Machinery & robot safety

Machinery compliance for modern automation

EU Machinery Regulation, industrial and collaborative robots, AGV/AMR, and risk assessment — from EHSR mapping to technical file.

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Industrial robotics and machinery safety

What this engagement covers

We determine whether you place machinery or partly completed machinery on the market, run structured risk assessment (ISO 12100), align robot and safeguarding standards, and build the technical file / Declaration package for CE and related markets.

Best fit for

Industrial robot and cobot OEMs
Machine builders and cell integrators
AGV / AMR and mobile manipulator teams
Companies importing machinery into the EU / UK

What's included

Machinery vs partly completed machinery classification
EHSR / essential requirements mapping
ISO 12100 risk assessment facilitation
Robot standards alignment (ISO 10218, ISO/TS 15066)
Safeguarding & SRP/CS interface (ISO 13849 / IEC 62061)
Technical file, DoC/DoI, and marking support

Product types we support

Scope changes by product architecture — these are the classes we regularly take through this pathway.

Industrial articulated robots

ISO 10218-1 robot OEMs and -2 systems

Collaborative robot applications

Power & force limiting, ISO/TS 15066 application design

AGV / AMR / mobile robots

ISO 3691-4 and related mobile machinery interfaces

Robot cells & fixtures

Integrated systems with fencing, scanners, interlocks

Packaging / assembly machines

Traditional machinery with automated stations

Partly completed machinery

Drive systems, robot arms sold for incorporation

Technical categories

Risk reduction measures we document

Inherently safe designGuarding & interlocksESPE / scannersSafety functions (STO, SLS, SLP…)User information & residual riskValidation of safeguards

Regions & schemes

Market access is scheme-specific. We map filings and evidence to the regions you actually sell into.

European Union

•Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230
•CE marking
•Notified Body for listed high-risk machinery

United Kingdom

•Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations
•UKCA

North America

•OSHA
•ANSI B11 series
•ANSI/RIA R15.06
•NFPA 79 electrical

International

•ISO robot / AGV standards adopted nationally

Directives & regulations

(EU) 2023/1230 — Machinery Regulation

Current EU framework for machinery & related products

2006/42/EC — Machinery Directive

Legacy files and transition contexts

2014/30/EU & 2014/35/EU

EMC and LVD often apply alongside machinery

Key standards

Standard	Focus
EN ISO 12100	Risk assessment and risk reduction
EN ISO 10218-1 / -2	Robots and robotic devices — safety requirements
ISO/TS 15066	Collaborative robots — safety requirements
EN ISO 13849-1	Safety-related parts of control systems
EN IEC 60204-1	Electrical equipment of machines
EN ISO 13850 / 13855 / 13857	E-stop, positioning of safeguards, safety distances
ISO 3691-4	Driverless industrial trucks / AGVs (as applicable)

Marks & program keywords

Machinery RegulationISO 12100ISO 10218ISO/TS 15066ISO 13849IEC 60204-1

How we work

One clear path from classification to market-ready evidence.

Step 1

Scope

Machine boundaries and economic operator role

Step 2

Risk

Structured hazard identification & risk reduction

Step 3

Design

Safeguards, control systems, and validation

Step 4

Conform

File, marking, and residual risk communication

Engineering notes

Collaborative applications are application-specific: the same cobot arm can be compliant or not depending on speed, force, workpiece, and safeguarding.

For partly completed machinery we prepare a Declaration of Incorporation and assembly instructions — not a full CE mark for the incomplete product.

Clear machinery path

Documented risk file

Integration-ready safety story

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30-minute consultation with Hazloc Labs — bring your product type, target markets, and any existing reports.

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