Rockwell Automation

A new white paper from Rockwell Automation reveals how progressive manufacturers are focusing on safety automation solutions to keep their people safe, their machines working and their bottom lines robust. The paper credits this focus to the adoption of deploying a “holistic approach to safety,” which emphasises global standards, innovative technologies, trained personnel and ongoing risk assessment, all working together.

“A Holistic Approach to Safety Automation” highlights the differences between the manufacturing industry’s historical approach of separating safety solutions from the automation system, and today’s integrated functional approach to safety. It also outlines the inherent benefits this direction offers, namely minimised risk and increased productivity.

“By integrating safety functions into their overall automation strategy platform, manufacturers can create a safer working environment for employees, reduce the risk of an incident that could result in a negative environmental impact, and improve manufacturing processes that optimise productivity and key performance indicators, such as overall equipment effectiveness, which ultimately leads to increased profits,” said Craig Resnick, research director, ARC Advisory Group. “When manufacturers adopt this holistic approach to safety, they are leveraging state-of-the-art technology to help protect their people, as well as improving their company’s global competitive positioning.”