The road to a safe machine.

SAF4: In-depth SISTEMA course

Module description:

The general objective of the Machinery Directive is to keep potential hazards posed by machines to a minimum by reducing risk in a systematic way. So, it's not easy to reconcile safety, ergonomics, resistance to manipulation, production performance, documentation and price.

The DIN EN ISO 13849 safety standard provides a framework to implement control systems for safety functions. Structures and reliability calculations allow a determination to be made as regards to a performance level (PL), which must be appropriate to the potential risk of a hazard, and documented accordingly.

But don't worry: The pragmatic approach of ISO 13849 is relatively easy to implement, and won't necessarily make the designer’s work more complex.

As part of our in-depth SISTEMA course, examples will be used to allow you to become more acutely aware of how the safety standard is applied, familiarize yourself with SISTEMA software, and the functions it offers. You’ll be trained on how to use this tool effectively, creating a kind of "routine" in the process. Based on practical circuits, safety-related circuits will be analyzed, appropriate block structures formed, structural elements and data entered into SISTEMA, and result data will then be determined and interpreted.

Using various circuits and special features, we’ll present some tips and options on how to improve structural representations, and how to ultimately determine results. Various methods for documenting projects will be taught alongside SISTEMA.

This workshop is not linked to a manufacturer, and very hands-on. The participants will work independently in small groups on their personal notebooks, supervised by the course leader.