Standards For Implementing Safety-Related Controls - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Function Manual

Regulations and standards
2.2 Machine safety in Europe
requirements for specific machines. The requirements can, under certain circumstances,
deviate from the basic and group standards. Type C/product standards have the highest priority
for machine manufacturers who can assume that it fulfills the basic requirements of Annex I
of the Machinery Directive (automatic presumption of compliance). If no product standard has
been defined for a particular machine, type B standards can be applied when the machine is
being constructed.
A complete list of the standards and the mandated draft standards are available on the Internet
at the following address:
http://www.newapproach.org/
Recommendation: Due to the rapid pace of technical development and the associated changes
in machine concepts, the standards (and C standards in particular) should be checked to
ensure that they are up to date. Where appropriate, note that the application of a particular
standard may not be mandatory provided that all the safety requirements of the applicable EU
directive are fulfilled.
2.2.3

Standards for implementing safety-related controls

If the functional safety of a machine depends on various control functions, the controller must
be implemented in such a way that the probability of the safety functions failing is sufficiently
minimized. The standards EN ISO 13849-1 and EN 62061 define guidelines for implementing
safety-related machine controls which, when properly applied, ensure that all the safety
requirements of the EC Machinery Directive are fulfilled. These standards ensure that the
relevant safety requirements of the Machinery Directive are fulfilled.
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