Engineering & Design
Our engineering group designs and generates CAD drawings for the machine guards and safety control systems.
MPSA offers custom-engineered machine guarding solutions to remedy the safety deficiencies identified by the on-site safety survey or risk assessment. The engineering portion of the project occurs in two phases: Preliminary Engineering and Final Engineering. Below is an outline of the activities relating to these two phases.
Phase 1: Preliminary Engineering
MPSA will begin Phase 1 by formally designating a project team that will include, among others, the safety specialist who conducted the initial safety survey, a project manager, and a controls engineer. After we gather and analyze your information, we will generate the Phase 1 Engineering Package.
We’ll visit your site to gather key information, including:
- Field sketches of the physical guarding solution
- Critical dimensions of equipment to be guarded
- Exact locations of hazards/nip points
- Machine stop-time test results for various operational conditions
- Minimum safe-distance calculations to determine location of physical guarding or presence-sensing devices
- Verification that customer-provided electrical schematics match actual findings reviewed in machine electrical enclosures
- Identification of all operator and maintenance tasks which may affect the controls architecture
- Machine E-stop and controlled stop conditions
- A basic safety system flow diagram to show the specific purposes of various devices
The Phase 1 Engineering Package:
Project Estimate Sheet and Bill of Materials (BOM)
This documentation covers all known aspects of the project.
Mechanical Design Package
Includes a plan view, elevation views and specified section views showing the customer’s equipment and MPSA’s proposed solution.
Safety System Electrical Findings & Controls Scope Statement
This explains aspects of the existing controls found on the equipment and the MPSA proposed controls solution scope.
Following the delivery of the Phase 1 Engineering Package, members of the MPSA project team will collaborate with your stakeholders and discuss any required changes. After these discussions, MPSA will acquire final design confirmation and provide a quote for scope change orders. By the end of this step, we will reach a fixed price for your solution(s) and obtain final approval and your purchase order. Phase 2 Engineering then begins.
Phase 2: Final Engineering
During Phase 2 Engineering, MPSA applies any changes made to the Phase 1 Engineering Package. If presence sensing devices are part of the solution,
Stop Time Measurement
We use a computer-based anaylzer to accurately measure and record the stop time of your machine. This determines the proper distance to locate a presence sensing device from the hazard point and is crtical for meeting applicable safety standards.
The Phase 2 Engineering Package:
Finalized Project Outline and Bill of Materials
This documentation covers all aspects of the project.
Finalized Mechanical Design Package
Includes a plan view, elevation views and specified section views showing the customer’s equipment and MPSA’s proposed solution.
Finalized Safety System Electrical Findings & Controls Scope Statement
Finalized design documents of MPSA’s proposed controls solution scope.
Once this package is approved, the Mechanical & Electrical Design Package shall be released to MPSA’s production teams.
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