Huge fine following waste fatality
A WASTE management company has been fined £650,000 after a worker was fatally injured while cleaning a large ballistic separator machine.
A WASTE management company has been fined £650,000 after a worker was fatally injured while cleaning a large ballistic separator machine.
THE HEALTH and Safety Executive (HSE) has released its annual statistics, which has revealed an annual increase in the number of fatal incidents and also a rise in the number of reported cases of worker injuries or ill-health.
SIMPLE INSTALLATION solution for complex machines: safety field box with PROFINET/PROFIsafe field bus interface
AT AUTOMATICA 2018, the Schmersal Group will present safety light grids and safety light curtains from the product series SLC/SLG 445 that are suitable for welding robots.
The Schmersal Group is a world leader in electrical and electronic safety switchgear and systems for the protection of man and machine. The group is represented worldwide, with manufacturing plants in Germany, Brazil and China and affiliated offices across the globe. Over recent years, the Schmersal Group has extended its product offering through a number of acquisitions. The latest manufacturing companies to join the group have retained their responsibility for core competences and product groups to ensure that the company units maintain their specialisation. The group offers a complete range of safety control devices, which are developed and manufactured in these centres of competence. According to our philosophy, we also want to offer our customers the advantages of a flexible, manager-owned company: worldwide and in every business process. Day after day, we contribute to your success. And when developing new solutions for the safe interaction between man and machine, we are bearing your future business opportunities in mind.
Our product range covers safety switches, solenoid interlocks, safety controllers, PLC systems, non contact safety switches, light guards, two hand operator systems, magnetic safety locking devices, products for ASi safety systems, IP69K switches for hygienic applications and Ex components for hazardous areas. Recent developments such as the CSS safety system allows the machine builder to use components to be connected in a series or daisy chain method and still achieve Pl e according to EN 13849-1. Our latest addition is Guard Fencing which allows our customers to design a complete safety system from one source. Schmersal also offers a consultancy service, where machine builders can get risk assessments and machine stop time measurements. We also offer training for our products and the machine safety standards, to assist engineers, so they understand what is required when designing cost effective solutions for the machines they manufacture.
Safety switches with separate actuators are suitable for sliding, hinged and particularly removable safety guards,
AZM range solenoid interlocks, operating in combination with control elements of a machine
Everything on one handle. Less is more – that is the principle according to which Schmersal has designed the safety door handle series
The magnetic safety sensors serve to monitor the position of sliding, hinged and removable safety guards.
Optoelectronic safety device are used as entry, danger point or danger zone guards.
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