1 Introduction Ever since the German Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1996 was adopted, companies have been conducting “workplace assessments” for their employees. In many cases, it was...

1 How much maintenance does a system need? Operations managers are constantly torn between the need to ensure high system availability and keeping the cost of maintenance under control. They have to...

In recent decades, thanks to various preventive approaches, it has been possible to substantially reduce accidents in the ceramic industry. Nevertheless, serious and even fatal accidents still occur...

This talk addresses the current limits for dust in workplace health and safety regulations. In particular, the new “A” dust limit of 1.25 mg/m3 and the conditions that must be met to qualify for...

Introduction Terms such as “Industry 4.0” and “Industrial Internet of Things” are keywords when it comes to talking about digitalization. These terms are also related to global actions by...