Safety Equipment

Eriez offers dry-type suspended electromagnets backed by third-party certifications for installation in hazardous locations with combustible dust and flammable gas or vapor environments. Notable certifications include Canadian Standards Association (series D800) and Underwriters Laboratory (series 700U).

Job sites are unpredictable, with environmental conditions and tasks that can vary widely from day to day. In response, 3M Personal Safety Division has expanded its SecureFit Protective Eyewear line by offering more features and deeper personalization with the debut of the new 3M SecureFit protective eyewear 600 series.

Working in extreme environments can take a toll on workers, but dual-action Personal Air Conditioners (PACs) from Vortec keep workers comfortable and productive in either hot or cold working conditions. PACs minimize heat stress and fatigue in elevated temperatures, or with simple adjustment, they raise vest and body temperatures to ward off the cold.

ecom instruments is expanding its mobile worker ecosystem with a new peripheral, the hand-held scanner Ident-Ex 01 for Division 1/Zone 1 and 21. The new enterprise mobility solution reportedly helps companies to substantially improve the way in which they operate, enforce security, provide safety and manage assets and workflows.

To increase safety technology in motion control applications, the new EL72x1-9014 EtherCAT servo terminals from Beckhoff implement STO (Safe Torque Off) functionality. The integrated features correspond to safety level Cat 3/PL d, according to EN ISO 13849-1:2015.

In challenging, elevated-heat conditions you need safety equipment that stands up to the heat and helps keep workers comfortable. Designed for workers in industries such as metalworking, smelting and glass manufacturing, with radiant heat environments, 3M Personal Safety Div. has launched the new 3M elevated-temperature hard hat H-700T series.

To bring needed safety to the shop floor, Rockford Systems LLC has launched a new milling machine draw bar cover (part #DBC001) to protect vertical mill workers from rotating shafts 7 feet or less from the floor or working platform. It guards the turning draw bar with a non-rotating, smooth, welded-steel enclosure, secured firmly to the mill with a powerful ring magnet and safety anchor chain.