The risk assessment, often incorrectly referred to as a risk analysis, is one of the most important documents for manufacturers to prove that a product is safe in accordance with European legislation. In practice, however, it has been shown that in many companies it is either not implemented at all or only in a very rudimentary way. Typical misconceptions in [...]
The use of AI systems is already an objective for the near future in many areas of mechanical and plant engineering. However, a 2020 report by the European Commission found that the current product safety legislation at the time, including in relation to the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, had a number of gaps with regard to safety risks in [...]
Olaf Dömer How and when did you join tecteam? I have been dealing with the topics of law/standardization, product safety and risk assessment for many years. Since I originally did further training at tecteam in the 1990s, I have had loose contact over the years. Due to a search for a successor, it made sense to [...]
