Rockwell Automation

Machine Safety Services identify how manufacturers can help boost productivity whilst meeting safety requirements

For manufacturers across every industry, the pressure to comply with increasing safety legislation is acute, adding to a company's costs yet often delivering compliance to the detriment of productivity. However, in dramatic contrast to this picture, the message from Rockwell Automation is that a holistic approach to machinery safety can actually help to increase productivity, and so deliver a defined return on investment while contributing to the safety of operators and the plant in general.

Demonstrating the close links between safety and efficiency, Rockwell Automation has introduced a complete suite of Machinery Safety Services that can help manufacturers carry out risk assessments, identify hazards, optimise guarding design and performance, improve productivity, and integrate standard and safety control systems.

Rockwell Automation EMEA safety consultant Tim Hall comments: “A general perception in industry is that fast, efficient production and safe production don’t mix. Increased production targets invariably leads to safety systems being overridden, and that is the road to disaster. But what we are saying at Rockwell Automation with our Machine Safety Services is that if manufacturers take a more rounded approach to safety rather than simply doing the minimum needed to achieve compliance, there can be huge benefits in operational efficiency.”