The EU Machinery Regulation will apply from 20 January 2027. It came into force in all member states on 19 July 2023, twenty days after it was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Machine manufacturers now have time in which to meet the new safety requirements on plant and machinery. The Guide to the Machinery Regulation will help you with this. Find out what’s changing, what’s important and what needs to be done. Everything in one document!
The Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC) is the current and final version of the Machinery Directive. Application has been mandatory in the EU since 2009. It is aimed primarily at manufacturers and requires safety to be guaranteed when human and machine interact. If you compare the automation and engineering of today with the technical requirements of 15 years ago, it is clear that the revision of the Directive was more than sensible. Digitisation and networking, as well as the new related issues of Industrial Security and Artificial Intelligence (AI), are in the process of significantly changing factory halls and the plant and machinery within them. The new Machinery Regulation aspires to maintain the high level of safety that was achieved with the implementation of the specifications from the Machinery Directive. This means that you must meet all the specifications of the new Machinery Regulation in your company within the transitional period. Information and implementation of the specifications of the new regulation in terms of risk analysis, instructions for use and technical documentation, as well as conformity assessment and declaration of conformity with subsequent CE marking, mean that companies face an enormous challenge. http://www.pilz.com
The Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC) is the current and final version of the Machinery Directive. Application has been mandatory in the EU since 2009. It is aimed primarily at manufacturers and requires safety to be guaranteed when human and machine interact. If you compare the automation and engineering of today with the technical requirements of 15 years ago, it is clear that the revision of the Directive was more than sensible. Digitisation and networking, as well as the new related issues of Industrial Security and Artificial Intelligence (AI), are in the process of significantly changing factory halls and the plant and machinery within them. The new Machinery Regulation aspires to maintain the high level of safety that was achieved with the implementation of the specifications from the Machinery Directive. This means that you must meet all the specifications of the new Machinery Regulation in your company within the transitional period. Information and implementation of the specifications of the new regulation in terms of risk analysis, instructions for use and technical documentation, as well as conformity assessment and declaration of conformity with subsequent CE marking, mean that companies face an enormous challenge. http://www.pilz.com
The new regulation continues to cover machinery and related products, but safety components now also include software. It provides greater clarity as to when there is a substantial modification to existing plant and machinery, and therefore a new CE conformity assessment must be conducted. What’s more, it also takes into account the growing importance of Industrial Security and digitisation. Industrial Security is a mandatory element for the safety of machinery, and no longer open to the interpretation of those placing the machine on the market. Manufacturers will need to draw up appropriate Industrial Security concepts. In this respect, Industrial Security is one of the main themes of the Machinery Regulation. Manufacturers of networked machinery should prepare well in this regard. They will also face demands from other areas of legislation (e.g. Cyber Resilience Act, Radio Equipment Directive). http://www.pilz.com