Machine Safeguarding Solutions Selection

This Machine Safeguarding Solutions selection guide will help industrial companies select the best industrial machine safeguarding solution based on their requirements to protect industrial assets and processes.

Machine Safeguarding Solutions Selection Overview

Industrial automation ensures consistency and improves operations and productivity, with increased efficiency.  It eliminates labor-intensive, repetitive, and time-consuming tasks performed by humans, enabling them to focus more on higher level operations, which adds more value.  Automation has resulted in robots performing manufacturing operations such as material handling, inspection, assembly, machine loading and unloading, and other variety of tasks.  As humans and machines work together, the operations become more efficient and productive, which is possible only if safety technology is in place.  The need for safety has become one of the most important aspects of industrial automation.  Protecting workers has become a necessity and industries need to comply with safety standards for factory automation.

Machine Safeguarding Technology SolutionsThe growing trend toward digitization and connected devices drives demand for smart safety solutions.  Manufacturers are leveraging Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities to build a safe connected enterprise, which enables better visibility of plant operations and real-time diagnostics.  Smart safety solutions enable data collection, information sharing enhancing worker and environmental safety and productivity.

Safety is an integral part of factories in mature economies; however, many existing machinery designs do not have the necessary hardware to minimize the risks associated with industrial operations.  Retrofitting existing machinery to today’s safety standards will drive market growth. 

Machine Safeguarding Solutions Strategic Issues

Seek Out Services from Suppliers to Supplement Internal Competencies

Safety regulations are subject to revisions and modifications.  Many machine builders don’t have the expertise to keep up with the latest safety regulations.  Adopting external services mitigates this problem and is economical.  The cost of safety certification is too high to take the risk of using internal engineers who are not fully aware of the latest regulatory requirements.

Recognize Increasing Importance of Functional Safety

Increasingly, electrical, electronic, or programmable electronic systems perform safety functions.  These systems are usually complex, making it impossible, in practice, to determine fully every failure mode or to test all possible behaviors.  While it is difficult to predict the safety performance, testing is still essential.

Identify Risk Assessment Opportunities for Productivity Improvements

Despite the tremendous pressure to meet production goals in the automotive and many other manufacturing industries, companies should have risk assessment performed by a certified professional to identify high-risk areas.  Manufacturers no longer have to search for independent consultants for risk assessment services.  Many machine safeguarding suppliers now offer risk assessment services by experienced safety professionals. 

More Machine Safeguarding Strategic Issues

As with any mission-critical technology, it is key for industrial organizations to make informed, fact-based supplier and technology selection decisions for industrial Machine Safeguarding Solutions based on their specific applications and requirements.  This ARC selection guide explores user objectives, application scope, selection criteria, and helps answer key questions, such as: 

  • Who are the key industrial machine safeguarding solutions suppliers?
  • Which suppliers have success in your industry?
  • What are the most common selection criteria for industrial machine safeguarding solutions?
  • What are the new technology trends and how does the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) impact the industrial machine safeguarding solutions market and selection process?

Machine Safeguarding Guide Table of Contents

Executive Summary

  • Major Trends
  • Industry Trends
  • Regional Trends
  • OEM Trends

Scope

Industrial Machine Safeguarding Solutions Adoption Strategies

  • Strategies for Successful Adoption
  • Factors Contributing to Adoption
  • Factors Inhibiting Adoption

Partial List of Selection Criteria Topics

  • Business
  • Product and Technology
    • Functionality
    • Standards
    • More…
  • Service Requirements
    • Project
    • Operations and Lifecycle
    • Training

Leading Supplier Analysis

  • Market Shares of the Leading Suppliers
  • Market Shares by Region
    • North America
    • EMEA
    • Asia
    • Latin America
  • Market Shares by Industry
    • Aerospace & Defense
    • Automotive
    • Electronics & Electrical
    • Fabricated Metals
    • Food & Beverage
    • Machinery
    • Pharmaceutical & Biotech
    • Pulp & Paper
    • Refining
    • Semiconductors
    • Textiles
  • Market Shares by Machine Safeguarding Solutions Components
    • Laser Scanners
    • Light Curtains
    • Modular Configurable Relays
    • Operator Interface Hardware
    • Safety Edges
    • Safety Interlock Switches
    • Safety Mats
    • Safety Programmable Logic
    • Safety Relays

Leading Supplier Profiles

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