scope of the B11 Standards Development committee (SDC)

Standardization of concepts, general principles and requirements for safety of machinery incorporating terminology, methodology, and risk reduction measures for new, existing, modified or rebuilt power driven industrial and commercial machinery, not portable by hand while working.  This includes associated equipment that may be used in the production system.

ANSI B11.0 - 2023

Safety of Machinery

This type-A standard applies to new, existing, modified or rebuilt power-driven machines, not portable by hand while working, that are used to process materials by cutting; forming; pressure; electrical, thermal or optical techniques; lamination; or a combination of these processes.  This includes associated equipment used to transfer material or tooling (including fixtures) to assemble/disassemble, and to inspect or test.  The associated equipment, including logic controller(s) and associated software or logic, together with the machine actuators and sensors, are considered a part of the machinery. 

This can be a single machine or a machinery system(s).

Informative Note 1:  As used in this standard, a machine can be an assembly of linked parts or components (at least one of which moves) with the appropriate actuators, control and power circuits, etc., that are joined together for a specific application such as, for the processing, treatment, marking, or moving of material. 

Informative Note 2:  To improve readability, the terms “machine,” “machinery,” “machine tool” or “machinery system(s)” are used interchangeably throughout the document, either in singular or plural form.

Informative Note 3:  A machine system is a systematic array of one or more machines that is not portable by hand while working and includes any associated material handling, manipulating, gauging, measuring, or inspecting equipment.

Informative Note 4:  See ANSI B11.20 for additional information on the integration of machinery into a system.

This standard specifies basic terminology, principles and a methodology for achieving acceptable risk in the design and the use of machinery.  It specifies principles of risk assessment and risk reduction to help designers, integrators and users of machinery in achieving this objective.  These principles are based on knowledge and experience of the design, use, incidents, accidents and risks associated with machinery.  Procedures are described for identifying hazards and estimating and evaluating risks during relevant phases of the machine lifecycle, and for the elimination of hazards or the provision of sufficient risk reduction.  Guidance is given regarding the documentation and confirmation of the risk assessment and risk reduction process.

Other industry sectors can benefit from applying this standard.  A risk assessment may be required to determine if a machine-specific “base” (type-C) safety standard adequately covers the hazards associated with the specific application of a machine.   

Where a machine-specific (type-C) safety standard exists, the requirements of the machine-specific “base” (type-C) safety standard shall generally apply.  

Deviations from the requirements of this standard or from any machine-specific (type-C) safety standard shall be based on a documented risk assessment.
Informative Note 1:  See clause 6 for additional information on risk assessment.

Informative Note 2:  See 7.17 for a list of example machines covered by other specific standards.

ANSI B11.1 - 2009 (R2020)

Safety Requirements for Mechanical Power Presses

The requirements of this standard apply only to those mechanically-powered machine tools commonly referred to as mechanical power presses, which transmit force mechanically to cut, form, or assemble metal or other materials by means of tools or dies attached to or operated by slides.

Excluded from the requirements of this standard are: bulldozers; cold-headers and cold formers; eyelet machines; forging presses and hammers; high-energy-rate presses; hot-bending and hot-metal presses; hydraulic power presses; iron workers and detail punches; metal shears; pneumatic power presses; powdered-metal presses; press welders; power pressure brakes; riveting machines; turret and plate-punch machines; wire terminating machines; and welding presses.

Note: Standard currently under revision.  Expected 2023

ANSI B11.2 - 2013 (R2020)

Safety Requirements for Hydraulic and Pneumatic Power Presses

The requirements of this standard apply only to those hydraulically or pneumatically powered machines, commonly referred to as hydraulic / pneumatic power presses, which transmit force to cut, form, or assemble metal or other materials by means of tools or dies attached to or operated by plungers or slides.

Excluded from the requirements of this standard are: Manually powered presses; mechanical power presses; powdered metal presses; horizontal hydraulic extrusion presses; high energy rate presses; manually positioned; meat-processing presses; forging presses and hammers; powered press brakes; metal shears; iron workers; cold headers; die-casting machines; plastic injection molding machines; plastic extrusion machines; rubber machinery - hydraulic molding and curing presses; stand-alone platen presses; stretch forming machines; riveting presses; pipe, tube, or shape bending machines; refuse compactors and compactor systems; roll-forming and roll-bending machines; welding machines/presses; radial expanding and compression equipment; packaging machines; balers; laboratory machines or equipment used to determine properties of materials; and guillotine paper cutters.

 Note: Standard currently under revision.  Expected 2023

ANSI B11.3—2022

Safety Requirements for Power Press Brakes

The requirements of this standard apply to those machines classified as power press brakes (hereinafter referred to simply as “press brakes”), which are designed and constructed for the specific purpose of bending material.

Excluded from the requirements of this standard are mechanical power presses; hydraulic / pneumatic power presses, folding machines; hand brakes; tangent benders; apron brakes; and other similar types of metal bending machines.

 

ANSI B11.4—2003 (R2020)

Safety Requirements for Shears

This standard applies to those mechanically, hydraulically, hydra-mechanically, or pneumatically powered shears used to cut material by shearing and which utilize a fixed blade(s) and non-rotary moving blade(s).

The shears that are excluded from the requirements of this standard are slitting-rotary, nibblers; coil slitters; portable hand tools; rotary-blade slitters and shears; iron workers; alligator; angle, bar, bean, channel, and notching machines.

Note: Standard currently under revision.  Expected 2023

 

ANSI B11.5—1988 (R2020)

Ironworkers - Safety Requirements for Construction, Care, and Use

The requirements of this standard apply to those combination, multipurpose powered machines that punch, shear, notch, cope and form metal or other materials commonly referred to as ironworkers.  The requirements of this standard also apply to those single or multipurpose powered machines similar in construction to, and identical in the use of, an ironworker or portions thereof.

The ironworkers or combinations that are excluded from the requirements of this standard are: Alligator shears; bar shears; billet shears; manually powered machines; nibblers; portable hand tools; portable machines; power press brakes; power presses; and power shears.

Note: Standard currently under revision.  Expected 2023

 

ANSI B11.6—2022

Safety Requirements for Manual Turning Machines with or without Auto Control

This standard specifies safety requirements for the design, construction, operation and maintenance (including installation, dismantling, and transport) of the general class of manually controlled horizontal and vertical spindle turning machines.  Machines covered by this standard are intended to work metals and other man–made materials.  This standard also applies to devices that are integral to the machine.

These machines may have automatic capability but may not be equipped with automatic part handling or bar–feed mechanisms nor automatic tool changing systems.  This standard does not apply to NC Turning Machines where manual control is used only to set the machine for automatic production.

Manual turning machines utilize manually initiated steps to produce a part by rotating the workpiece against a stationary tool(s) such that the cutting force is from the workpiece and not the tool.  

ANSI B11.7—2020

Cold Headers & Cold Formers-Safety Requirements for Construction, Care, and Use

The requirements of this standard apply only to those mechanically-powered machines commonly referred to as cold headers and cold formers, which perform many operations such as shearing, heading, upsetting, extruding, trimming, forming, cold working, or warm forming material by means of tools and dies.  This type of equipment generally has the ram in a horizontal position.  Included are pointers and roll formers when they are mechanically an integral part of the basic machine.

Excluded from the requirements of the standard are: mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic power presses; hot forgers; hot upsetters (including cold work); hot farmers; hot headers; vertical cold forgers; four slide machines; swaggers; wine drawers; slotters; shavers, and high-energy machines.  Also excluded are pointers and roll formers, unless they are an integral part of the basic machine.

 

ANSI B11.8—2021

Safety Requirements for Manual Milling, Drilling, & Boring Machines with or without Automatic Control

This standard specifies safety requirements for the design, construction, operation and maintenance (including installation, dismantling and transport) of manually controlled   milling, drilling, and boring machines.  This standard also applies to devices that are integral to the machine.  These machines may have automatic capability but may not be equipped with automatic tool changing or automatic part handling systems. 

Excluded from the requirements of this standard are NC milling, drilling, and boring machines where manual control is used only to set the machine for automatic production. 

 

ANSI B11.9—2010 (R2020)

Safety Requirements for Grinding Machines

This standard applies to all stationary grinding machines, used in either industrial or commercial applications, that utilize an abrasive product to change the shape, size or surface finish of any material.  This standard also applies to these machines when they are grinding materials other than metals such as glass, ceramics, plastics, and rubber.

Excluded from the requirements of this standard are:  portable hand-held grinding machines, machines using loose abrasives, machines used in wood-working applications, or machines used for concrete cutting in road construction.  Also, this standard does not apply to honing machines, lapping machines, polishing machines or belt grinding machines.

 Note: Standard currently under revision.  Expected 2024

ANSI B11.10—2003 (R2020)

Safety Requirements for Metal Sawing Machines

This standard specifies safety requirements for the design, construction, modification, operation and maintenance (including installation, dismantling and transport) of a general class of stationary machine tools that use a saw blade (tool) to cut off or change the shape of the workpiece.   This standard also applies to ancillary devices integrated into the machine (e.g., part handling mechanisms, chip handling systems).

Excluded from the requirements of this standard are: woodworking/sawing machines; stonecutting sawing machines; food-processing sawing machines; abrasive-sawing machines; and portable by-hand sawing machines.

 Note: Standard currently under revision.  Expected 2023

ANSI B11.11—2001 (R2012)

Safety Requirements for Gear and Spline Cutting Machines

This standard specifies safety requirements for the design, construction, operation and maintenance (including installation, dismantling and transport) of gear and spline cutting machines (see 3.1).  The requirements of this standard apply to machines with single or multiple spindles that are specifically constructed to produce gear teeth by the process of hobbing, milling, shaping, and broaching.  It also applies to those machines that shave, hone, lap, or chamfer gear teeth and machines used to produce ratchet, spline, or sprocket teeth.  The requirements of this standard do not apply to machines used for molding, rolling, flame cutting, gear grinding, stamping, impact forming, forging, and gear inspection.  Power tools, portable by hand are also excluded from this standard.

Note: Standard expected to be withdrawn after publication of the new B11.0-202x

 

ANSI B11.12—2005 (R2020)

Safety Requirements for Roll Forming & Roll Bending Machines

The requirements of this standard apply to any power-driven metal-forming machine that changes the shape or the direction, or both, of materials by use of rolls, rotary forming dies, and associated tooling.

Excluded from the requirements for this standard are: assel mills; bar mills; bench presses; blooming mills; bulldozers; calendar mills; calendering rolls; compression benders; cross roll straighteners; cutoff and slitting equipment; dedimplers; draw benches; draw benders; entry and exit equipment; extruders; forging presses; forging reducing rolls; four-slide machines; hot bending presses; hot scalping pipe mills; iron workers; merchant mills; pipe benders; plate mills; plug rolling mills; power presses (all types); preliminary and post operations; press brakes; rockrite machines; rotary peeling mills; saws; shears; sheet mills; slab mills; spinning machines; stretch benders; swaging machines; thread rollers; tube benders; uncoilers; welders; wiring machines. 

 Note: Standard currently under revision.  Expected 2023

ANSI B11.13—2020

Single and Multiple-Spindle Automatic Bar, and Chucking Machines- Safety Requirements for Construction, Care, and Use

This standard applies to single and multiple spindle automatic bar and chucking machines in which all tool movement is controlled by the machine.

The following machines are included in the scope of this standard: a) Single-spindle automatic bar machines of the tool turret-indexing type; b) Single-spindle automatic machines of the sliding-headstock type, or those with a fixed headstock and a sliding guide bushing (Swiss-type); c) Single-spindle automatic machines of the tool- rotating type; d) Single-spindle automatic chucking machines of the collet and chuck types; e) Multiple-spindle automatic bar machines; f) Multiple-spindle automatic chucking machines of the collet and chuck types.

Excluded from the requirements in this standard are: lathes; engine lathes; toolroom lathes; vertical-shaft lathes; copy/tracer lathes; gap and sliding-gap lathes; and combination lathes.

 

ANSI B11.14—1996

Coil Slitting Machines- Safety Requirements for Construction, Care & Use

[WITHDRAWN] Slitting Machine safety requirements now contained in ANSI B11.18.

 

ANSI B11.15—2022

Safety Requirements for Bar, Pipe, Tube and Shape Bending Machines

The requirements of this standard apply to any power-driven machine designed for bending bar, pipe, tube, and shapes by means of bending dies, clamp dies, pressure dies, mandrels, wiper dies, vertical bending punches, radius dies, wing dies, and associated tooling.

Applications: The requirements of this standard apply to: vertical hydraulic benders; horizontal hydraulic benders; horizontal mechanical benders; horizontal or vertical combination hydraulic and mechanical benders and combination pneumatic and mechanical benders; auxiliary equipment associated with bending machines; compression benders; draw benders; pipe benders; stretch benders; tube benders.

Exclusions: The requirements of this standard do not apply to: Bench presses; hydro forming; forging presses; four-slide machines; hydraulic presses; mechanical presses; power press brakes; roll benders; roll formers; and assembly machines.

ANSI B11.16—2014 (R2020)

Safety Requirements for Powder/Metal Compacting Presses

The requirements of this standard apply to those mechanically, hydraulically or direct drive machines that are designed, modified, or converted for the purpose of compressing metallic or nonmetallic powders.The requirements of this standard apply to those mechanically or hydraulically powered machine tools that are designed, modified, or converted for the compressing of metallic or non metallic powders.  These machines are commonly referred to as metal powder presses, powder metal presses, compacting presses, pill presses, rotary PM presses, PM briquetting presses, powder metal forging presses, metal powder sizing presses, or metal powder coining presses.  For the purpose of this standard, they shall be referred to as "PM Presses." PM press axes can be of a direct drive type.

Excluded from this standard are: mechanical and hydraulic power press brakes; mechanical and hydraulic power presses; bulldozers; conventional hot bending and hot metal presses; conventional forging presses; hammers; riveting machines and similar types of fastener applications; isostatic and hydrostatic presses; high energy rate presses.

 

ANSI B11.17—2023

Safety Requirements for Horizontal Extrusion Press Systems

The requirements of this standard apply only to those horizontal powered presses that extrude metals by means of applying sufficient pressure to an individual metal billet, confined within a container, to force the metal to be extruded through the configured openings of a die, and includes any other equipment and system(s) used in the press production operation. 

The horizontal extrusion press system, hereafter referred to as a press system, is a system that functions to extrude metals horizontally either by the direct or indirect process.  It includes components necessary to handle and process metals from the loading mechanism through the platen exit or external butt shear through the process of cooling. 

ANSI B11.18—2006 (R2020)

Safety Requirements for Machines Processing or Slitting Coiled or Non-coiled Metal

This standard applies to machines, and groups of machines arranged in production systems, for processing strip, sheet, or plate metal from a coiled or non-coiled configuration through machines that size or otherwise convert the metal into desired configurations.  The terms "strip, sheet or plate" are used interchangeably without dimensional implications.  Typical machinery systems include: cut-to-length lines; press feed lines; and slitting lines.

Specifically excluded from this standard are machinery and devices for the sole purpose of performing thermal, coating, chemical, and electrolytic processes and any emissions therefrom are commonly associated with metal processing systems.  This standard does not provide safety requirements for these specific processes or devices.

Note: Standard currently under revision.  Expected 2023

 

ANSI B11.19—2019

Performance Requirements for Risk Reduction Measures: Safeguarding and other Means of Reducing Risk

This standard provides performance requirements for the design, construction, installation, operation, and maintenance of the risk reduction measures listed below when applied to machines. 
·       inherently safe by design (see clause 7);
·       engineering controls – guards (see clause 8);
·       engineering controls – control functions (see clause 9);
·       engineering controls – devices (see clause 10);
·       administrative controls (see clause 11).

This standard does not provide the requirements for the selection of the risk reduction measure for a particular application.

Any deviation in conforming to a requirement of this standard shall be carefully considered and based on a documented risk assessment to achieve acceptable risk.  The reasoning and information concerning any deviation shall be included in the information for operation and maintenance of the machinery.

ANSI B11.20—2017

Safety Requirements for the Integration of Machinery into a System

This standard specifies the safety requirements for the design, construction, set-up, operation and maintenance (including installation, dismantling and transport) of integrated manufacturing systems.

This standard does not cover: safety aspects of individual machines and equipment that may be covered by standards specific to those machines and equipment (B11 “base” standard), transfer machines or transfer lines, or continuous flow processes.

 

ANSI B11.21—2006 (R2020)

Safety Requirements for Machine Tools Using Lasers for Processing Materials

This standard applies to machine tools using a laser for processing materials, and its associated equipment.  It describes the hazards generated by such machines and states the protective measures to be incorporated into such machines.  The standard also contains requirements for the information provided with such machines.

Excluded from the requirements of this document are: photolithography; holography; equipment used in medical applications; data storage; laser printers; and copiers.  

Note: Standard currently under revision.  Expected 2023

 

ANSI B11.22-2002 (R2020)

Safety Requirements for Turning Centers and Automatic Numerically Controlled Turning Machines

This standard specifies the safety requirements for the design, construction, operation and maintenance (including installation, dismantling and transport) of turning centers and automatic numerically controlled turning machines.

This standard does not cover safety requirements of manufacturing systems/cells (integrated manufacturing systems).

Note: Standard currently under revision.  Expected 2022

 

ANSI B11.23—2002 (R2020)

Safety Requirements for Machining Centers and Automatic Numerically Controlled Milling, Drilling and Boring Machines

This standard specifies the safety requirements for the design, construction, operation and maintenance (including installation, dismantling, and transport) of machining centers and automatic numerically controlled milling, drilling and boring machines.  This standard is applicable to machines where the axes of travel is not greater than 1x1x1 m (39x39x39 in).

Note: Standard currently under revision.  Expected 2022

 

ANSI B11.24—2002 (R2020)

Safety Requirements for Transfer Machines

This standard specifies the safety requirements for the design, construction, operation and maintenance (including installation, dismantling and transport) of transfer machines.

This standard does not cover safety requirements of manufacturing systems/cells (integrated manufacturing systems), nor of transfer press lines.

Note: Standard currently under revision.  Expected 2022

 

ANSI B11.25—2022

Safety Requirements for Large Machines

This standard applies to two specific subsets of machinery:

·         Machine types that would be covered by machine specific, “type C” B11 standards, but would be excluded by any size limitation in the scope of those standards;

or

·         Machines that, by the nature of the size of the workpiece, tooling, or process travels, require entry into the work envelope to perform normal process tasks.

This document is intended to be used with both ANSI B11.0 and ANSI B11.19 to execute the risk assessment process and apply risk reduction measures (previously known as “safeguarding”) respectively.

 

ANSI B11.26—2018

Functional Safety for Equipment (Electrical/Fluid Power Control Systems) General Principles for the Design of Safety Control Systems Using ISO 13849-1

This American National Standard provides both requirements and guidance for the implementation of safety-related control functions (functional safety) as they relate to electrical, electronic, pneumatic, hydraulic, and mechanical components of control systems.

Informative Note 1:  This document includes a large number of detailed schematic circuit diagrams that are provided as EXAMPLE circuits only, representing common solutions in use at the time of creating this document.  It is important to understand that there are many ways to fulfil a given engineering requirement and the examples only present one option.  These examples are not normative, nor intended to limit innovation or the advancement of technology.
Informative Note 2:  This document references ISO 13849-2 – Validation as part of an annex.
Informative Note 3:  This document is not intended to address the programming or software of programmable electronic systems/programmable electronic devices (PES/PED).  See ANSI B11.TR4.
Informative Note 4:  See also, clause 4 on “How to use this standard.”

ANSI b11.27—2020

Safety Requirements for Electro Discharge Machines

This standard specifies safety requirements and/or risk reduction measures, applicable to EDM equipment and EDM systems, such as:

a) manually controlled
- die sinking;
- drilling machines.
b) numerically controlled
- die sinking;
- drilling machines.

This standard addresses all hazardous conditions during the use and foreseeable misuse in normal environments and non-explosive atmospheres, including transportation, installation, setting, maintenance, repair and dismantling for removal or disposal.

This standard is also applicable to auxiliary devices essential for EDM processing and includes information to be provided by the manufacturer to the user.

This standard is not applicable to arc eroding and electro-chemical machining equipment.

ANSI B15.1 – 2008 (Reaffirmation of ASME B15.1-2000)

Safety Standard for Mechanical Power Transmission Apparatus

This standard provides requirements for use in developing effective safeguarding methods to protect people from injury due to inadvertent contact with mechanical power transmission apparatus.  When specific safeguarding methods are listed, they are based on sound safety practices; however, alternatives that provide equivalent protection are acceptable.  The use of personal protective equipment is recommended, where applicable, but its use does not negate provisions of this Standard. Note:

NOTE: Standard merged with B11.0 (general aspects) and B11.19 (predominantly); formally withdrawn as an ANSI standard in January 2011

 

ANSI / ISO 12100-2012 (ISO 12100:2010 IDT)

Safety of machinery – General principles for design – Risk assessment and risk reduction

This standard defines technical principles to help designers in achieving safety in the design of machinery.  ANSI / ISO 12100 is an “identical” national adoption of the ISO 12100:2010 standard, which is itself, an editorial combination of ISO 12100-1, ISO 12100-2 and ISO 14121.  This standard is little changed from the 20+ year old EN 292 and EN 1050 standards which were the precursors to the ISO standards.  Very little technical revision occurred to produce the 2003 ISO standards, which were then merged without any technical revision into a single ISO standard - ISO 12100:2010.  This standard does not deal with damage to domestic animals, property or the environment.


B11 Series of TECHNICAL REPORTS

B11.TR 1—2016

Ergonomic Guidelines for the Design, Installation And Use of Machine Tools

This document provides ergonomic design guidelines intended to improve quality, performance and safety by reducing fatigue and injury associated with manufacturing systems, including individual and integrated machines and auxiliary components.  It is intended to be a resource that can be applied to:

  1. Design or major modification, installation and use of machines and their auxiliary components;

  2. Design of a manufacturing system supporting machines and auxiliary components;

  3. Improve safety, quality and productivity, and reduce errors associated with a manufacturing system.

Integrating ergonomic concepts early in the design process should maximize the impact and cost effectiveness of ergonomic interventions during the design process.  The goal of this document is to provide guidance on the practical application of ergonomic principles in order to avoid work-related injuries and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), increase productivity, and improve product quality. 

 This document is directed towards technicians, engineers, designers, and safety and health practitioners who deal with general ergonomic issues related to machines.  It is not intended to replace in-depth analysis by qualified and experienced ergonomists.

 

B11.TR 2—1997

Mist Control Considerations for the Design, Installation And Use of Machine Tools Using Metalworking Fluids

This document provides guidelines for a uniform approach to the control of airborne contaminants generated by stationary machine tools used to cut and form materials.  Control shall be through the proper design, installation, use, and maintenance of the machine tool and its support systems (such as, but not limited to, metalworking fluid delivery systems and air cleaning equipment).

B11.TR 3—2000 (R2015)

Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction- A Guideline to Estimate, Evaluate and Reduce Risks Associated with Machine Tools

[WITHDRAWN] now contained in ANSI B11.0.

B11.TR 4—2004 (R2015)

Selection of Programmable Electronic Systems (PES/PLC) for Machine Tools

The purpose of this Technical Report is to provide guidance for the design or selection, integration, and validation of PESs for the safety related functions of a machine production system.  The terminology used in this document may not be used consistently throughout the industry, but this document does represent the concepts which are important when using and designing safety-related control systems.

B11.TR5—2006 (R2017)

Sound Level Measurement Guidelines

The purpose of this Technical Report is to specify methods for measuring, evaluating and documenting sound levels emitted by a machine or machine production system(s) during normal operation and when running at idle, and to establish recommended sound levels at the various measurement locations around the machine or machine production system.

B11.TR6—2010 

Safety Control Systems for Machines

[WITHDRAWN] Revised as ANSI B11.26.

B11.TR7—2007 (R2017)

Designing for Safety and Lean Manufacturing:  A guide on integrating safety and lean manufacturing principles in the use of machinery

This document provides guidance on the practical application of safety and lean manufacturing principles to machinery and manufacturing systems for improving performance, safety and quality by reducing injury and waste.  The guidelines in this technical report assist machine tool users to minimize waste and risk associated with machinery and manufacturing systems, including individual and integrated machine tools and auxiliary components.

 

Where to Buy

Below are links to Licensees for the B11 Standards series; all distribute electronic versions of B11 documents.  To obtain print versions, use the Global Engineering link.

 

b11.tr8—2022

Guide to Inspection of Risk Reduction Measures

This Technical Report introduces three categories of inspections; conversational inspections, visual inspections, and technical inspections.  Applying the appropriate category to existing inspections improves communication, safety culture, and risk reduction measures.  Although each of the three categories provide a benefit, it is not necessary for all categories to be used.  The template checklists which are included may be modified to produce “organizational specific” checklists by either internal or external subject matter experts.

 This Technical Report contains supporting inspection checklist templates.  The checklist templates will provide guidance for the organization’s inspection systems, by focusing on conversational, visual and technical inspection checklists.

Informative Note:  See the table of contents for a listing of a variety of informative example annexes.

This Technical Report will provide an in–depth analysis of two concurrent PDCA processes of the Inspection Requirements Team (“R”) and the Inspection Task Team (“T”) as represented in Figure 2.  The contents of this Technical Report will provide guidance for, but not be limited to:

  • leadership commitment;

  • improved quality;

  • efficiency of the organization’s inspection processes; and

  • support safety sustainability efforts.



B11.Tr9—2019

Guidance to Machinery Manufacturers for Consideration of Related IT-Security (Cyber Security) Aspects

This document gives machine manufacturers guidance on potential security aspects in relation to safety of machinery when putting a machine into service or placing it on the market for the first time.  It provides essential information to identify and address IT-security threats which can influence the safety of machinery.

This document gives guidance but does not provide detailed specifications on how to address IT-security aspects which can influence the safety of machinery.  This document does not address the bypass or defeat of risk reduction measures through physical manipulation.



B11.Tr10—2020

Functional Safety of Artificial Intelligence for Machinery Applications

This technical report provides guidance for the implementation of functional safety principles in artificial intelligence (AI) programming when used as a means for machinery safety applications.  These principles may include internal diagnostics such as component/system integrity during operation and external diagnostics such as environmental effects and communication networks.

This technical report is not a replacement for embedded and application functional safety software requirements.