KANBrief 4/12 Machine safety: reducing the incentive for the defeating of safety devices is all-important A study (Defeating of safety devices on machinery (in German only), HVBG, 2006) has shown that
KANBrief 1/13 Standardization of services: benefit for the trade and crafts sector doubtful The European standardization package became applicable on 1 January 2013. With this package, the European Co
KANBrief 4/12 Safety by co-operation: procurement of machinery at Ford Werke GmbH in Germany Ford is continually stepping up the consideration given to safety requirements during the procurement of ma
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KANBrief 4/13 Revision of the PPE Directive: what's new, what isn't? The PPE Directive was one of the first New Approach directives, being drawn up in 1989. It governs the placing of personal protecti
KANBrief 4/19 Industrial data science: the benefits of artificial intelligence for production @Trueffelpix - stock.adobe.com As digitalization progresses, the processing of growing volumes of data pre