Safety / HAE

Pilz Automation Technology is launching a new PSENslock device that combines the functions of a safety gate monitoring switch and interlock in one compact, robust unit. Suitable for mounting directly on 45mm extruded aluminium profiles, the PSENslock is designed for applications up to EN/IEC 62061 SIL3 (safety integrity level 3), EN 954-1 Category 4, and EN ISO 13849-1 PLe (Performance Level e). Sealed to IP67, it can be used on a wide variety of machinery across a diverse range of industries.

Suction extraction equipment for the continuous removal of dust and chip contaminants from production machining and process line operations can be supplied by M Buttkereit Ltd. Their Ringler range of products include both mobile and static mounted equipment, designed for maintaining environmentally safe conditions when cutting or machining graphite, asbestos, plastics, metals and other minerals or materials that generate inflammable, toxic and otherwise hazardous or dangerous LTV residues. With a 99.997% filtration efficiency, including automatic filter cleaning, there is a very low carry-over of contaminants in the exhaust air for optimum health and safety working conditions.

Pilz Automation Technology offers a broad range of services relating to machinery safety, starting from risk assessments and progressing through consultancy and design. In addition, Pilz can assist with installing and commissioning machinery, ensuring that safety-related control systems are properly implemented and tested.

Compliant with international safety standards and easy to adapt to individual applications, the Falk ‘Orange Peel’ rotating machinery guard from Rexnord offers engineers a cost-effective solution for original and retrofit installations that is backed by a 3-year warranty.

The new ZSM enabling switch from Euchner is more than just an ordinary manually operated enabling device. It features a modern, modular, lightweight and ergonomic design, which makes it eminently suitable for many different control and safety related functions.

Combining versatility with multi-coded actuators that provide a high degree of protection against tampering, the new LS safety position switches from Moeller Electric offer a simple, efficient and cost-effective way of achieving enhanced protection for personnel and processes. The LS range includes switches with separate actuators, door switches with spring or magnet-powered retained actuators and switches for hasp and hinge operation.

The latest developments from the safety specialists Euchner include twin-headed switches designed for use with two adjacent machine access or cell enclosure guards. Previously, it would have been necessary to use two separate switches for this purpose, involving not only additional material costs, but also extra control circuitry and monitoring facilities.

Non-contact switching in series – the new CES-AR-C from Euchner makes it possible to monitor several safety guards at once. Up to 20 devices can be included in one switch chain.

Procter Machine Guarding is offering a free kit comprising the latest editions of the company's hugely popular machinery safety guides and software utilities. Three of these are designed to help designers, builders and users of machinery comply with current Regulations and standards, while the fourth is for prudent managers who want to prepare themselves for all eventualities.

A new range of slipping clutches from Geeplus are designed to protect clutches and other rotating components against overload in order to limit the maximum torque applied to the primary drive. These devices incorporate a spring mechanism which transmits power without slipping, up to the point where the torque is sufficient to release the spring, at which stage the device slips with constant friction torque.