Safety, Standards & Compliance

Process dust and powders are controlled by the high volume air cleaning offered by large-capacity dust collectors from Micro Air Clean Air Systems.

A new "Clean Sweep" pneumatic vacuum accessory from Camfil Air Pollution Control (APC) provides an economical clean-up solution by adding a high-vacuum wand to a low-vacuum dust collector such as the Farr Gold Series cartridge collector.

ABB JOKAB SAFETY has introduced Focus II Light Curtains and Light Grids, an updated version of the Focus product line designed to offer the complete range of features in one low cost package.

Safety-related position encoders have been available from HEIDENHAIN for several years. However, those encoders have been rated to SIL 2, PL d, Category 3. While this meets the requirements of most applications, sometimes there is a need for SIL 3, PL e, Category 4-rated equipment.

Tapeswitch Corp. offers a compact, lightweight, easy to program safety laser scanner for collision prevention, presence detection, and perimeter protection.

Tapeswitch Corp. offer several lines of noncontact safety switches and system solutions for machine guarding in global industrial and commercial markets.

Key interlocks from Tapeswitch Corp. are a machine guarding solution for the control of hazardous energy, eliminating the need for a procedural lockout tag out system and are approved for such use in the US under the ANSI standard Z244.1 — Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout and Alternative Methods).

Danray Products LLC has just introduced its point-of-operation-opening safety scale that can be used to quickly check the point-of-operation opening for no safeguard required in accordance with OSHA 29 CFR 1910.217(c)(1)(ii) as well as applicable ANSI (American National Standards Institute) and CSA (Canadian Standards Association) machine safety standards.

Camfil Air Pollution Control (APC) now offers its Farr Gold Series dust collection systems in a skid package that speeds and simplifies installation.

Designed specifically for oil mist, smoke, and fume collection, the Airflow Systems Inc.'s Model MPH10 mist collection and filtration system provides MERV 14 filtration efficiency.

Jakob Antriebstechnik, a spindle manufacturer in Germany, recently demonstrates its Motor Spindle Safety System, which is said to prevent major damage when spindle collisions occur.

Rockford Systems Inc. offers precision-engraved acrylic copolymer guard-opening scales.