by Eric Esson, Frommelt Safety Question: Why are industrial machine control/robotics safety regulations changing from EN 954-1 to EN ISO 13849-1 and EN 60621 standards? Answer: Increasingly complex manufacturing processes are forcing more complexity into the systems required to monitor operations and keep machine operators safe. Automated processes, robotics and even … [Read more...] about Q&A: Machine Guarding Safety Regulations
12/2012
Thoughts from the MAPP Conference: Efficiency vs Effectiveness
A note from Dianna Brodine, managing editor for Plastics Business There's a business card-sized sign that's been pinned to my bulletin board since I returned from this year's MAPP Benchmarking and Best Practices Conference. It says, "There's no point in doing well that which you should not be doing at all." Business and motivational speaker Tom Connellan provided the card … [Read more...] about Thoughts from the MAPP Conference: Efficiency vs Effectiveness