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News Release from: Mistura Systems | Subject: Trapped key interlocks
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 22 October 2002
Trapped key interlocks guarantee worker
safety
Trapped key interlocks guarantee worker safety in an automatic warehouse to safeguard both personnel and machinery.
Mistura Systems has supplied trapped key interlocks to guarantee worker safety in an automatic warehouse built by Swisslog of Redditch for Walkers Snack Foods, the UK's biggest snacks manufacturer Swisslog provide turnkey solutions for automated handling equipment and regularly use Mistura interlocks to safeguard both personnel and machinery
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 7 Aug 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Trapped key interlocks are protecting workers on automated production lines where lines' machines and robots are enclosed separately behind perimeter guarding.
Swisslog has provided Walkers with an integrated distribution warehouse.
The Mistura interlocks control access into the fenced areas of dangerous machines such as stacker cranes and vertical conveyors in the Picking Area, where batches are made up for customers.
Swisslog are also using the interlocks on a second project on the same site, the upgrading of an existing high bay warehouse, where they are replacing many of the safety systems governing machine access.
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Trapped key interlocks protect warehouse workers
Trapped key interlocks will keep employees safe from automatic stacker cranes in aisles and restrict, and keep safe, access to the crane aisles, and control of the cranes.
Key interlocks allow access to teach robots
Users of robot cells are being protected by trapped key interlocks that allow for limited access to operate the robots in "teach" mode.
'Search and Seal' ensures operators are clear
Mistura Systems has developed a "search and seal" interlock system to prevent personnel from becoming trapped in potentially hazardous areas.
Trapped key interlock systems from Mistura are a simple method of making machinery and most industrial processes safe.
They also ensure that equipment cannot be abused, or operated in an incorrect sequence or manner.
Whether the aim is to provide protection for personnel, or for plant and equipment, almost any sequence of control and hazard protection can be achieved using a "building block" approach, from the most simple, to highly complex applications.
Mistura offer a large selection of trapped key interlocks, for use in all industrial sectors, that are built for strength and designed to resist tampering and abuse.
There is no limit to the number of functions that can be controlled thanks to the use of unique Modular Key Exchange Units.
Customised systems are readily available and custom engineered solutions suitable for OEM use can easily be supplied.
Mistura Systems has supplied trapped key interlocks to guarantee worker safety in an automatic warehouse built by Swisslog of Redditch for Walkers Snack Foods Ltd., the UK's biggest snacks manufacturer.
Swisslog provide turnkey solutions for automated handling equipment and regularly use Mistura interlocks to safeguard both personnel and machinery.
Swisslog has provided Walkers with an integrated distribution warehouse.
The Mistura interlocks control access into the fenced areas of dangerous machines such as stacker cranes and vertical conveyors in the Picking Area, where batches are made up for customers.
Swisslog are also using the interlocks on a second project on the same site, the upgrading of an existing high bay warehouse, where they are replacing many of the safety systems governing machine access.
Trapped key interlock systems from Mistura are a simple method of making machinery and most industrial processes safe.
They also ensure that equipment cannot be abused, or operated in an incorrect sequence or manner.
Whether the aim is to provide protection for personnel, or for plant and equipment, almost any sequence of control and hazard protection can be achieved using a "building block" approach, from the most simple, to highly complex applications.
Mistura offer a large selection of trapped key interlocks, for use in all industrial sectors, that are built for strength and designed to resist tampering and abuse.
There is no limit to the number of functions that can be controlled thanks to the use of unique Modular Key Exchange Units.
Customised systems are readily available and custom engineered solutions suitable for OEM use can easily be supplied.
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