Sensata Launches New White Paper on Functional Safety in Industrial Applications
Sensata Technologies, one of the world’s leading suppliers of sensor, industrial control, power management and electrical protection solutions, has published a new white paper (What do Industrial Engineers need to know about Functional Safety) that explores how Functional Safety can improve product reliability, reduce manufacturing downtime, and expand export opportunities.
The White Paper examines current European Directives and Standards and how they are applied to modern machinery designs. It particularly looks at how to design-in safety and design-out risk, establishing the limits and intended use of the machinery, identifying hazards, and estimating the risk for each hazard identified.
Different industrial applications and sectors are considered, with examples of Functional Safety within packaging/conveying, bottling, and the timber trade. It also looks at Functional Safety in the design of elevators and moving walkways, as well as Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs).
The importance of using certified products to a specific Safety Integrity Level (SIL) is explored, and how using products that are certified by a recognised certification body makes it easier for engineers to calculate and accurately claim a safety rating for a system overall, as well as providing important data such as a Mean Time to Failure.
This new Sensata white paper is available as a free download at: www2.sensata.com/functional- safety-encoders
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Sensata Technologies has been driving advances in sensing technology with a pedigree that spans more than one hundred years. As such it can rightfully describe itself as a global leader in the design, customisation and manufacture of mission-critical sensors and controls. To give some idea of its size, the company today has operations in 12 countries around the world and sells more than 47,000 unique products. It ships some 1.1 billion units annually.
First and foremost, the company is an engineering-focused business, with a mission to empower engineers across a diverse range of sectors and industries to create smarter, more connected solutions for their design challenges. There are three key reasons that the world’s leading engineers choose to work with Sensata: We speak engineer – no-one gets engineers like their fellow engineers. That’s why Sensata facilitates direct communication between you and its engineering and support teams.
Sensata deploys teams where our customers are, so they can quickly respond to challenges and customise solutions to help meet the most demanding application requirements. We collaborate to help you innovate – our approach to product development is as much about service and collaboration as it is about products. By working closely with its customers on real-world challenges, Sensata does more than produce new SKUs. It delivers solutions that are tailored to your specific needs. We enable what’s next – Sensata never stops developing smarter, higher-performing. More embedded sensors and control devices. And its technology goes straight into its customers’ products. It is their secret ingredient and the thing that turns good products into game changers.
Where we supply to
Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, South America, North America
Industries we supply to
Automation, Chemicals, Consultants, Components Electronics, Energy and Power, Food and Beverage, Glass Ceramics Cement, Metals and Minerals, OEM, Paper and Pulp, Pharmaceutical Cosmetics Toiletries, Plastics and Rubber, Recycling, Textiles, Tobacco, Water and Wastewater
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