Safety Classification of Controls — Comments on the German Approach with a View to European Standardisation

EN …. (Draft): Safety of Machinery: Basic Concepts; General Principles for Design. From: CEN/TC 114/WG 1, 1 July 1988.

DIN V 19250: Fundamental Safety Aspects to be considered for Measurement and Control Protective Equipment (Grundlegende Sicherheitsbetrachtungen für MSR-Schutzeinrichtungen).

Safety Requirements for the Controls of Machines and/or their Protective Equipment (Sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen für Maschinen und/oder deren Schutzeinrichtungen).

DIN 24980: Two-Hand Controls (Zweinhandschaltungen).

DIN ….: Sensitive Mats (Schaltmatten).

DIN VDE 31000 Part 2: General Principles for the Safe Design of Technical Products; Concepts in Safe Practice; Basic Concepts (Allgemeine Leitsätze für das sicherheitgerechte Gestalten technischer Erzeugnisse; Begriffe der Sicherheitstechnik; Grundbegriffe).

Hölscher H Käser W Unger B Schreiber P ; Safety Classes: A Comparison of Safety Requirements in Mechanics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Electrical Engineering and Electronics (Sicherheitsklassen; Vergleich von Sicherheitsanforderungen in Mechanik, Hydraulik, Pneumatik, Elektrotechnik und Elektronik). Schriftenreihe der BAU — Forachung Fo 543, 1988.

Meffert K , A Classification System for Industrial Process Control Systems with Safety Functions and its Consequential Requirements. IFAC Workshop on Reliability, Availability and Maintainability of Industrial Process Control Systems, 28–30 Sept 1988, Bruges, Belgium.