Machinery Safety
Supporting machinery compliance through PUWER, risk assessments, safety solutions, and CE marking.
Machinery Safety
Supporting machinery compliance through PUWER, risk assessments, safety solutions, and CE marking.
Supporting machinery compliance through PUWER, risk assessments, safety solutions, and CE marking.
Supporting machinery compliance through PUWER, risk assessments, safety solutions, and CE marking.
The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) require employers and end users to ensure that work equipment is suitable for its intended use, properly maintained, and safe to operate. This includes identifying hazards, assessing risks, and implementing appropriate measures to protect personnel.
We provide comprehensive PUWER assessments to evaluate equipment against the requirements of the regulation.
EN ISO 12100 is a standard that outlines the general principles for the design of safe machinery, focusing on risk assessment and risk reduction. We can provide assessments and reports with a structured methodology, to help designers or end-users identify hazards, estimate & evaluate risks, and implement measures to reduce those risks.
In conjunction with the risk assessment, we can provide additional support to develop a safety solution report. Working closely with you, we can provide detailed guidance
and proposed solutions to achieve
compliance with the applicable legislation and standards.
Failure to UKCA / CE mark equipment correctly can result in serious consequences, such as risk of injury and breach of law. We can provide the support required to successfully cover your machinery design and build. This includes conformity assessment procedures to the applicable Essential Health & Safety Requirements (EHSRs) and Technical file construction.
Incorrectly designed or unverified safety functions can lead to safety system failures.
We provide ISO 13849-1 and IEC 62061 verification services using industry-recognised tools such as IFA SISTEMA, Pilz PAScal, and Siemens Safety Evaluation Tool. We produce verification reports demonstrating that safety functions achieve the required PL or SIL, providing documented evidence of reliability
Validation testing is a crucial step in the machinery safety lifecycle, ensuring that the safety-related control systems are designed, implemented and function as intended. We can provide validation testing with functional checks and fault injections, to verify the behaviour under different conditions, including fault scenarios.
After risk assessment and prior to validation, the Safety Requirement Specification (SRS) must be developed, so that the requirements of each safety function are verified to ensure their consistency and completeness for the intended use. We can provide SRS reports in accordance with ISO 13849 and IEC 62061
Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR) and Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) are now common place in industrial environments. We can provide specialist assessments to ensure that the vehicle and system integration is safe and compliant to applicable standards such as ISO 3691-4. We can also provide support on the required UKCA / CE marking of the system at the end-user location.
Robots used in collaborative applications and that are designed to work alongside people are not inherently safe out of the box. Safety in cobot systems relies on correct design, risk assessments and implementation of safety measures according to applicable standards such as EN ISO 10218-2. We can provide the assessment and support required for the safe implementation.
At GSA Conformity, we specialise in machinery compliance across various industries, including food & beverage, automotive, steel making, printing, papermaking, aerospace, textiles, packaging, and material handling. Our expertise extends to essential services such as Machine CE marking, machine risk assessments, and machinery safety assessments, ensuring that your equipment meets all safety regulations, including PUWER and PUWER assessments. With over 25 years of experience in system integration, electrical, control system, and machinery design, we are well-equipped to help you navigate the complexities of compliance.