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risk assessment

  • Hazard Identification and Analysis for Machinery under ISO 12100 and EN Standards

    Hazard Identification and Analysis for Machinery under ISO 12100 and EN Standards

    Hazard identification and analysis in machinery design follow ISO 12100 and key EN standards, using structured methods to detect, classify, and document all potential mechanical, electrical, thermal, ergonomic, and environmental hazards throughout a machine’s life cycle.

  • Development Engineering support for LMICs and Emerging Economies

    Development Engineering support for LMICs and Emerging Economies

    🎯 Smarter engineering starts with smarter experiments. We help teams in LMICs and emerging economies get the most out of product development — fast. 🔬 Our focus: Design of Experiments (DoE) that accelerates innovation while reducing cost and risk.Whether you need screening, optimisation, mixture, or reliability-linked designs, we’ve got your back. And we don’t stop…

  • EN349:1993 explained

    🔧 EN 349:1993 – Safety of Machinery – Minimum Gaps to Avoid Crushing of Parts of the Human Body EN 349:1993 is a harmonised European standard that specifies minimum safe gaps to prevent parts of the human body from being crushed between moving machine parts or between moving and fixed elements. It provides design guidance based on human…

  • SISTEMA and EN ISO 13849-1 explained

    SISTEMA Software for SRP/CS Evaluation and Verification SISTEMA (Safety Integrity Software Tool for the Evaluation of Machine Applications) is a free software tool developed by the Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IFA). It is designed to assist engineers and safety professionals in evaluating the reliability and compliance of…

  • BS EN ISO 12100 explained

    BS EN ISO 12100:2010 – Safety of machinery: General principles for design – Risk assessment and risk reduction is a key European standard that provides a structured approach to ensuring the safety of machinery throughout its lifecycle. It is harmonised under the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, making compliance with it important for achieving CE marking in the…