend machine guarding solutions.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Courses cover safety standards and products from Pilz Automation Technology: "Having sold out many of its training courses during the first half of the year, Pilz Automation Technology has now published its course timetable for July to December 2008.".
 
In November 2007, we covered the news from Pilz Automation Technology - take a look at Training courses explain safety concepts which says: "Courses are available relating to regulations and standards, and others are specific to the Pilz range of machinery safety products.".
 
Take a look also at the news release from Banner Engineering, Safety controller offers versatility, as well as Seminars boost safety knowledge from Siemens Automation and Drives, and Conference sheds light on safety standards from British Automation and Robotics Association.
 

Latest stories...
Learning to live with EN ISO13849-1 (June 2007)

Kevin Ives discusses machinery safety standards in the light of EN ISO13849-1 being harmonised to the Machinery Directive from 8th May 2007.

Software performs safety calculations (May 2007)

Pilz Automation Technology's PAScal makes it much easier to ensure compliance with EN ISO13849-1 or EN IEC62061, plus it helps to save both time and costs.

Standard brings subtle differences to directive (October 2006)

What are the implications of BS EN62061 being harmonised to the Machinery Directive?

Safety relays meet stringent standards (September 2006)

Safety relays are specifically designed to meet the increasingly stringent safety standards now being imposed on designers and manufacturers of electrical systems.

User conference invites questions in advance (May 2006)

The 2006 Profibus International User Conference includes a new feature, called "Advance questions".

Training updates safety standards (April 2006)

A one-day training course explains the latest machinery safety standards ISO13849-1 and BS EN62061.

Machine safety seminar features at drives show (April 2006)

If anyone needed another reason to visit the Drives and Controls exhibition, the Machine Safety Conference has now been announced as part of the show.

Safety consultancy services cover all standards (September 2005)

Elite Control Systems, one of the UK's leading system integrators, is launching Elite Safety Consultancy as part of the company's consultancy division.

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