Fluidsentry Pty Ltd's Founder and Managing Director, Mr Murray Hodges, is a member of the SF-041 technical committee for Australian Standard AS4024 Safeguarding of machinery, and is the the fluid power design representative for the Safety & Environmental Risk Consultants of Australia (SERCA).
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Cutaway of the Fluidsentry HB34 monitored Hydraulic Valve
Through these organisations Murray often faced questions from industry with regard to the integrity of fluid power safety control systems and the challenge of designing systems to meet safety standards requirements. Murray found that there were some good products on the market to assist with fluid power safety, but there was still many applications they did not suit. Most offered limited safety integrity for complete interlocking with electrical safety systems. Also a number of manufacturers of products sold in Europe & Australia for safety applications could not demonstrate compliance with the key standards that outline the requirements for the safety related parts of control systems, such as AS4024.1 or EN954-1, leading to frustration for many designers.
Failure Modes & Effects Analysis of Electrical & Fluid Power safety related parts of control systems.
Fluid Power Safety Control Design.
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This led to the successful development of the original monitored safety spool valve using positive driven high precision safety switching for the monitoring function. Today the team at Fluidsentry in conjunction with our Australian & International technical support company & distributor network offer a range of products & services specifically designed to help industry make the fluid power systems of machinery safer. We welcome the opportunity to support your fluid power safety applications.
