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News Release from: Schmersal UK | Subject: Machine Safety in the European Community
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 12 September 2003
Safety manual is an independent guide
Schmersal has published a 400-page hardback safety manual titled 'Machine Safety in the European Community', which it says is the definitive guide for machine builders and operators and engineers.
Schmersal Safety Systems has published a 400-page hardback safety manual titled 'Machine Safety in the European Community', which it says is the definitive guide for machine builders and operators, design engineers and safety officers The company stresses that, unlike most manufacturers' manuals that link safety practices to their products, this one does not represent Schmersal's views on safety, nor does it promote Schmersal products
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 19 Apr 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Seventeen authors, each a leading authority on machine safety in Europe, have contributed to the manual, which was commissioned by Schmersal to provide an independent guide to the very latest and best practices in man-machine interface.
Chapters cover: Directives and technical guidelines; Documentation; Risk-related selection of protection and control devices; Safety guards; Emergency stop devices; Safety in electrical design; Safety in fluid engineering; Tests; Safety for special machines; and Safety when purchasing machines.
To paraphrase Stefan Schmersal in his Preface (the only 'Schmersal' page in the manual!): "In the course of Standards harmonisation in the EU our engineers found a demand for information from machine manufacturers and users, so we decided to help by offering a book on the subject." The manual is priced at GBP 25+VAT including post and packing and can be obtained by sending a cheque for GBP 29.38 to Schmersal UK.
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