Safety-integrity levels spelled out in European standards increasingly impact equipment designers in the U.S. Hard-wired electromechanical components were the only option for machine-safety ...

“It is derived from IEC 61508—the standard that drives the functional safety of machinery in the United States and Europe—and it is a standard that should ease the integration of functionally safe ...

Keeping up with changing safety standards is nothing new for machine builders, but the recent changes to the European Commission’s Machinery Directive, which took effect on December 29, 2009, will ...

BEI Sensors is introducing its new functional safety incremental encoder range that is certified by TÜV ... IEC/EN 61 508, and IEC/EN 62061.The range has a standard Sine/Cosine analog ...