Driving compliance

Car manufacturer, Jaguar, turned to
sensor and sensing systems
manufacturer, SICK (UK), to help
ensure production safety at its Castle
Bromwich facility is compliant with
the new Machinery Directive. Control
and standard engineers, responsible
for process design and maintenance,
attended the two one-day SICK
Machinery Directive seminars.

The SICK machinery directive
seminars have been designed to give
managers, engineers, OEMs and end
users the tools needed to comply with
the new Machinery Directive, which
provides the regulatory basis for the
harmonisation of the essential health
and safety requirements for
machinery at EU level.

The first of the two seminars gives
attendees a grounding on the
directive and safety related control
standards BS EN ISO 13849-1, while
the second seminar provides delegates
with a thorough understanding in
applying BS EN 13849-1 and delivers
a practical and informal approach to
understanding and implementing the
key elements of the latest safety
related control standards.