Robotics safety
28 February, 2010Major technological advances have ushered in a new age of robotics, in which once-futuristic visions have either become realities or are on the horizon. Yet despite breakthrough applications in areas ranging from manufacturing to medicine, robots carry risk.
amGard option pod with keyswitch
16 November, 2009 bySafety specialist Fortress Interlocks has introduced an option pod with keyswitch for the company’s amGard range of modular safety gate switches. The option pod ensures an operative can only enter a potentially hazardous area when it is safe. It prevents inadvertent restart of the machinery while they are in there, and a second pod inside the area can be used to initiate safe robot programming using the key.
Safety switches
29 September, 2009 byThe Allen-Bradley Guardmaster 440P range of safety limit switches comprises 14 models and features a 2 m pre-terminated side- or bottom-entry cable and a rugged, compact 22 mm metal housing.
Door interlock with escape release
29 September, 2009 byFortress Interlocks has released the DM-I door interlock that features an internal release mechanism that allows exit from a dangerous area even when the door is locked.
Multifunction access control unit
25 September, 2009 byThe Eichner MGB (multifunctional gate box) is an interlocking guard system for the protection of safety doors on machines and systems. Linked to machine controls, the opening of the access door via the MGB will be prevented until the machine has safely stopped.
Solenoid interlock with three-point locking
17 June, 2009Schmersal has developed a new solution for the protection of large safety guards.
Pressbrake safety system
21 May, 2009Service friendly safety guards for press brakes with maximum of productivity.
Spill containment unit
01 December, 2008The one-piece 100% polyethylene IBC 2000i features a 144 x 142 cm footprint to fit most 1000 L IBC dispensing units and also includes a 19 L pail holder for quick, easy dispensing into smaller containers.
Machine guard enclosure
05 September, 2008The Jokab Quickguard system is a 44 x 44 mm or 44 x 88 mm walled aluminium profile that locks together with external cast aluminium brackets.
Blast cages
08 August, 2008High head mining pontoon-mounted pumps are often left in place in high wall sumps when blasting takes place and have traditionally been protected by means of a solid 6 mm canopy covering the engine.
When did you last inspect your safety light curtains?
30 July, 2008Companies using light curtains to safeguard machinery often do not appreciate the implications of the regulatory requirement for inspections.
Fire protection technology for valve actuators
18 May, 2008Intertec is supplying over 100 fire protection cabinets to support Emerson Process Management’s instrumentation solution for the new hydrocracker complex at the Kirishi oil refinery near St Petersburg, Russia. The cabinets will provide the valve actuators with a minimum of 30 minutes of protection against fire, so that the plant’s emergency shutdown systems and services can quickly isolate and minimise damage to protect employees, assets and environment.
