Safety / HAE

Weldability-SIF, the UK based supplier of MIG, TIG, MMA, Spot and Oxy/Fuel welding and Plasma cutting machines, torches, accessories, consumables and personal protective equipment has launched three new lightweight, stylish, welding helmets with large viewing lenses – ‘Phantom Passive’, ‘Phantom Active’ and ‘Phantom XL, for the professional MMA, TIG and MIG welder in most volume, precision and small batch production as well as car, commercial and agricultural vehicle body repair and other welding applications.

Sperian Protection, market leader in personal protective equipment (PPE), has launched Sperian Solar Pro, a new safety eyewear product for workers for whom protection from the sun is crucial to performance.

The new ‘Plant and Machinery Safety Zone’ will take place at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton on 13-14th October 2010, as part of Health and Safety ‘10 – North. The event, which is sponsored by Laidler Associates, a division of TÜV Product Service Ltd, is also supported by zone partners Rockwell Automation, Wieland Electric and Siemens Automation.

The Laidler Group, one of the UK’s leading machinery safety and compliance consultants will be leading and sponsoring the new demonstration zone at Health and Safety ’10 – Scotland which takes place at the Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh on the 15th and 16th September 2010 .

For machine builders worldwide, operator safety is of paramount concern. Now, with the advent of the new Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC which became effective on December 29, 2009, safety attitudes are further emphasised. The latest legislation, which is concerned with the mechanical and electrical safety of machines, represents a consistent message of safety for machine builders across Europe - they must design safeguards to protect equipment operators, while providing service that minimises downtime! In this context, machinery is described as “an assembly of linked parts or components, at least one of which moves, with the appropriate actuators, control and power circuits etc joined together for a specific application, in particular for the processing, treatment, moving or packaging of a material”.

The perfect safety brake for any vertical / gravity loaded axis, the ROBAâ-topstopâ is a new fully sealed drive-side mounted brake from Mayr Power Transmissions.

SKF, is now the market leader in the supply of wheel bearings for Formula One racing cars. SKF focused on the F1 wheel bearing business as a key growth area and, as a result, is now supplying to all the major manufacturers on the grid.

Free interactive machinery safety training workshops, which have been specifically developed to make suppliers and users of machinery aware of their legal obligations in relation to machine safety and to provide practical advice on how best to meet those obligations, are now being offered by Laidler Associates, part of the Laidler Group and one of the UK’s leading safety and compliance consultants.

The Valor Division of Mentor Graphics Corporation announced that Autoliv has upgraded to the Valor® vPlan™ process engineering tools. Autoliv, a worldwide leader in automotive safety, is a global supplier of electronic automotive safety components. The Valor vPlan product is a single solution that drives the manufacturing process by delivering a complete, seamless engineering flow from CAD to machine, covering surface mount technology (SMT,) through-hole technology (THT), and manual assembly. It delivers comprehensive and synchronized manufacturing process definitions (MPD) to the production floor.

The British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) has awarded its Product Innovation Award to VeriPRO, the earplug fit testing system from Howard Leight by Sperian. The award, which is designed to recognise excellence and innovation within the safety industry, was presented at the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards Gala Dinner held during Safety and Health Expo 2010.