Machine builders have been watching the deliberations on the implementation of EN ISO 13849, Safety of Machinery – Reliability of Safety Related Parts of Control Systems, for the last few months since an announcement by the EC that the mandatory implementation date had been extended in September, followed by a retraction of that announcement in October.
This past Monday and Tuesday the EC Machinery Working Group met to discuss the situation. Find out more at Machinery Safety 101! http://machinerysafety101.com/2009/12/0 /en-954-1-iso-13849-12008-mandatory-implementation-date-change/ -- Doug Nix, A.Sc.T. IEEE PSES Toronto Chapter Toronto Section, Ontario, Canada d...@ieee.org mobile (519) 729-5704 fax (519) 653-1318 Find me LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/dougnix Fostering Technological Innovation and Excellence for the Benefit of Humanity. Celebrating 125 Years of Engineering the Future. http://www.ieee125.org - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <emcp...@socal.rr.com> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>