New overspeed switch to fulfil increased safety requirements

摘要

Humans and machines face extreme conditions in heavy industry in particular. To comply with stringent safety regulations applicable to large industrial systems, operators implement protective measures as part of "functional safety" management procedures. These encompass the safety of the whole plant, which depends on the proper functioning of safety-related systems to reduce risks. Standards such as the international standards IEC 61508 and DIN EN ISO 13849 specify that plant systems must ensure their functions are performed under defined fault conditions with a defined high degree of probability.