7 fire safety recommendations for manufacturing facilities
25 January, 2016As manufacturers undertake rationalisation programs and centralise procurement services, the conversation around fire protection for the manufacturing sector is changing.
Treating security like safety
31 March, 2015 by Mike Baldi, Chief Cyber Security Architect, Honeywell Process SolutionsSafety and security work hand in hand in the manufacturing automation arena. However, despite more and more sophisticated, frequent and costly cyber attacks, security still does not receive the same attention as safety. There is a growing need to elevate security awareness to the same level as safety - ensuring not only a safe, but also a secure manufacturing environment.
Changes to Australian Standards impact new machinery
16 February, 2015Critical changes to the Australian Standard on safety of machinery, AS4024, will be a key focus for Pilz safety experts attending APPMA's AUSPACK 2015 next month in Melbourne.
Changes to Australian Standards impact new machinery
16 February, 2015Critical changes to the Australian Standard on safety of machinery, AS4024, will be a key focus for Pilz safety experts attending APPMA's AUSPACK 2015 next month in Melbourne.
Designing a safer future - local and international safety standards
25 September, 2014Safety standards give designers tools to quantify risk and provide a structured framework to implement integrated safety lifecycle design.
Standards Australia revises AS 4024.1 and adopts international machinery safety standards
04 August, 2014Standards Australia has recently released a number of revised parts of the Australian Standard AS 4024.1 Series - Safety of Machinery to align with global standards and strengthen workplace safety.
Certified machine safety training
26 February, 2014In addition to its MachineSAFE training course, Pilz now offers the internationally recognised Certified Machinery Safety Expert (CMSE) course.
Spotlight on safety software
18 June, 2013 by Tanya Bose*OHS data is a powerful force to influence positive change in the workplace; however, these outcomes will only be realised if the OHS data is easily accessible, can be analysed quickly and can be converted into meaningful and actionable information.
Legacy systems and today’s safety standards
08 April, 2013 by Luis M Duran, Product Marketing Manager Safety Systems, ABBIt is estimated that about 66% of the programmable electronic systems (PES) running in the process industry were installed before the publication of today’s commonly used safety standards (IEC 61508 and IEC 61511/ISA 84).
The importance of standardisation
02 April, 2013Can you imagine a world where telephone systems only worked within a city but not outside it? Or where emails could only be sent within a company’s intranet but not externally? Can you imagine the resultant inefficiency and lack of productivity?
Call for papers: Practical impacts of IEC 61508 and new safety technologies
03 May, 2011IDC Technologies is currently looking for a number of presenters to submit an abstract and present their papers at the upcoming Safety Control Systems Conference that IDC will be bringing to Australia this year.
Updated FF SIF Specification and tools released
08 December, 2010The Fieldbus Foundation has made updated device development solutions for its FOUNDATION Fieldbus for Safety Instrumented Functions (FF-SIF) technology available.
Australian hazardous areas standards now available
19 October, 2009Standards Australia has published three new hazardous areas standards to supersede existing standards in Australia and New Zealand.
ABB announces new robot safety training workshop
02 June, 2009ABB has announced a new series of training workshops that highlight safety considerations for robotic production systems.
Integrating control and safety — where to draw the line
20 January, 2009 by Robin McCrea-Steele*New digital technology now makes it feasible to integrate process control and safety instrumented functions within a common automation infrastructure. While this can provide productivity and asset management benefits, if not done correctly, it can also compromise the safety and security of an industrial operation. This makes it critically important for process industry users to understand where to draw the line. Cyber-security and sabotage vulnerability further accentuate the need for securing the Safety Instrumented System (SIS).
