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| Monitoring safety relay provides easily expandable solution |
01 June 2005 - EJA
Allen-Bradley Guardmaster's new MSR144RTP monitoring safety relay is a Category 4 device (per EN954-1) that provides an easily expandable solution where the requirement is to switch several safety circuits or different voltages from one E-stop. |
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| New standard set to simplify safety compliance for small control system builders |
14 December 2004 - EJA
IEC62061 is not just another standard. Rather it is a facilitator that enables manufacturers of small control systems to achieve optimum safety solutions using a standardised methodology. |
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| New OEM safety light curtain combines toughness & high functionability with hand-detection sensitivity |
29 November 2004 - EJA
Allen-Bradley Guardmaster's new GuardShield Type 2 Safety Light Curtain meets the needs of OEM machine builders for a self contained, tough and extremely cost effective safety device that protects personnel from equipment or machinery hazards where the risk of injury is low. |
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| MSR200 modular safety system improves safety & removes complexity of PLC safety system |
23 November 2004 - EJA
Installing an Allen Bradley Guardmaster MSR200 modular safety system on a 100 metre long corrugator machine with multiple safety interlocks has enabled Mondiboard Coalville to improve safety through enhanced monitoring and faster alert signalling. The advanced facilities offered by the MSR200 have also removed the requirement for a PLC in the safety system of the machine, overcoming the cost, maintenance and system update problems associated with multiple wiring of safety trip devices to a centralised controller. |
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| Prosafe trapped key system both simplifies and improves safety |
19 November 2004 - EJA
The ability of Allen-Bradley Guardmaster's Prosafe range of trapped key interlocks to simplify safety provision, while, at the same time, providing safer access into the largest of machine installations has been demonstrated at Spooner Vicars on Merseyside. The stainless steel Prosafe units are being employed to ensure that 32 separate doors on a 90 metre long triple hybrid continuous bakery oven are securely interlocked and isolated before personnel access is allowed. |
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| Full range safety products plus guard design and installation service |
12 November 2004 - EJA
Allen Bradley-Guardmaster has successfully completed two large projects to upgrade a total of 72 machine tools with the latest safety equipment at British Energy's Hunterston and Torness power stations. The projects were secured as a result of AB-Guardmaster's ability to provide bespoke application solutions to specific safety issues. They involved the company in the supply of a full range of safety equipment, including DC braking systems, safety interlocks, Safedge systems and emergency stops, and in the manufacture, installation and commissioning of physical guarding for the machines. |
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| SafeZone laser scanner is able to quickly configure & safeguard large & irregular shaped work zones |
12 November 2004 - EJA
Allen Bradley Guardmaster's SafeZone safety laser scanner is a fast, highly effective and convenient method of providing safeguarding for industrial personnel in stationary and mobile applications over large work areas up to 6m in radius. The SafeZone enables users to configure and protect even the most irregular shaped warning and safety zones, simply and quickly, using Windows-based click and drag software. |
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| Investing in safety is good for business |
09 November 2004 - EJA
The recent recessionary climate in UK manufacturing industry has meant that many companies have cut costs and investment to the bone in order to remain profitable. The ramifications of this policy are felt at all levels of manufacturing even in areas one would least expect such as plant floor safety. This is undoubtedly short-sighted, as the cost of an accident, in terms of legal action, possible fine, and lost production will greatly outweigh any costs resulting from not using safety equipment. However, companies not investing in safety equipment can still incur disastrous costs even when accidents do not occur. |
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| Rope operated safety system provides emergency stopping over extended distances |
04 November 2004 - EJA
Robust, reliable and cost effective emergency stop provision over extended distances up to 125metres is provided by Allen Bradley Guardmaster's new, extended span, Lifeline 4 system. The rope operated system helps to reduce the number of emergency stops required on extensive plant layouts, providing OEMs and users with an ideal method of achieving operator protection along exposed conveyors and around awkward machinery. |
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| New OEM safety light curtain combines toughness & high functionability with hand-detection sensitivity |
15 May 2004 - EJA
Allen-Bradley Guardmaster's new GuardShield Type 2 Safety Light Curtain meets the needs of OEM machine builders for a self contained, tough and extremely cost effective safety device that protects personnel from equipment or machinery hazards where the risk of injury is low. |
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| New OEM Safety Light Curtain |
25 February 2004 - EJA
Allen-Bradley Guardmaster's new GuardShield Type 2 Safety Light Curtain meets the needs of OEM machine builders for a self contained, tough and extremely cost effective safety device that protects personnel from equipment or machinery hazards where the risk of injury is low. |
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| Prosafe trapped key system both simplifies & improves safety provision |
12 January 2004 - EJA
The ability of Allen-Bradley Guardmaster's Prosafe range of trapped key interlocks to simplify safety provision, while, at the same time, providing safer access into the largest of machine installations has been demonstrated at Spooner Vicars on Merseyside. The stainless steel Prosafe units are being employed to ensure that 32 separate doors on a 90 metre long triple hybrid continuous bakery oven are securely interlocked and isolated before personnel access is allowed. |
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| Torklok braking System safeguards operators in critical situations |
15 December 2003 - EJA
Nelsa's Torklok, dc injection braking system, provides operator safeguarding on machines, which in critical situations would otherwise not stop quickly enough to prevent serious injury. |
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| Designer safety switch aids machine downsizing |
12 December 2003 - EJA
All the key designer benefits of small size, high holding force and robust metal construction are provided by Guardmaster's new 440G-MT, solenoid-locking switch. The 440G-MT is a new generation safety device that enables designers to respond positively to the pressures of downsizing with modern machinery. At the same time it provides improved safety provision with a substantial 1600N of holding force to ensure that guard doors stay firmly shut until machine power is isolated. |
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| New modular safety system overcomes complexity of wiring |
31 July 2003 - EJA
The new MSR200 modular safety system from Allen-Bradley Guardmaster overcomes both the cost and complexity of using discrete safety relays and programmable safety systems for monitoring shut down control circuits on plant and machinery. Offering a simple, cost effective and highly reliable solution for complex safety tasks, the MSR200 can be adapted in a modular manner to accommodate up to 22 emergency stop sensing devices, without time consuming programming, wiring or commissioning. |
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| Bespoke guarding system combines maximum operator flexibility |
12 February 2003 - EJA
Nelsa have designed and manufactured a bespoke guarding system that provides ultimate ease of use and maximum safeguarding on a precision hobbing machine recently rebuilt by precision engineers Holroyd. The Nelsa guarding system is part of a re-engineering package that Holroyd has applied to update the mechanical hobbing machine. CNC based, the package enables DIN 5 levels of precision to be achieved at a cost up to 60% less than that of an equivalent new machine. |
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| Dual key interlocks safeguard full body access in enclosures |
25 July 2002 - EJA
Dual key interlocks in the Guardmaster Prosafe are designed for applications where full body access to an enclosure is required. They can be used in one of two modes: Sequential Key Exchange, with one key in and one out, or Dual Key Insertion with both keys trapped to operate. In the former mode, one key, the primary, remains trapped after being inserted and rotated. |
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| Single & dual key interlocks satisfy even most complex interlocking |
18 July 2002 - EJA
Interlocks in the Guardmaster Prosafe range are offered in single key and dual key access configurations. Single key access units are designed for the interlocking of hatches, guards and doors on machines where full body access is not required. They are extremely reliable and have the advantage of not requiring electrical wiring to the guard. |
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| Reliability of the Prosafe range is ensured |
15 July 2002 - EJA
Inbuilt reliability of the Prosafe range is ensured by the use of s/s direct acting and linked (positive mode) mechanical components. The turning of the key is transmitted to the locking action of the bolt via rigid members. It does not rely on springs or ball bearings, which could fail and lead to a dangerous condition. |
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| Mechanical Interlocking the simple & effective way to reduce risk |
12 July 2002 - EJA
Where access is required to machinery or an installation by an operator, suitable precautions must always be taken to eliminate risk. It is essential that an operator cannot access the equipment whilst it is dangerous. |
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| Safedge sensitive edge system projects against moving hazards |
31 May 2002 - EJA
The new pressure sensitive Safedge system from Allen-Bradley Guardmaster is the ideal product to provide the improved levels of operating safety required in today's highly dynamic manufacturing and processing environments. High levels of flexibility mean that Safedge can provide a continuous line of high sensitivity touch sensing along or around all types of plant and machinery at distances up to 50m. The system responds to light pressure from any direction through 900, causing machine stop, reverse motion or alarm signalling. |
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| EJA employs extensive prototyping & enlists shopfloor co-operation |
15 May 2002 - EJA
The safeguarding of machines is invariably a complex process, especially so when the operation is milling aero-engine fan blades that protrude outside or above the machine parameters. Under such operating conditions standard guards are totally ineffective, so Sermatech Repair Services turned to the Engineering Solutions Team at EJA Ltd to provide a full turnkey solution. This came in the form of a specialist design of guard that accommodates the many differing sizes of blades and fixtures used on the milling machines. |
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| Prosafe – Solenoid Key Release Units |
12 April 2002 - EJA
Guardmaster Prosafe's new solenoid key release units can be incorporated into virtually any process or access control system to ensure its safe operation. Ruggedly constructed from 316L stainless steel, the key release units ensure the electrical isolation of machinery, allowing safe access into machine enclosures. |
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| Light curtain system improves productivity |
01 April 2002 - EJA
Replacing a restrictive fixed guarding system with a more flexible, open access Nelsa light curtain system from EJA Ltd is enabling cigarette paper manufacturer, Rizla, to increase its production, simplify its maintenance procedures and minimise downtime in the event of jam-ups resulting from papers fouling. |
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| Downtime minimised while providing point-of-operation guarding |
23 March 2002 - EJA
Replacing a restrictive fixed guarding system with a more flexible, open access Nelsa light curtain system from EJA Ltd is enabling cigarette paper manufacturer, Rizla, to increase its production, simplify its maintenance procedures and minimise downtime in the event of jam-ups resulting from papers fouling. |
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| Prosafe – Single & Dual Trapped Key Interlocks |
13 March 2002 - EJA
The new Guardmaster-Prosafe range of single and dual trapped key interlocks have a unique antitamper mechanism which makes them the most practicable and reliable method of safety power interlocking for installations in industrial, process, petrochemical, nuclear, automotive and machine tool environments, where safe entrance to enclosures is required following the electrical isolation of machinery. |
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| Investing in safety equipment makes good economic sense |
24 January 2002 - EJA
The arguments to companies who are holding back from investing in safety equipment fall into two major categories: economic and ethical. Although, on first reading, these would seem to be at opposite ends of the spectrum, they are in fact closely linked. They are linked because safety always pays: a safe machine is unlikely to be shut down by inspectors, or cause costly interruptions to production as a result of an accident. |
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| Guardmaster Prosafe expands machinery safety |
30 November 2001 - EJA
Guardmaster is consolidating its position as a full solution supplier for machinery safety equipment with the introduction of the new Guardmaster-Prosafe range of electro-mechanical trapped key interlocking and control solutions. Units in the Prosafe range are manufactured from 316 stainless steel and have a unique anti-tamper mechanism which makes them the most practicable method of safety power interlocking for installations in a wide range of industries: - process, nuclear, automotive, machine tools, brick & block, where safe access to hazardous areas is required, following the electrical/pneumatic/mechanical isolation of machinery. |
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