System Fault

• Key Concepts of Machine Safety Verification and Validation

  Safety First  At Matrix Technologies, safety is one of our core values. In fact, we have a program called “Believe in Zero,” which means we strive every day to not have a reportable OSHA incident. We provide all necessary protections for our employees, and we put their safety first. Our concern about safety extends to […]

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• Understanding and Preventing Fault Masking

  Understanding and Preventing Fault Masking It’s critical that industrial machinery stops safely when a system fault occurs.  However, older safety systems and complex systems with multiple safety switches may be prone to fault masking. Fault masking is a dangerous condition in safety circuits.  It results from daisy chaining multiple safety devices in a safety circuit, […]

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