Safety

Safety is a state of protection from harmful and unwanted events. It can also be defined as control of known or unknown hazards. Some of the reasons why our workplace safety should be our priority include protection from injury, death, corporate financial loss, property damage, the service and quality of the product, worker productivity and corporate reputation. Some safety standards, such as Safety and Compliance Standards, Safety Signs and Labels, Machine Risk Assessment Standards, Noise Safety Standards, Protective Clothing Standards are put in place to confirm the safety products, process, and activities. Some safety-related control systems are provided for machinery. In the European Union, safety directives and legislation are available as a guide for anyone concerned with machine safety.

The dynamic safety circuits and wide-range safety PLC are developed which gives the innovative ideas in the control and supervision of protection in the safety field. They save on inputs by using a dual safety circuit with one conductor instead of two. There are many other protection devices which can be connected to the same input to maintain the highest level of safety. Using electronic sensors in place of mechanical switches leads to a longer life and hence can be more reliable. They are safer because dynamic safety sensors can be checked 200 times per second. With a Safety PLC, it can be easy to connect and disconnect machinery from a safety viewpoint.

Integrated intelligent safety and modern integrated automation can make plants safer by using integrated safety functionality, which is the detection of a dangerous condition and activation of a mechanism to prevent the effects of the hazardous event. These systems can transmit safety-related data on a separate network which reduces wiring complexity, costs, and training demands. They have deeper visibility of problems and remote diagnostic capabilities.