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Hollow-Shaft Encoders Provide Functional Machine Safety
Ideal for quick machine shut-off in dangerous situations, ECN/EQN/ERN 400 connection encoders from Heidenhain use a new shaft coupling for mechanical fault exclusion when connecting to the user’s machine shaft.
Elevated Temperature Hard Hat for Secure Comfort
The lightweight H-700T Series Elevated Temperature Hard Hat from 3M Personal Safety features a suspension that sits lower on the head to reduce pressure and increase security while withstanding radiant heat loads up to 375 deg F.
Retractable Barriers Offer Full Protection, Flexible Access
The GuardRite Retractable Barrier System from Rite-Hite is ideal for wide loading, flatbed and finger docks, and protecting sensitive internal equipment installations and pedestrian areas from forklift impact in steel and automotive industry applications.
How to Guard Warehouse Rack from Fork Truck Impact
Wilgard XT, MT, and LT structural steel end-of-aisle rack protectors from Wildeck guard against fork truck impact at rack aisle corners in busy storage facilities, warehouses, and distribution centers.
Automated Barrier Panel for Robotic Welding Cells
An alternative to light curtains or area scanners, the Vertiguard Automated Barrier Panel from Rite-Hite Machine Guarding is ideal for small interaction points with single or double robotic cells, part assembly, and conveyor openings.
The Human Capital of Machine Safety
Rockford Systems underscores the human element of machine safety while improving the bottom line by increasing compliance, reducing risk, lowering costs and improving productivity.
Safety is Improving in Metal Fabrication
Incidents have dropped from 10 per man-hour on average across the industry to five and below in the data just reported by MSCI.
Reduce the Risk
The Smart Factory reduces insurance costs and increases productivity and profitability by investing in new systems with advanced technology to protect both workers and equipment. Here are some of the latest advances in protective equipment, safety automation and services, and more that can help make your shop become a safer workplace.
Rockford Systems Joins National Safety Council
They want to better educate manufacturers to the dangers of unguarded machinery and help to curb serious injuries and reduce lost productivity.
Safety Distance Validation of Presence Sensing Devices
Stop-Time Measurements performed by Rockford Systems can determine the stopping ability of industrial machinery by using OSHA or ANSI formulas to calculate the minimum safety distance required to install safety devices.
Maximum Safety for People and Machines
MSx-SV, -E und -C series exhaust valves from Festo combine their soft-start function and safety exhausting for greater machine availability and the fastest possible exhaust during an emergency stop in safety critical systems.
