With effect from 29.12.2009, the current Machinery Directive will be replaced by the new version 2006/42/EC – without transition period.

The revisions in the new Machinery Directive impact the following in particular:
• Machine Manufacturers
• Manufacturers of the newly defined “partly completed machines”
• Operators of machine assemblies such as Robotic Cells and Automated Production lines
• Importers of machines from outside the EU

What is new in the new Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC?

Key changes include:
• Process of Risk Assessment : machine manufacturers are obliged to complete a Risk Assessment that is now defined within the directive as an iterative process of hazard identification, risk estimation, hazard elimination or risk reduction.
• Safety system requirements : machine designers are obliged to design control systems in such a way that a fault in the hardware or software of the control system and/or reasonably foreseeable human error does not lead to hazardous situations.
• Harmonised standards : Machine builders must use EN ISO 13849 or EN/IEC 62061 to achieve compliance with the new directive.
• Administrative and Assessment Procedures : new assessment procedures are defined for machines listed in Annex IV of the directive and for “partly completed machines”. For manufacturers of Annex IV machines self-certification is now possible.
• Machine builders outside the EU : machine builders outside the EU must authorise a person who must be established in the Community to compile the technical file for the machine.

celduc’s products in safety-related parts of control systems

1) Magnetic proximity sensors : PSA60010 - Category 1 - High MTTFd - Performance Level PLc - SIL1

2) Magnetic safety sensors : PSS & PXS range (these sensors have to be associated to standard safety modules that you can find on the market)

3) Stand-alone safety sensor : P3S and P4S range (technical data-sheets available on request)
-P3S version with redundancy and internal monitoring. Maximum series mounting 32 products.
•PLd selon EN ISO 13849-1
•SIL2 selon to EN62061
-P4S version with redundancy, internal & external monitoring of the contactors (EDM : External Devices monitoring). Output "Status" informing any defect of the system.
•PLe selon EN ISO 13849-1
•SIL3 selon EN62061

4) Solid State Relays : Fully electronics, these products have high MTTFd (value transmitted on request).