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Safeguarding
Compliance InSight Consulting provides expertise on safety requirements of safeguarding systems for your equipment whether it's old or new, in Canada, the USA, or the EU.
We apply the most current machinery safety standards to evaluate the guarding on your equipment.
In Canada, this includes:
- Ontario Regulation 851, Section 7 Pre-Start Health and Safety Reviews*
- CSA C22.1 – Canadian Electrical Code
- CSA C22.2 No. 14 – Industrial Control Equipment
- CSA Z142 – Code for Punch Press and Brake Press Operation: Health, Safety and Guarding Requirements
- CSA Z432 – Safeguarding of Machinery
- CSA Z434 – Industrial Robots and Robot Systems - General Safety Requirements
- CAN/CSA/IEC 60825-1 – Safety of Laser Products: Equipment Classification, Requirements and User's Guide
- NFPA 79 – Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery
*Provided in conjunction with our Engineering Partners.
In the USA, this includes:
- ANSI B11 family of machine tool standards (24 standards)
- ANSI/RIA 15.06 – Safety Requirements for Industrial Robots and Robot Systems
- ANSI B15.1 – Safety Standards for Mechanical Power Transmission Apparatus
- ANSI B151 family of plastic moulding machinery standards
- ANSI Z136.1 – Safe Use of Lasers
- ASME B20.1 – Safety Standard for Conveyors and Related equipment
In the EU, this includes:
- EN ISO 12100-1 – Safety of machinery – Basic concepts, general principles for design – Basic terminology and methodology
- EN ISO 12100 -2 – Safety of machinery – Basic concepts, general principles for design
Part 2: Technical principles - ISO 13849-1 – Safety of machinery — Safety-related parts of control systems —
Part 1: General principles for design - ISO 13849-2 – Safety of machinery — Safety-related parts of control systems —
Part 2: Validation - EN ISO 13850 – Safety of Machinery: Emergency stop equipment, functional aspects – principles for design
- EN ISO 13851 – Safety of Machinery – Two-hand control devices – Functional aspects – principles for design
- EN ISO 14121-1 – Safety of Machinery – Risk Assessment – Part 1: Principles
- EN ISO 14121-2 – Safety of machinery — Risk assessment – Part 2: Practical guidance and examples of methods
- EN 201 – Rubber and Plastics Machines – Injection Moulding Machines – Safety Requirements
- EN 294 – Safety of Machinery: Safety distances to prevent danger zones being reached by the upper limbs
- EN 349 – Safety of Machinery: Minimum gaps to avoid crushing of parts of the human body
- EN 547-1 and -2 – Safety of Machinery: Human body measurements – determining the dimensions required for openings for whole body access
- EN 563 – Safety of Machinery – Temperatures of touchable surfaces – ergonomics data to establish temp. limits
- EN 811 – Safety of Machinery – Safety distances to prevent danger zones being reached by the lower limbs
- EN 953 – Safety of Machinery – Guards – General requirements for the design and construction of fixed and movable guards
- EN 60204-1 – Electrical Equipment of Industrial Machines
- EN 60825-1 – Safety of Laser Products: Equipment Classification, Requirements and User's Guide
We also provide Stop-Time Performance Testing – establishing performance data critical in positioning presence-sensing safeguarding devices like light curtains, safety mats, area scanners and two-hand controls.
Typically, a safeguarding review package includes a Findings Report – outlining the scope, the Acts, Regulations and Standards employed, any controlled documents used as source material (such as mechanical drawings, schematics and manuals), and a detailed list of non-conforming items found during the review. Specific guidance on corrective action(s) is provided as a part of the review, and additional consulting is available to assist designers to apply the requirements. Often we review any safeguarding modifications made based on our Findings Report, and validate the adequacy of the modifications.
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