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Your Guide to Specific Machine and Production Environment Standards

Specific machine and production environment standards may apply to machines like conveyors and robots, or to industries that require hygienic design.

Mobile robots are among the machine categories that require specific standards.
Mobile robots are among the machine categories that require specific standards.
PMMI Business Intelligence: 2023 The Impact of Global and Local Standards on OEMs & Suppliers

The standards behind that automated slicer or roaster may not be so cut and dry.

Some machine production environment categories have their own specific standards that differ from more widely accepted guidelines, according to PMMI Business Intelligence’s 2023 report “The Impact of Global and Local Standards on OEMs and Suppliers.”

Machine categories with separate standards include conveyors, ovens, and robots.

For example, the ANSI/RIA R15.06-2012 Industrial Robots and Robot Systems – Safety Requirements, published by the Robotics Industry Association (now A3 Association for Advancing Automation), is intended to increase uniformity across the industry, lower risk and liability for OEMs and end users, and reduce costs. There’s also a standard for mobile robots, R15.08-1-2020 Mobile Robot Safety Standard.

Many machines are used in the food and pharmaceutical industries where hygienic design is needed to ensure equipment can be cleaned properly and products remain contamination-free.

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