Annual Packaging Automation Forum Examines Machine Safety

Held in Chicago on April 26, the Packaging Automation Forum featured three presentations and a panel discussion on the role of machine safety and risk assessments in discrete manufacturing. Packaging World and Automation World magazines produce this annual conference that covers automation and control trends in the packaging space.

Roberta Nelson Shea discusses the need for risk assessment to be included in safety standards. Also included are Dave Herrington
Roberta Nelson Shea discusses the need for risk assessment to be included in safety standards. Also included are Dave Herrington
For the safety session in the afternoon, each subject matter expert provided a presentation on one safety component in automation. First to present was Dave Herrington, safety & environmental director, Kraft, and he provided the company's safety strategy for its 250 manufacturing plants worldwide. Kraft pushes the machine safety and implementation to its safety, security environmental managers at each manufacturing plant. Its safety team model, comprised of safety managers from each manufacturing site, also reports to a corporate central steering team for guidance on rules and procedures and engineering practices.

"The plants are doing the work and we devote our (safety) resources to the business units (the individual manufacturing plants)," says Herrington. He cited that the incident rate for Kraft was down 40 percent between 2005-2010. Other safety challenges for Kraft include risk assessments, which is contracted to a SICK, Inc. Herrington adds, “Risk assessment is not exactly intuitive for the engineering team. That’s why we brought in SICK.”

安全合规服务总裁Roberta Nelson Shea提供了关于如何安全和精益制造能够共存的介绍。她强调“嵌入式”精益制造可以生产可持续(高效)的工作流程,并指出ANSI B11.TR7,是安全和精益制造的设计标准。

第三篇演示文稿锯包装机械制造商研究所(PMMI)的技术服务主任Hayes,讨论了欧洲与北美安全标准的协调。他还添加了与en的大教育差距ISO 13849-1, which is the standard that replaces EN 954-1. ISO 13849-1 goes into effect Jan 1, 2012 and it addresses programmable electronic safety devices that are used in more modern machines.

三个主持人组成安全小组d took questions from the audience that focused primarily on how do end users get a risk assessment from machine builders. Shea responded that a new robotic safety standard requires a robotic manufacturer or integrator to provide a risk assessment, if requested by a manufacturer. She added a fee would be required for the risk assessment. Hayes countered that end users can get risk assessments from OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturer) right now, as long as a contractual agreement is spelled out.

会议的早晨会议专注于生产线优化(企业可见数据),PackML控制语言和Packml上嵌套的案例应用程序。在包装自动化论坛上的更多内容,访问http://bit.ly/aroundweb_085

Packaging Automation Forum
www.packworld.com/paf.

Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI)
www.pmmi.org




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