At the moment the indus\u00adtrial robot stan\u00addards ISO 10218 (Robotics \u2013 Safety require\u00adments \u2013 Part 1: Indus\u00adtrial robots and Part 2: Indus\u00adtrial robot sys\u00adtems, robot appli\u00adca\u00adtions and robot cells) are being revised. The work here has been con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00adably impeded by corona-related com\u00adpli\u00adca\u00adtions and var\u00adious time zones. My inter\u00adna\u00adtional working group has how\u00adever man\u00adaged to con\u00adsis\u00adtently incor\u00adpo\u00adrate the EHSR (Essen\u00adtial health and safety require\u00adments) of the Machinery Direc\u00adtive. This is the pre\u00adcon\u00addi\u00adtion that allows the ISO to later be adopted as an EN ISO (Euro\u00adpean stan\u00addard) prac\u00adti\u00adcally without changes and enables har\u00admon\u00adi\u00adsa\u00adtion with the Machinery Direc\u00adtive. This con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00adably facil\u00adi\u00adtates its com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion. We are also cur\u00adrently working on revising IEC 62046 (Safety of machinery \u2013 Appli\u00adca\u00adtion of pro\u00adtec\u00adtive equip\u00adment to detect the pres\u00adence of per\u00adsons).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Indeed, with five national and eleven inter\u00adna\u00adtional stan\u00addards com\u00admit\u00adtees, the prepa\u00adra\u00adtion and follow-up for the meet\u00adings tends to be time-con\u00adsuming. Ulti\u00admately I want my work to really make a dif\u00adfer\u00adence and to pro\u00adduce prac\u00adtical sug\u00adges\u00adtions that help industry. I am also busy ensuring that our internal stan\u00addards data\u00adbase at Pilz is always up to date. Working with cur\u00adrent stan\u00addards is absolutely essen\u00adtial for us as a safe automa\u00adtion spe\u00adcialist. I filter infor\u00adma\u00adtion about stan\u00addards, pro\u00adposed stan\u00addards and trends in stan\u00addards. The trick here is dif\u00adfer\u00aden\u00adti\u00adating between impor\u00adtant and unim\u00adpor\u00adtant and deciding which infor\u00adma\u00adtion is reli\u00adable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes, the amount of pro\u00adposed stan\u00addards is actu\u00adally rising sharply. More pro\u00adposed stan\u00addards, how\u00adever, also means a greater need for experts in the com\u00admit\u00adtees. But experts are rare and already quite busy with their pri\u00admary tasks at their com\u00adpa\u00adnies. Com\u00adpa\u00adnies in the EU have to not only pay for the working hours, but also for the employees\u2019 travel expenses to the stan\u00addards com\u00admit\u00adtees. Other coun\u00adtries such as China have an advan\u00adtage here. Thanks to gov\u00adern\u00adment funding, it is easier to send experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Def\u00adi\u00adnitely, what could be better than a stan\u00addard that is essen\u00adtially recog\u00adnised world\u00adwide and that requires everyone to meet the same spec\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtions? It\u2019s dif\u00adfi\u00adcult, how\u00adever, because of the dif\u00adfer\u00adences in eco\u00adnomic inter\u00adests, mar\u00adkets and cul\u00adtures. But fre\u00adquently at stan\u00addards meet\u00adings, we will be having dinner together and will dis\u00adcover just how much common ground there is. It is a chance to better under\u00adstand the per\u00adspec\u00adtives of fellow col\u00adleagues. Most experts in inter\u00adna\u00adtional stan\u00addards com\u00admit\u00adtees work hard to develop stan\u00addards so that they do not serve as an obstacle to any tech\u00adnology. But a func\u00adtional global foun\u00adda\u00adtion still remains a dis\u00adtant goal<\/p>\n\n\n\n