Health & Safety Matters

Integrated switch function

Industrial safety
specialist Fortress
Interlocks has
integrated a key
switch function into
key exchange units,
making it possible
to isolate the power
and release access
keys in one
operation.

The XMR unit
simpl

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Complies with EN ISO 13849-1

British safety switch manufacturer,
Mechan Controls, has announced that
its ISIS Coded Magnetic Safety System
has undergone independent testing,
which has confirmed its compliance
with the new international
standard for

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Earth leakage protection

The EFR-2 Earth
Leakage Protection
Relay from FDB is
part of their
Optima range of
low cost, high
specification RCDs.

It is especially
suited to protection
of all types of
electrical machinery
for the benefit of

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Machine safety inspection giveaway

Leuze electronic will celebrate 20
years in the UK at the Drives &
Controls exhibition running from the
8th to 10th June at the NEC,
Birmingham by giving away a day’s
Machine Safety Inspection worth
£750, each day of th

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Prevents accidental lockin in dangerous areas

SERV Trayvou Interverrouillage
(STI) has launched the NXO1LTC, a
new access interlock with personnel
key for harsh or corrosive
environments. It consists of a lock
with two key slots that work on a
free key / trapped ke

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Warning range

Klaxon Signals has developed an all
encompassing range of industrial
warning devices to meet the needs of
specialised applications in all
industrial environments. The range
varies from traditional robust motor
driven si

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Versatile PAT tester

The latest addition to Seaward’s
range of portable appliance testers
incorporates a range of electrical
safety tests to ensure that workplace
electrical equipment does not pose a
danger to users.

The new hand held Pri

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Good vibrations

Tests carried out by the HSE have
demonstrated that vibration
exposure for operators using
pneumatic torque multipliers to
tighten wheel nuts was 10 times
lower than when traditional impact
wrenches are used. The Norbar

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Emergency stop

A modular Emergency Stop (E-stop)
is the latest addition to Fortress
Interlock’s eGard range of access and
control products. The E-stop module
can simply be combined with any
controls, switches and/or interlocks of
the

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Have FAITH, it meets SIL3

An FMEDA Report by Exida has
shown the Netherlocks Partial Stroke
System to meet SIL 3. The report
showed the FAITH (Fail Action Integrity
Test Handling) system to be very
reliable, with 0 Fail Safe Detected, Fail
Safe

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