Fabio Pera

• laboratory responsible at Istituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione Contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro

Collaborative robot operations are standardized since, in consideration of the shared workspace, operators are exposed to possible contacts with moving parts of robots. Collisions with humans can be extremely hazardous: for this reason “safety functions”, based on sensors, actuators and control systems, are adopted. If there is a failure in one of...

From an engineering point of view, the survivability of a system is defined as its ability to continue to operate despite a natural or human-made disturbance; for example a serious mechanical fault, a human error, or a malicious cyber or physical attack. In the context of critical infrastructures, due to their relevance for the public wellness, it...

Under the scope of the directive 2014/68/UE or Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) the manufacturer shall carry out the relevant conformity assessment procedure to demonstrate whether the essential safety requirements (ESR) of the directive have been fulfilled and, for pressure equipment in II, III and IV categories, he may choose quality assurance...

L’impiego di cereali, o come semi o come granulati, nelle operazioni di trasporto, conservazione e di processo è valutato poco rischioso. Solo le farine sono classificate a elevato rischio poiché possono generare atmosfere esplosive. Tali considerazioni, tuttavia, sono spesso controverse e non mancano casi d’incendi ed esplosioni in questo settore....