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Some said it couldn't be done, but Siemens has created the first PC-based, fully integrated safety and machine controller. The technology represents a huge advance for system designers, offering the ability to put everything on one platform. How can you put the concept to work?

Safety controllers allow you to design sophisticated safety functions into your mechanisms from the ground up. You can get the best effect if you consider how to use the functionality early in your design process.

Following all the relevant safety standards while also trying to develop a safety culture in your plant is a challenge, but safety standard drives can help.

As U.S. standards increase the safety options available to engineers, experience may not always prove to be the best guide when it comes to making the right safety decision.

Safety instrumented systems (SIS) play an increasingly important role in mitigating the risk of incidents that lead to personnel injury, damage to equipment or the environment, or disruption of production. As a result, asset owners with safety-critical operations should be evaluating the integration of safety and process control systems as a means of reducing the cost of configuration, training, and support.

Beyond reducing the safety system costs associated with wiring multiple safety relays, modular safety systems combine the reliability of a PLC with the functionality of the safety relay into a single package.