Worldwide standards 1/2022

Issue 1/2022
Worldwide standards

Maintaining an overview in the jungle of worldwide standards – that’s no easy feat. As an “ambassador for safety”, Pilz has been heavily involved with standards for decades. In the 01/2022 issue of “Mensch und Automation”, discover how to stay up to date and therefore standard-compliant.

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.

Quantum leap for safety

Once upon a time … In the early days of control technology, relays and contactors controlled plant and machinery. If there were any devices at all for shutting down or for protecting people, they would separate the actuator from the power supply as necessary.

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Digital CE conformity

In the research project SDM4FZI, around 30 partners are working together on the development of software-defined production for the automotive and supplier industry. Pilz is involved as a research partner for a uniform digital safety concept.

Well-coached in functional safety

Become a safety expert with Pilz – now also for functional safety, with the new course for internationally recognised qualification as CEFS – Certified Expert in Functional Safety.

Master of all angles

In the press brakes from the press manufacturer Bystronic, the camera-based protection system PSENvip has for years been used in combination with the automation system PSS 4000 from Pilz to ensure safe, efficient and user-friendly processes. With the module for bending angle measurement for PSENvip 2 newly developed by Pilz, Bystronic is once again expanding the scope of its safety system.

Three minutes with …
… Robin Huang

National Technical and Product Manager / Manager of Service Business, Pilz China, and member of the national standards committee

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!

Tradition meets innovation

Portugal is the official partner country of this year’s Hannover Messe. Within the Pilz Group, Pilz Portugal is already celebrating its 20th anniversary and reflects how tradition and innovation go hand in hand in Western Europe.

Delivery capability has top priority

Bottlenecks and long delivery times are placing a massive burden on the global economy. In order to manage this difficult situation, Pilz founded a cross-departmental task force back in autumn 2020.

Issue 1/2022 Worldwide standards

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Issue 1/2022
Worldwide standards