Machine safety
Ensuring machine safety, legality, and compliance is the key to efficiency and reliability.
Meeting the standards
Explore machine safety and the changes in standards for the design of safety-related control systems.
Safe and reliable machines
Health and safety protection and ensuring maximum efficiency and productivity is crucial across all market segments. Moreover, implementing smart solutions is key to make your machines safe.
Our portfolio of safe machine solutions
Discover the offer of products and services ensuring machinery safety.
Programming and configuration tools for machine safety
Safety-orientated monitoring and signal processing
Machine control solutions
Explore our range of smart machine control solutions including packaging systems, smart conveying systems, material working machines, and cranes and hoists.
Insights on machine safety
Discover our latest insights on machine safety in white papers, safety guides and in our Industry Services Academy.
What is general machine safety?
General machine safety refers to the practices and measures implemented to ensure the safe operation of machinery in various environments, particularly in industrial settings. It encompasses a range of machine safety measures aimed at preventing accidents and injuries related to machine use. The steps taken help create a safer workplace by minimising the risk of accidents and injuries.
What are the key machine safety rules?
The most important machine safety rules one should follow include:
- Never remove or try to defeat machine safeguards – they are there for your protection.
- Don’t create new hazards, such as allowing objects to fall into the moving parts or by creating a new pinch point.
- Report problems with machine safeguards to your supervisor immediately.
- Never leave machines unattended with parts still moving.
- Know emergency procedures: Be familiar with emergency shutdown procedures and the location of emergency stops and exits.
- Do not bypass machine safety features: never disable or bypass safety devices or emergency stops. They are critical for your safety. Always follow the correct procedures for starting and stopping machines.
- Never attempt to operate machinery without proper training or authorisation.
- Wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) such as gloves, goggles, and helmets, as required for the specific machine and task..
- Never exceed the maximum operating speed marked on the machine.
What are machine safety solutions?
Machine safety solutions are strategies and technologies designed to protect workers from machinery hazards. Key machine safety solutions include safety guards, which are barriers preventing access to dangerous parts; emergency stop buttons that are easily accessible to halt operation in emergencies; and light curtains, which are optical devices that stop machines when the light beam is interrupted. Safety interlocks ensure machines only operate under safe conditions, while Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) procedures are essential for safely shutting down machines during maintenance. Above all, machine operation safety measures highlight the critical importance of personal protective equipment (PPE), such as gloves and goggles, for ensuring worker safety.
