The Conceptual Design stage is the foundation of our safety design & manufacturing process. We start by assigning a dedicated project team that includes a safety specialist, a project manager, and control engineer.
During this stage, we focus on gathering all necessary information and developing a concept design tailored to your assessment findings:
Our team visits your site to collect critical data, including field sketches of the physical guarding solution, critical dimensions of equipment to be guarded, and exact locations of hazards/nip points.
We perform machine stop-time tests under various operational conditions and calculate the minimum safe distances for physical guarding or presence-sensing devices.
We verify that customer-provided electrical schematics match actual findings in the machine's electrical enclosures.
We identify all operator and maintenance tasks that may affect the control architecture, ensuring that all safety considerations are accounted for.
We develop a basic safety design system flow diagram to illustrate the specific purposes of various devices and how they integrate into the overall safety system.
After developing the conceptual design, MSA's team will collaborate with your stakeholders to review and discuss any necessary changes. Once the design is finalised, we confirm the scope and provide a fixed price quote for your safety solution.
Our Full-Scale Manufacturing stage brings the conceptualised design to life. This involves implementing any changes from Stage 1 and ensuring that the safety solutions are accurately and effectively integrated into your operations. Stage 2 activities include:
We incorporate any modifications from the conceptual design phase to ensure the final solution meets all safety requirements.
If presence-sensing devices are part of the solution, we perform time stop measurements to determine how long it takes for a machine to stop after a stop signal is given.
By the end of this stage, we deliver a detailed safety manufacturing package ready for production, which includes:
• A finalised project outline and bill of materials.
• A detailed mechanical design package with plan and elevation views.
• A finalised safety system electrical findings and controls scope statement.
