Course detail

Safety of Machinery and Electrical Engineering Equipment

ÚSI-RTBSEAcad. year: 2025/2026

The subject focuses on issues and principles concerned with the analysis of risks affecting mechanical and electrical equipment. Such risks need to be controlled in order to ensure the safety of these devices before they are introduced to the market or brought into operation.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Petr Blecha, Ph.D., FEng.

Department

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FSI)

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

A condition for the credit to be awarded is the production by the student of a semestral project involving the risk evaluation of a selected device. The exam consists of a written and oral part.
Seminars are compulsory, lectures are recommended.

Aims

The aim of the course is to provide the knowledge and skills needed for the identification of relevant dangers, along with the evaluation and lowering of risks associated with mechanical and electrical equipment.
Students will be acquainted with issues and principles concerned with the identification of danger and the analysis of risk with regard to machinery and electrical devices – an area which needs to be mastered in order to operate these devices safely. Students will obtain the latest knowledge regarding safety standards and legal regulations concerning health and safety protection when working on machinery and electrical devices.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ČSN EN ISO 12100
Normy ČSN EN 60204, ČSN EN 62061 a ČSN EN 61508
Směrnice Evropského parlamentu a Rady 2006/42/ES, 2014/35/EU a 2014/30/EU
Vybrané bezpečnostní normy typů B1, B2 a C
Vybrané normy z řady ČSN 33 2000-3, 33 2000-4, 33 2000-5, 33 2000-6, 33 2000-7
Zákon č. 22/1997 Sb. o technických požadavcích na výrobky a o změně a doplnění některých zákonů, v platném znění

Recommended reading

ČSN EN ISO 13849
NORSOK STANDARD Z-013:2001

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme RRTES_P Master's

    specialization RRTS , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Blecha, Ph.D., FEng.

Syllabus

1. Introduction to the safety of machinery and electrical equipment.
2. The main Czech and European legislation concerning the safety of machinery.
3. Harmonised standards, legal aspects of technical standardisation, hierarchy of safety types. Standards.
4. Basics of technical risk analysis of machinery.
5. Safety aspects of machinery.
6. Safety and protection systems in machinery, importance of ergonomics.
7. Health and safety at work on machinery and electrical equipment.
8. Wiring on machinery.
9. Requirements for electrical installations.
10. Functional safety requirements for SRPCS circuits.
11. Software safety requirements for programmable electronic devices.
12. Electromagnetic compatibility, risk analysis.
13. Case studies.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Blecha, Ph.D., FEng.

Syllabus

Case study according to the student's expertise in the field of risk assessment and proposal of preventive measures to reduce risks in selected machinery.