Elements of human factors/ergonomics in the machine and system safety
The ISSA Section Machine and System Safety informs about activities in the Project Group Human Factors, Ergonomics and Safe Machines. https://www.safe...
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Activities Control Devices
- detect and consider developments in the field of control devices at an early stage concerning safety and security of machines in a comprehensible and user-appropriate manner and promote qualified discussion between interested persons.
- present expert know-how in practice-oriented seminars
- Next seminar:
- September 2021: Preliminary Program Flyer „Functional Safety and Validation”, Toronto
- Next seminar:
- take control devices as an important element of machines into an integrated consideration
- co-design the international standardization if possible and transfer new findings on an international level
- elaborate a practical guideline to raise awareness for safety and security describing types and application of control devices: what has the control device to do and with whom has it to communicate? A message for customers: make your networks safe. The manufacturers of components should give advise but will not be responsible.
Good example from practice: Functioning of a redundant system
Standard installation without safety shut off valve. Failure of single control valve leads to an accident
Installation with safety shut off valve. Failure of single control valve, accident avoided by safety shut off valve
Installation with safety shut off valve. Failure of single control valve, one failure of safety shut off valve, accident avoided by safety shut off valve
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