Laws and standards

As an “Ambas­sador for safety”, Pilz is com­mitted to cre­ating machinery safety stan­dards. World­wide, more than 30 experts from Pilz are actively working on the devel­op­ment of around 100 product and appli­ca­tion stan­dards in almost 80 stan­dards com­mit­tees. Here they share their knowl­edge – always with their finger on the pulse.

What’s the situation with CE?

On 20 Jan­uary 2027, the Machinery Reg­u­la­tion will replace the long-standing Machinery Direc­tive. From this key date, dec­la­ra­tions of con­for­mity must meet the new require­ments. Training and ser­vices from Pilz help machine man­u­fac­turers and oper­a­tors with the new route to CE marking.

A brief history of machinery safety

Even today, safety in the work­place cannot be taken for granted in many parts of the world. How­ever, in more and more coun­tries there is a growing recog­ni­tion that machinery safety is worth it – for human and machine.

Spotlight on Security!

Along­side machinery safety, the stan­dards land­scape is focusing increas­ingly on Indus­trial Secu­rity. Because with digi­ti­sa­tion and net­working the envi­ron­ment is ­cur­rently under­going change. We are high­lighting what the most impor­tant changes to stan­dards in 2023 mean for machine man­u­fac­turers and oper­a­tors.

“More precise specifications help”

A revi­sion of one of the most impor­tant stan­dards on func­tional safety, ISO 13849–1, is now avail­able in the final ver­sion. We asked what will change.

Ready for use around the world

No matter whether Pilz prod­ucts are to be used in Canada, Italy or China, no Pilz cus­tomer should have to worry about the required cer­ti­fi­ca­tion. The variety of quality marks on the prod­ucts shows that cus­tomers can rely on Pilz, such as on the con­for­mity of the mod­ular safety relay myPNOZ.

Don’t get lost in the standards jungle!

Machines and prod­ucts around the world must above all be: safe and reli­able. Stan­dards are the most impor­tant reg­u­la­tory tool to ensure that they deliver on their promises. But man­aging stan­dards is a learning process.

“I want my work to make a difference”

Klaus Dürr is a stan­dards spe­cialist at Pilz. As Vice Pres­i­dent of the Stan­dards Group, he is respon­sible for the coor­di­na­tion and organ­i­sa­tion of national and ­inter­na­tional stan­dard­i­s­a­tion work and brings this essen­tial knowl­edge into the com­pany. In our dis­cus­sion, he explains which stan­dards are cur­rently keeping him busy and which trends he is mon­i­toring, and he reveals whether stan­dards have a common thread glob­ally.

Pilz development is extra safe

Pilz prod­ucts ensure the safety of human, machine and the envi­ron­ment. It thus comes as no sur­prise that even their ­devel­op­ment processes have to sat­isfy cer­tain require­ments. TÜV Süd has now cer­ti­fied Pilz: Pilz devel­op­ments not only safe, but also secure!

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