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This month in our series exploring the latest industry insight on effective product safety label design and symbol usage, we’ll focus on the importance of consistency in the use of symbols and formats for both product safety labels and facility safety signs. For many years, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) regulations for workplace safety signs were based on outdated 1941-era formats. That changed about two and a half years ago. In October 2013, OSHA incorporated the latest versions of the ANSI Z535 safety sign, tag and color standards into its safety regulations, aligning them with today’s best practices. Let’s look at how this change, which allows for consistent sign and label formats using the latest standards, is impacting our products and our workplaces.

Almost every safety standard has requirements addressing the accessibility of certain parts.

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The paper discusses the importance of understanding the current distribution below a printed circuit board trace.

Take time to check for EMI, efficiency, temperature, safety, immunity, or any other requirement in your product.

For the purposes of safety, what is “working voltage,” and what is its relevance to the safety of the equipment?

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Digital and power electronic systems can reduce the radiated and conducted emissions profile using spread spectrum techniques. Typically, no more than 10-12dB can be obtained with those techniques but the result can be useful to comply with regulations.