Safety / HAE

Brady´s new Safety Signs Sliders are visual communication platforms that accommodate up to 4 facility signs. They can be used to communicate important safety and awareness messages to employees and visitors and are extremely easy to update and customise.Up to 4 signs The empty Safety Signs Slider boards enable safety and facility managers to insert sliders and highlight the most appropriate message at any place or access path. Employees and visitors can see the most relevant information displayed for any specific area and will be aware how to keep themselves and others safe. The boards are made from durable materials, and are available in various formats and sizes for wall or door hanging.

Inside Scott Safety´s factory, the latest robotic technology works round the clock to produce the highest filter quality ensuring the protection of asbestos removers. Every single particulate filter is individually analysed at the end of the production line and any failing its maximum 0.05 percent penetration level test are instantly discarded. This significant technological investment supports one of Scott Safety´s corporate pillars of ´Zero Defects´ and ensures that rigorous quality and reproducibility is meticulously achieved. As the robots work optimally 24/7 without the need for a break, Scott Safety also delivers unrivalled turnaround in production and delivery of its filters to customers.A key issue that Scott Safety is keen to raise with the asbestos removal community is that of particulate filters. They are asking the big question: Is your powered air respirator still certified?

Banner Engineering introduces the EZ-SCREEN Light Screen. This rugged, easy-to-use safety light screen is optimal for machine safeguarding and built to withstand challenging conditions found in manufacturing and packaging environments. With a lean, simple design and enhanced performance features, Banner’s EZ-SCREEN LS provides a cost-efficient light screen safety solution.

SELECT has commenced a Scotland-wide media campaign to alert landlords and tenants to an important looming deadline.

In response to new health and safety guidelines from the Sentencing Council, Global Heat Transfer is calling for companies to implement robust training plans on the safe operation and management of thermal fluid and heat transfer systems. New guidelines unveiled last week, suggested that judges should impose fines in relation to the size of the organisation. This means fines would have a bigger economic impact on organisations, illustrating the importance of operating in a safe environment.

At SPS IPC Drives 2015, Datalogic will present the SG4 FIELDBUS, its first safety light curtain with integrated OpenSAFETY protocol over a POWERLINK network. Adding the POWERLINK interface to the field tested SG4 light curtains platform, this light curtain will be easy to integrate in networks and will communicate seamlessly with safety programmable controllers through the OpenSAFETY protocol.

Nexen Group, Inc. introduces Profile Guide Rail Brakes. Available in a wide range of sizes from 15 to 45, they provide fast engagement at 0.049 to 0.080 seconds, high static holding force to 2,600 N (585 lbs) and can be combined to provide higher holding forces as needed. They offer maintenance-free operation and are fully compatible with most guide rail manufacturers including THK, NSK, IKO, Hwin, INA, SKF, Star and Schneeberger. As a result, they are an ideal redundant safety system in a wide range of OEM and after market applications. 

Omron Automation and Safety introduces the F3SG-RE global safety light curtain designed for machine guarding solutions that do not require blanking or muting capabilities. The cost effective F3SG-RE series provides simple on/off detection for straightforward applications and complements the fully programmable, multi-segment cascading F3SG-RA series of safety light curtains to offer OEM machine builders options within a single family.

The portfolio of personal protection clothing at RS Components has been extended with high-quality safety gloves in the innovative Showa range from Globus. These gloves offer protection for a diversity of hand protection requirements from the rigorous demands of maintenance engineers working in petrochemical, oil and gas, maritime, transport, and construction industries to the complexities of aerospace manufacturing.

New additions have been made to the RS Components’ range of spill control essentials that are designed to aid effective safety management of sites and facilities and also to assist businesses to meet local legislation and prevent accidents and damage.