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Big-screen safety at a theater near you
January 17, 2007: 08:54 AM EST
Jan. 1, 2007 (Control Engineering) -- On Jan. 23, 2007, a 45-city
educational effort begins, sponsored by a dozen companies and
organizations offering machine-safety advice. The effort, running
through Feb. 27, includes a 45-minute "big-screen" high-definition
movie entitled, Safety: Uncover the Competitive Advantage.
In the past, machine-safety standards required safety related signals
to pass over separate cables from control signals. However, over the
past 10 years, regulators in Europe have come to realize that digital
electronics have become at least as reliable as older signaling
technology, and that significant benefits accrue from using digital
communications to carry safety signals. Efforts to harmonize European
and North American regulations caused U.S. regulators to introduce
changes to U.S. rules allowing what some observers call "integrated
safety" systems.
To help engineers understand integrated
safety, Siemens (NYSE:SI) Energy & Automation created an event
based around a 45-minute motion picture. It stars a dozen experts who
have applied the new technologies in a number of industries, including
users from Astec Industries (NASDAQ:ASTE) and Kuka Flexible Production
Systems, and principals from standards organizations such as PTO
(Profibus) and T V Rheinland Group. Movie participants also include
AMT-The Association for Manufacturing Technology, Camotion Inc.,
Dematic Corp., Design Safety Engineering Inc., General Motors (NYSE:GM)
, and RWD Technologies..
Siemens is taking the film on a
45-city tour starting in January To obtain a schedule and an
invitation, visit their website. (www.safetythemovie.com)
Newstex ID: RBI-0018-13650406
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