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Practical machinery safety /

Practical Machinery Safety aims to provide you with the knowledge to tackle machinery safety control problems at a practical level whilst achieving compliance with national and international standards. The book highlights the major international standards that are used to support compliance with EU...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Macdonald, Dave, 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Oxford : Elsevier Butterworth-Heineman ; Newnes, 2004.
Colección:Practical professional books from Elsevier.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Frontmatter; Half Title Page; Other Titles; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction to the machinery safety workshop; 1.1 Scope and objectives; 1.2 Machinery and controls; 1.3 Distinction between machinery and process safety control systems; 1.4 International standards and practices; 1.5 Introduction to hazards and risks; 1.6 Risk reduction; 1.7 The Alarp principle for tolerable risk; 1.8 Development example for a machinery safety system; 1.9 The engineering tasks; 1.10 Benefits of the systematic approach; 1.11 Conclusions; 2. Guide to regulations and standards
  • 2.1 Purpose and objectives2.2 History and overview of European Directives and Standards; 2.3 The European Machinery Directive; 2.4 Conformity procedures; 2.5 Other 'New Approach Directives'; 2.6 User side directives: workplace health and safety legislation; 2.7 Some machinery safety standards; 2.8 Regulations and standards in the USA; 2.9 Conclusions; References; 3. Risk assessment and risk reduction; Contents summary; 3.1 Purpose and objectives; 3.2 Introduction to risk assessment; 3.3 Procedure for risk assessment; 3.4 Hazard study methods; 3.5 Risk estimation; 3.6 Risk reduction principles
  • 3.7 Outcomes of the risk assessment3.8 Documentation methods for the risk assessment; 3.9 Conclusions; References; 4. Design procedures for safety controls; Contents summary; 4.1 Introduction to design techniques; 4.2 Review of design standard EN 954-1; 4.3 Procedure for the design of safety controls based on EN 954; 4.4 Design considerations; 4.5 Safety categories; 4.6 Conclusions; References; 5. Emergency-stop monitoring and the safety relay; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Definitions and implications of stop functions; 5.3 Safety relay terminology; 5.4 How does an E-stop safety relay work?
  • 5.5 Practical safety relays5.6 Certification; 5.7 Functional overview of monitoring relays; 5.8 Electronic and programmable E-stop monitors; 5.9 Using monitoring safety relays for guards (safety gate monitors); 5.10 Review of other monitoring relay functions; 5.11 Conclusions; References; 6. Sensors and devices for machinery protection; 6.1 Contents summary; 6.2 Purpose and objectives; 6.3 Review of guards; 6.4 Sensing devices for guards; 6.5 Mechanical trapped key interlocking; 6.6 Presence sensing devices; 6.7 Control devices for safety; 6.8 Safety networks and sensors; 6.9 Conclusions
  • 7. Application guidelines for protection devices7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Choosing protection methods; 7.3 Guarding devices; 7.4 Point of operation devices; 7.5 Application guidance notes for light curtains; 7.6 Conclusions; 8. Programmable systems for safety controls; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Benefits and disadvantages of safety PLCs; 8.3 Characteristics of safety PLCs; 8.4 Application software; 8.5 Safe networking; 8.6 Classification and certification of safety PLCs; 8.7 Summary; References; 9. Introduction to standards for programmable systems; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Objectives