Geoff Lobegeier, Pilz Australia, from our channel partner, Pilz Australia, delivered the CFES MachineSAFE course in Teksal Safety’s Brisbane office, highlighting the importance of safety in machinery operations.
The internationally recognised CEFS (Certified Expert in Functional Safety) qualification is certified by TÜV NORD and offers specialist knowledge on systems for the functional safety of machinery.
This two-day course outlines the normative and technical demands placed on such a system, and examines all the key elements, from design and verification through to implementation.
The qualification covers the relevant standards and a practical look at how complex safety systems are put together, and includes a range of coursework, in which you can learn about specific issues within an application.
The course includes:
Basic knowledge of functional safety
- Basics of safety control systems
- Application and implementation of Performance Level (PL) and Safety Integrity Level (SIL)
- Safety requirement specification
- Coursework 1 “Producing a safety requirement specification”
- Designing a safety control system
Safety circuit architectures
- Preventing and controlling systematic failures
- Coursework 2 “Division into subsystems”
- Coursework 3 “Determining the probability of a random hardware failure”
- Coursework 4 “Checking the systematic requirements, including safety-related software”
Validating a safety circuit
- Creating a validation plan and protocol
- Coursework 5 “Designing a validation protocol”
- Using software tools for validation
- Coursework 6 “Software-based review of the safety level”
Expert knowledge of functional safety
- Special cases
- Solution-oriented exercise “Practical application of functional safety”
- Requirements and implementation of a corporate functional safety management system
As part of our machine and automation safety solutions, Teksal Safety is a distributor for Pilz safety controls and sensors, and programmable & configurable safety systems, Fortress interlocking and access control products and ZONE Safety Systems’ industrial safety and perimeter guarding.
Our machine and automation safety products and services include:
- Perimeter guarding
- Safety automation, including safety sensors, relays, configurable small controllers, safety PLCs and networks, operating and monitoring products
- Trapped key and access control interlocks
- Fluid power safety solutions, including Fluidsentry monitored pneumatic and hydraulic safety valves
- High voltage & distribution safety solutions
For more information about CFES training or any of our machine and automation safety solutions, email sales@teksal.com.au.
