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FREE guide

Procter Machine Guarding has
published a second edition of
‘Workshop Safety – A Guide to
Guarding Machine Tools Used in
Workshops’. This FREE guide will
benefit anyone responsible for the
safety of machinery and work
e

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New PAT adaptor

Seaward has introduced a specialist
new adaptor to extend the
range of electrical safety
tests that can be carried
out on 3-phase
equipment. In many cases
this type of equipment is
fitted with electronic
control circu

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Portable appliance testing

The HandyPAT 500 from Martindale
Electric offers accurate and efficient
portable appliance testing. Designed
to perform safety checks in accordance
with the IEE Code of Practice
(3rd Edition) and fulfiling an integral
p

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Modular pneumatic

Fortress has redeveloped its
Pneumatic Valve+ (PV+) unit into a
modular design that allows the
configuration of an array of valves,
trapped key interlocks and key
switches in any combination.

The PV+ is suitable for t

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Maintaining tools maintains safety

Proactive tool and equipment
maintenance plays an essential but
often neglected role in helping to
reduce occupational Hand-Arm
Vibration Syndrome, says Phil Wolff

Hand-arm vibration occurs when
the vibrations from

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Don’t delay adopting

As the Machinery Directive EN 13949-1 standards better reflect advances in Machine Safety
System design, these standards should be adopted sooner rather than later, says Kevin Ives

The latest version of the Machinery
D

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Standards guide

Procter Machine Guarding has
updated its publication On Your
Guard – A Designer’s Guide to
Machinery Guarding Standards to
reflect recent changes to standards,
including one of the key machinery
safety standards – EN IS

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Safety package

BVM Brunner, a manufacturer of
film wrapping packaging machines,
is benefiting from state-of-the-art’
safety solutions from Pilz. To
comply with EN ISO 13849-1, BVM
Brunner carried out renewed
machine risk assessments i

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Power isolator

The KSD+ from Castell is a new
trapped key interlock power isolator,
suitable for 3-phase currents from 32
to 250A, which is said to
dramatically increase safety
protection over conventional
designs, preventing fail-to-

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