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Machine Safety Portal
Machine Safety Products, News, Articles, Events & Resources
Welcome to the Automation.com portal for Machine Safety with valuable information and resources for controls and automation engineers to create safe machines and automation systems, while maintaining optimal machine up time. Machine safety systems include safety light curtains, perimeter guards, interlocks, and other electrical safety components. The fundamental changes in machine safety requirements and methods require engineers to have the latest information on machine safety topics.
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Articles
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Don't put all your eggs in one basket
- 01/29/12 Instrumentation, January 2012 By Andy Tonge, Hima-Sella The best approach to plant-wide safety is to ring-fence critical hardware with layers of protection that are independent of process control. |
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Top 5 Automation & Control Trends to Watch in 2012
- 01/22/12 Design News, January 2012 By Rob Spiegel What we'll see through the deployment of new technology is higher productivity, greater throughput, and safer plants. These developments in technology are beginning to draw young engineers. |
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Making a sensible sensor selection
- 12/27/11 Automation, November 2011 By Phil Dyas, SICK (UK) The wide range of industrial sensors increases every week to meet the growing number of application needs. This growing capability makes it ever more important to select the right sensor for the individual project requirements. |
White Papers
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Enclosures for hazardous areas: understanding the differences
- 01/19/12 Automation.com, January 2012 By Gary Johnson, COOPER Crouse-Hinds UK When it comes to specifying enclosures for hazardous area electrical applications, engineers must ensure they fully understand IP protection ratings, as well as the implications of modifying an Exd or Exe enclosure prior to or after installation. |
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Safety in Drives
- 11/21/11 Automation.com, November 2011 By Mikko Ristolaine, ABB Offerings from safe stopping to more elaborate monitoring functions are being introduced and are heralding new opportunities in machine safety. |
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Permanent Electrical Safety Devices Will Verify Zero Electrical Energy
- 09/22/11 By Philip B Allen, Grace Engineered Products September 2011 White paper addresses questions and common concerns related to permanent electrical safety devices (PESDs) for lockout and their compliance with OSHA and the NFPA 70E. |
Application Stories
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Enhanced extrusion courtesy Control Techniques
- 10/17/11 South Africa Instrumentation & Control, October 2011 A switch from DC to AC drives at European recycling company Govaerts Recycling of Belgium has resulted in major maintenance savings with the bonus of a dramatic cut in production noise. |
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A ride on the wild side
- 10/17/11 South Africa Instrumentation & Control, October 2011 The Zoofari monorail in the UK was becoming dated and difficult to maintain. In addition, there was an ever increasing need to upgrade the safety systems to a more modern design. They installed safety and control equipment from Omron to keep the zoo ride safe |
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Conveyor system upgrade improves material transfers
- 10/15/11 Energy-Tech, October 2011 By Chris Griffin Northern Indiana Public Service Company upgraded its conveyor feed systems, reducing fugitive material and the potential problems it can cause. By updating the facility’s longest conveyor, company officials have seen reductions in dust and spillage, contributing to greater plant safety, productivity and environmental responsibility. |
Resources & Literature
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Machine & Process Safety Engineering Guide
Omron Scientific Technologies introduces the 2011-2012 Guide to Machine and Process Safeguarding. The guide also highlights Omron STI’s Safety Library with access to educational resource material including fully-illustrated articles on safety regulations and directives, risk assessment, types of protective measures and background on safety technologies. |
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Omron STI publishes brochure on Can Palletizer Safety
- 02/01/12 The brochure provides an overview of the palletizer process, guarding challenges and hazard analysis, and illustrates how simplified safety control can improve safety and profitability. Requires registration to obtain brochure. |
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MISUMI Introduces Online EZ Product Finder
- 01/04/12 The application, accessible through the MISUMI Web site, provides design engineers with a visual index to all of the company’s Factory Automation components. |
Training News
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Pilz accredited to provide machinery safety skills in UK
- 10/04/11 Pilz has been awarded full accreditation as a skills training provider by The National Skills Academy for its 1, 2 and 4-day City & Guilds Machinery Safety Courses. |
Training & Seminars
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Product Announcements
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COOPER Crouse-Hinds extends explosion-proof nLLK 10 light fittings
- 02/01/12
The 2x35W version for fluorescent lamps is certified for use in Zones 2 and 22 in accordance with European Directive (ATEX) and IECEx standards. |
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Frommelt releases Guardian Defender Safety Door
- 02/01/12
Guardian Defender guards machinery, contain processes and protects employees from robotic/machine movement zones. |
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Advantech announces UNO-1100H Embedded Automation Computers
- 01/05/12
UNO-1140FH, UNO-1150GH, UNO-1150GHE, and UNO-1172AH received Class I, Division 2 (Group A, B, C, D) certification expanding their uses to hazardous locations. |
Company & Organization News
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Alpha Wire Adds CSA Tray Cable Rating
- 01/30/12 Per the Canadian Electrical Code (CEC), this rating is required when installing cables into tray applications. |
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Grace Engineered Products to be on 21st Century Business TV show
- 01/23/12 The show will cover Permanent Electrical Safety Devices. |
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How China is Stealing Our Secrets
- 01/22/12 PD&D, January 2012 By Michael P. Collins U.S. Intelligence agencies say that both Russia and China steal technology information over the internet as a matter of national policy. It is hard to say if China is still the red menace from the cold war, or if they have morphed into a new form of winner-take-all amoral version of capitalism. |
Project News
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Cotton ginning firm invests with APAG
- 01/24/10 Process and Control Engineering, January 2010 By Sarah Falson Atlantic Pacific Automation Group (APAG), will upgrade safety and motion control systems at Namoi Cotton Commodities in Australia. Equipment includes Parker Hannifin HMI panels, 30 Parker Variable Speed Drives, a PLC for process control, and Pilz’s PNOZmulti system for safety control of plant and equipment. |
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Emerson to safely automate SABIC Innovative Plastics
- 01/12/10 SABIC Innovative Plastics will migrate all existing PROVOX process control and safety systems to DeltaV digital automation system from Emerson Process Management. |
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HIMA to provide Evonik Degussa with fieldbus safety system
- 03/18/09 HIMA will provide two HIMax CPUs, two system bus modules, two digital output and three input modules, one analog output module and one communications module for PROFIBUS-DP. |
Event News
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Industrial Supply 2012 Showcases U.S. Industrial Subcontractors
- 12/06/11 Leaders in the subcontracting business will be presenting their latest product developments in industrial materials to a vast audience attending HANNOVER MESSE. |
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HANNOVER MESSE 2012 focuses on sustainability
- 11/21/11 By adopting "greentelligence" as its keynote theme, HANNOVER MESSE 2012 has put the spotlight squarely on green technologies as a central growth driver for industry. |
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UK 2012 is largest manufacturing event in the UK
- 07/21/11 UK 2012, 18-19 April 2012, will be the largest manufacturing event in the UK with over 1,000 exhibiting companies, covering 37,000 square metres of exhibition space. |
Events
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