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Machinery safety distance calculator is free
A free safety distance calculator establishes the required safety distances and heights of machine guards in accordance with BS EN 294, Safety of machinery - Safety distances.
News from Procter Machinery Guarding, Feb 7, 2006
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Guidance revised on use of moving machinery
In 2004/05, 7 million working days were lost in the UK owing to injury within the workplace, many of these were machine related and could have been avoided.
News from BSI Product Services, Jan 23, 2006
Safety light curtains can be mounted closer
A range of safety light curtains with an EN 954-1 Category 4 control rating have a multibeam option for use on high risk packaging machine applications.
News from Smartscan, Jan 20, 2006
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Light curtains have high safety integrity
A range of low cost safety light curtains with a high level of safety integrity to Category 3 - EN 954-1 has detection heights from 180mm to 1240mm as standard.
News from Smartscan, Jan 19, 2006
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Light screens are electrostatic discharge-safe
Optical safety light screen systems have nickel-plated housings and end caps, dissipative lens assemblies and include models that will dissipate electrostatic discharge.
News from Banner Engineering, Jan 17, 2006
Vents and panels access shielded enclosures
A comprehensive range of attenuation vents and EMC screened viewing panels are used on shielded enclosures where there is a need for either convectional or forced-air cooling.
News from Aerco, Dec 26, 2005
Light curtain has muting function
Safety light curtain is claimed to have the world's first position detection muting function, which emporarily disables the light curtain when an item passes through its detection zone.
News from Omron Electronics, Dec 21, 2005
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Plenty of choice for perimeter guarding solutions
Guarding system has a number of alternative solutions - such as floor fixing - that can provided for perimeter guarding requirements.
News from Machine Building Systems, Nov 28, 2005
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Aluminium fencing protects machinery
Designed to provide a highly economical alternative to steel fence constructions, the Machine Fencing System is ideal for use in all areas of the factory but typically around machine installations.
News from HepcoMotion, Nov 24, 2005
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Check risk H and S assesment on the Web
Manufacturers can streamline and strengthen the management of health and safety practice through the use of a new, web-based risk assessment and permit-to-work system.
News from MVI Technology, Nov 18, 2005
Modular guarding, enclosures are reconfigurable
A cost-effective, reconfigurable, modular guarding and enclosure system for machine tools, robotic cells and personnel protection comes preassembled or 'tailor made'.
News from Boldman, Oct 19, 2005
Guide covers wide spectrum of machinery safety
Engineering Guide to Machine and Process Safeguarding is an 850+ page guide features nearly 20 new products across a broad spectrum of safety technologies.
News from Scientific Technologies, Oct 18, 2005
Safety vehicle updates plants on systems
Rockwell Automation's new Safety, Sensor and Connectivity Demonstration Vehicle brings working dynamic machine displays right into the heart of manufacturing facilities.
News from Rockwell Automation (Allen-Bradley Guardmaster ), Oct 13, 2005
Plant assessments check machine safety
Manufacturing companies are finding plant assessments to be the ideal way to rapidly and cost-effectively obtain a dependable 'snapshot' view of the safety of individual machines.
News from Pilz Automation Technology, Oct 5, 2005
Laser safety scanner monitors hazardous areas
Scientific Technologies has introduced the Optoshield OS3100 laser light safety scanner - an area laser scanner with the ability to adapt to dynamic and irregular hazardous environments.
News from Scientific Technologies, Sep 19, 2005
Safety consultancy services launched
Elite Control Systems Limited, one of the UK's leading system integrators, is launching Elite Safety Consultancy as part of the company's consultancy division.
News from Elite Control Systems, Sep 8, 2005
Low cost light curtain suits low risk work
Light screen system designed for lower risk Type 2 applications offer reliable operator safeguarding without the added expense of a Type 4/Category 4 system.
News from Banner Engineering, Sep 8, 2005
AS-interface slave connects light curtains
Believed to be the first IP67 AS-interface slave for connecting standard light curtains, scanners and controllers it uses solid state safety outputs in safety applications.
News from LC Automation, Aug 9, 2005
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Light curtain ensures bottling plant safety
A more effective and reliable light curtain protects workers from hazardous machinery that can be accessed at the point where a fork lift truck loads pallets of cardboard slips.
News from Pilz Automation Technology, Aug 1, 2005
How machinery guarding pays for itself
Jeremy Procter explains how installing guarding in compliance with current standards and regulations can pay for itself several times over, on the basis of a HSE cost calculator.
News from Procter Machinery Guarding, Jun 22, 2005
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Guarding website speeds access to information
Machinery guarding company has completed a major redesign of its Web site following an assessment by some of the UK's leading consultants specialising in Web site usability.
News from Procter Machinery Guarding, Jun 22, 2005
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Building safe and attractive working environments
Designed to meet the most stringent guarding legislation (EN292, 294 and 811), protective barrier systems help manufacturers quickly and economically construct safe working environments.
News from Bosch Rexroth, Jun 3, 2005
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Guarding system protects operators and machines
A comprehensive system that includes a wide variety of panels and doors provides safety not only in dangerous environments, but also protects machines from the human factor.
News from Micromech, May 9, 2005
Safety barriers have up to four channels
Safety barriers have up to four channels incorporated into one housing, allowing almost all applications involving hazardous area weighing to be handled with a single barrier.
News from RTK Instruments, May 3, 2005
Sliding gate safety system is easy to install
Compact and easy-to-install safety system is designed for the use with gate-controllers, which give an appropriate test signal before each dangerous movement of a gate.
News from Jokab Safety UK, Apr 25, 2005
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