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Controls engineers need a variety of information on machine-safety topics.

Machine safety has become an even more important machine design concern as it must provide responsible protection for operators and technicians in a manner that keeps the machines running to the fullest degree possible with intelligent use of light curtains, interlock switches, safety relays, safety modules, programmable safety controllers, and other essential machine safety devices to monitor, prevent, and react to machine upsets.

Timely news, back-to-basics primers, feature articles, technical white papers and descriptions of the latest products all provide valuable insights that can be used in designing and building machine controls.

Where’s the Remote?
ControlDesign.com
With IT Throwing Gasoline on Its Great Wall of Fire to Keep the Villains Out, What’s a Machine Builder to Do?

Market Intelligence Report: Who’s Responsible for Machine Safety?
ControlDesign.com
Scott Dibben, senior controls design engineer at Missouri Tooling & Automation, comments on the results of our reader survey on machine safety, giving a hands-on explanation of who's responsible for it and where to get the regulation information you need. Video duration: Approximately 9 minutes

Lean Away From Lean?
ControlDesign.com
How Do Machine Builders Institutionalize Change? The Tendency Is to Fall Back to Older Patterns

Migration Patterns of the North American Machine Builder
ControlDesign.com
It Turns Out the OI Isn’t as Interoperable with the I/O as the Machine Automation Supplier Said It Would Be

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White Papers: In Depth Research

A Holistic Approach to Safety Automation
Author: Dan Hornbeck, Manager Safety Business Development, Rockwell Automation
Posted: 08/06/2008
How technology, global standards and open systems help increase productivity and overall equipment effectiveness

SafetyNet p: open, real-time industrial Ethernet safety bus
Author: Pilz Automation Safety L.P.
Posted: 04/11/2007
This paper introduces readers to SafetyNet p, an Ethernet-based network for industry that can be used for real-time and safe communication functions.

AS-Interface safety at work: An introduction to networked safety
Author: AS-Interface USA
Posted: 11/21/2005
AS-Interface Safety at Work (SaW) is a unique concept enabled by the modifications to NFPA 79-01 which allows emergency stopping action to be executed over a data/logic circuit under certain conditions. This White Paper describes how SaW accomplishes this.

Safety-relevant communication in machine building and factory automation
Author: CAN in Automation
Posted: 10/13/2005
This paper introduces the requirements from the European certification authorities for safety relevant control devices and systems, discusses the different methods allowed to detect the single-failures, and introduces in detail the CANopen Safety Protocol.

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