Adopting functional safety standards to meet the Machinery Directive
As of 1st January 2012, EN 954-1 will be withdrawn as a reference standard. Even
before that date it will increasingly come to be regarded as a second class standard.
Reassessing your machine safety-related control systems now can provide a clear
competitive advantage.
- EN 954-1 does not consider today’s safety technology such as programmable safety
devices and safety software required by many global customers
- Reassessing the safety related control system to EN ISO 13849-1 will require reliability
data on the safety products you use
- EN ISO 13849-1 is intended to offer a relatively simple transition from the Categories
of EN 954-1 to Performance Levels
- Rockwell Automation offers a set of tools and supporting services to assist you
through this transition
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