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Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC
and DIN EN ISO 13849
Part 1 and Part 2
With an effective date 29.12.2009 the Machinery Directive
2006/42/EC replaced the previous Machinery Directive
98/37/EC and defines fundamental standards of Machine
Safety in the European domestic market. Only machines,
that comply with the demands of the Machinery Directive,
are allowed to be introduced on the European market. This
includes new machines as well as existing machines that
have experienced significant or considerable variations or
modifications or have served a different use. In accordance
with conditions of the Machinery Directive and the
guideline, compliant machines must be furnished with
CE-labelling, Declaration of Conformity and the required
user information. The harmonized standard DIN EN ISO
13849 (Model B Standard) assists the Machinery Directive
with the technical implementation of the safety demands
and reliable control systems. It provides generally important
principles in terms of the planning and evaluation of
safety-related parts of a control system, control system
architecture as well as the quality of risk mitigation and the
validation procedures for the safety function, categories
and Performance Levels of safety-related parts of controls.
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