Material Handling:  Applying NFPA 79 and Other Standards to Machinery Emergency Stops

In Material Handling:  Applying NFPA 79 and Other Standards to Machinery Emergency Stops, you'll learn ...

• Industry standards and regulations for machinery emergency stops
• OSHA requirements for E-stops
• The three categories of stop functions defined in NFPA 79
• The implications of making a drive system NFPA 79 compliant

Overview

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Credit: 1 CPD

Length: 27 pages

This course covers the requirements for machinery emergency stops, primarily in the packaging and product handling industries. The course identifies applicable standards which may be applied to the design of E-stops, with particular emphasis on the requirements of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 79, Electrical Standard for Industrial Machines (Copyright© 2011).

The purpose of this course is not to assess the risk or the safety of E-stop designs for machinery, but rather how to determine applicable approaches to ensure compliance with applicable standards.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify the standards applicable to machine design for equipment manufactured in the United States.
• Locate standards and regulatory requirements for emergency stop circuits.
• Describe the standards used for machine design in the European market.
• Distinguish between standards that are legally required and those that are recommended practices.
• Explain the critical functions of a stop and an emergency stop.
• Identify standards applicable to conveyors.
• Describe emergency stop circuits for variable-frequency drives (VFDs).
• Evaluate the operational benefits and risks associated with emergency stop circuits on a VFD.

Certificate of Completion

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 16 questions. CPD credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.