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Safety relays, interlocks, control systems, electrical components
News Release from: Fortress Interlocks | Subject: AmGard range of modular safety gate switches
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 30 June 2005
Key modules guarantee machine access
safety
Access key and safety key modules for modular safety gate switches enable an operative to retain the machine activation key on their person while entering a potentially hazardous area.
Safety specialist Fortress Interlocks has introduced access key and safety key modules for the company's AmGard range of modular safety gate switches The safety key module enables an operative to retain the machine activation key on their person while entering a potentially hazardous area
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 5 Apr 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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An option pod for a range of modular safety gate switches ensures an operative can only enter a potentially hazardous area when it is safe and a second pod initiates safe robot programming.
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An option pod with keyswitch for the amGard range of modular safety gate switches ensures an operative can only enter a hazardous area - such as a robotic cell - when it is safe.
The access key module ensures that only authorised personnel can access a guarded area.
AmGard combines both trapped key and gate switch technology to control access to equipment protected by safety guarding, with either sliding or hinged doors.
More than one safety or access key may be fitted to a single guarding system in a vertical stack.
A padlock adaptor is also available which prevents the insertion of a key, or the tongue into the head, providing a link with other lockout-tagout safety procedures.
Modular units provide maximum flexibility and customised interlock systems can be created to individual specifications using standard products.
The modular functionality means AmGard can easily be configured to accommodate the latest safety standards and be updated in the future.
AmGard includes solenoid-controlled locks specifically for machines with run-down cycles.
The AmGard AS-i range connects directly to 'AS-i Safety at Work' control networks.
All AmGard modules are ingress protected to IP67 and are constructed using stainless steel and zinc alloys for trouble-free operation.
* About As-i - AS-interface (AS-i) is a cabling system that allows machinery safety equipment, such as access gate switch interlocks, to operate in parallel with standard machinery controls on a single network with a common communication protocol.
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