Understanding how to identify hazards, assess risks, and implement effective safety functions is essential to building safer, more reliable control systems. Join our experts as they explore key considerations for both electrical and fluid power applications.
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- How to identify hazards and determine the level of risk reduction required
- How risk assessments help define effective safety functions
- Key considerations for electrical safety functions and required Performance Levels (PLr)
- How to apply safety functions in fluid power systems
- Common hazards found in electrical and pneumatic safety systems and how to address them
YOUR PRESENTERS:
Diego ARIAS
Diego Arias is a Mechatronic Engineer with over ten years of experience in project engineering and management. During this time, he has successfully delivered machinery automation and machinery safety projects for several industries. He has also obtained the Functional Safety Engineer (TÜV) certification, demonstrating his expertise in machinery safety standards, risk assessment, design, verification, and validation of machine safety systems. He is dedicated to ensuring top-level safety across industrial applications and giving technical support for safety services, solutions, and products.
Eric Cummings
Eric Cummings, Ross Controls Safety Business Development Manager – Americas, has more than 30 years of experience, specializes in valve design and fluid power systems integration. His safety experience includes the design and application of pneumatic and hydraulic machine guarding measures. He is a TUV Rheinland certified Functional Safety Engineer and participates on a number of US ANSI (American National Standards Institute) committees developing standards for machine safeguarding including Energy Isolation, Machine Safety & Risk Assessment, Packaging Machinery, and Functional Safety of Equipment.
