HSL is to run a 1 day course on - Designing and Specifying Safety Related Control Systems.

This course will be held at the Health and Safety Laboratory, Harpur Hill, Buxton, Derbyshire.

20 January 2011

Introduction

Control systems for machinery, whether electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic or combinations therof are often required to perform safety-related functions. There are regulatory requirements for these control systems and established approaches for dealing with their design, which are laid out in European Standards. This course will help delegates understand how to specify and design safety related control circuits which comply with the requirements of both the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 (Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC) and the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations. It explains how these, other regulations and standards are applied to real-life situations, through the use of examples of how to and how not to do it. The course provides methods and templates developed at HSL to help engineers comply with the relevant requirements effectively and efficiently.  The course concentrates mainly on the approach laid down in ISO 13849-1:2006, but also gives objective advice on the relevance of other standards such as EN954-1:1997, ISO 62061:2006 amongst others

Course includes

• Relevant standards including ISO 13849-1:2006, EN 954-1:1997 and ISO 62061:2006
• Safety integrity levels, performance levels, categories, what they are what they aren't and the difference between them
• Impact of human reliability
• Circuit design
• Demonstration of interlocking and other safety devices
• Potential user interference and misuse of safety devices

Who should attend?

Electrical, control and project engineers, whether they be original equipment manufactures or users involved in specifying control systems on customized machinery / assemblies or significantly modifying control systems on existing machinery / assemblies.

Venue

The course will be run at the HSL laboratory in the spa town of Buxton. Buxton is in the heart of the Peak District and has good links to mainline train stations and Manchester International Airport.

The cost of the course is £350 + VAT per person (includes course notes, lunch and refreshments).

For further information email: training@hsl.gov.uk or contact the Training Unit at HSL directly on 01298 218806.

Details of hotels in the Buxton area can be found at www.visitpeakdistrict.com

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