Latest articles on EN ISO 13849-1 safety standard 
Festo one-day orientation course explains the latest requirements of the new Machinery Directive to machine builders(18/02/2010)
Festo has introduced a one-day orientation course for machine builders struggling to interpret the latest requirements of the new Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. Following the decision of the EC Machinery Working Group to extend the transition period of the existing EN 954-1 safety standard beyond its expected end-of-life deadline of December 2009, but for an unspecified amount of time, machine designers and builders now face the dilemma of which safety standard to use. Should they stick with... [more]
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