• I.S. EN 954-1:1997

    Superseded A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

    SAFETY OF MACHINERY - SAFETY-RELATED PARTS OF CONTROL SYSTEMS - GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGN

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  12-12-2006

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-1997

    Publisher:  National Standards Authority of Ireland

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    Foreword
    0 Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Definitions
    4 General considerations
    4.1 Safety objectives in the design
    4.2 General strategy for design
    4.3 Process for the selection and design of safety measures
    4.4 Principles for ergonomic design
    5 Characteristics of safety functions
    6 Categories
    6.1 General
    6.2 Specifications of categories
    6.3 Selection and combination of safety-related parts to
          different categories
    7 Fault consideration
    7.1 General
    7.2 Fault exclusion
    8 Validation
    8.1 General
    8.2 Validation plan
    8.3 Validation by analysis
    8.4 Validation by testing
    8.5 Validation report
    9 Maintenance
    10 Information for use
    Annexes
    A (informative) Questionnaire for the design process
    B (informative) Guidance for the selection of categories
    C (informative) List of some significant faults and
          failures for various technologies
    D (informative) Relationship between safety, reliability
          and availability for machinery
    E (informative) Bibliography
    ZA (informative) Clauses of this European Standard
          addressing essential requirements or other provisions
          of EU directives

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    Provides safety requirements and guidance on the principles for the design of safety-related parts of control systems.

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    Document Type Standard
    Publisher National Standards Authority of Ireland
    Status Superseded
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