Machine Safety in Automation (2cr)
Code: KL00DL32-3001
General information
- Enrollment
- 10.11.2025 - 14.01.2026
- Registration for introductions has not started yet.
- Timing
- 07.01.2026 - 22.02.2026
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 2 cr
- Local portion
- 2 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- SeAMK Automation Engineering and Information Technology
- Campus
- SeAMK Seinäjoki, Frami
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Automation Engineering
- Teachers
- Jarno Arkko
- Groups
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AUTE23SADegree Programme in Automation Engineering, Full-time studies
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AUTE23KADegree Programme in Automation Engineering, Full-time studies
- Course
- KL00DL32
Evaluation scale
1-5
Objective
The student knows the standards and regulations related to machine safety. The student understands the design principles of a safe control system. The student knows how to make a risk assessment and select components for a safe control system.
Content
- Machine safety directives and standards
- CE marking and confomity assesment
- Risk assessment
- Functional safety
- Calculation of performance level
- Validation
- Components affecting functional safety
- Safety automation
Materials
-Koneturvallisuus 1, EU-määräysten mukainen koneiden turvallisuus; Siirilä, Tapio
-Koneturvallisuus 2, EU:n direktiivien ja standardien soveltaminen käytännössä; Siirilä, Tapio
-Koneturvallisuus, Ohjausjärjestelmät ja turvalaitteet; Siirilä, Tapio
Teaching methods
Lectures, exercises, group work
Student workload
Luennot 18h + tentti 3h
Ryhmätyö ja itsenäinen työskentely 30h
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
The student knows the standards and regulations related to machine safety. The student knows how to make a risk assessment for a safe control system.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
The student knows the standards and regulations related to machine safety. The student understands the design principles of a safe control system. The student knows how to make a risk assessment and select components for a safe control system.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
The student knows the standards and regulations related to machine safety well. The student knows the design principles of a safe control system well. The student knows how to make a risk assessment and select components for a safe control system.