"An assembly, fitted with or intended to be fitted with a drive system other than directly applied human or animal effort, consisting of linked parts or components, at least one of which moves, and which are joined together for a specific application"

If you have or plan to have something that fits the above quotation on your premises then it is YOUR responsibility to ensure that it is safe to use. Effective machine safety begins at the design stages, you can rely on Robotics & Controls Ltd. to understand your application and help you in designing and building machines that will comply with all relevant, current machine safety standards and regulations. We can help you to CE mark your next machine. We can also assess and help upgrade existing equipment to ensure they are in line with todays current standards.

Following the clearly defined Safety Life Cycle process we can assist you in maximising the productivity and improve the safety of your machinery by identifying the steps requiredto assess and mitigate machinery risks.

All of Robotics & Controls Ltd.  safety services are delivered by experienced electrical and automation staff who are TÜV SUD qualified Functional Safety Engineers. Our safety services are scalable and are designed to address your unique challenges and fit within your existing safety strategy. Our safety services include:

Assessments - Our hazard and guarding assessment can give you a detailed report on guarding hazards, overall machine risk rating and recommended solutions.With our safety assessment we can compile a comprehensive risk assessment with a report to include remediation works to fully comply with current standards. Our risk assessments are carried out according to EN ISO 12100 along with any other applicable standards for you industry.

Design - Based on existing assessments or assessments carried out by our team, we can design your electrical safety system to ensure it is in line with all current standards and meets the required performance level or safety integrity level. We can design the safety circuits required for all your safety functions. With experience across both hardwired and programmable safety systems we can design the solution that meets your needs as well as fulfilling current safety regulations.

Build - Our engineers can take the designs and build your electrical safety systems, we can offer to build into your existing footprint or as an add-on layer over your existing equipment.

Program - If using a programmable safety controller we can design the software that fulfills the requirements according to current standards by using the Software Safety Life Cycle.We strictly apply the methods laid out in ISO 13849, IEC 62061 and IEC 61508 and follow IEC 61131-3 when designing and building or safety software.

Validation - All safety systems designed and built by Robotics & Controls Ltd. go through vigorous validation techniques to ensure compliance. We can also help you validate your safety system. Safety system validation helps to ensure correct safety system installation and functionality. Our services range from; Circuit performance evaluations, fault tolerance, fault actions, software logic, device application, device function and reset functions. Our team are experienced in using a range of software validation tools to suit your requirements.