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IDEC family of HR5S category 2 safety relay modules

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Focus on safety standards when creating equipment

Elements of design

May 13, 2020

Machinery and OEM designers know that building safety into their equipment is a fundamental requirement. To ensure a consistent approach, the ISO 13849 standard provides guidance for machinery control systems that are applied to provide safety functions for machinery.

How to de-energize equipment

Force guided relays maintain machine guarding circuit integrity

Luiz Shida

September 9, 2019

Safety circuits used in machine guarding applications incorporate devices such as sensors and relays to de-energize equipment if any hazardous condition is detected. These conditions normally involve a machine guard not being closed, a presence sensor detecting personnel in an unsafe area or the triggering of an emergency stop function.

Machine safeguarding technology, easing pinch point pain

Machine Safeguarding Technology: Keeping operators safe

Carrie Halle

May 22, 2018

Pinching your finger in a door can be painful but certainly not life threatening. Pinch-point injuries involving industrial machinery are another story, one that rarely has a happy ending.

Rockford Systems to attend National Safety Council Congress & Expo

September 11, 2017

Harnessing the power of advanced technology to improve the safety of industrial machine operations, Rockford Systems, LLC today announced that "Compliant Safeguarding Solutions" will be the theme for its participation at the National Safety Council Congress & Expo (NSC) in the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, running from Sept 25-27, 2017.

Attend to see the latest data on falls, slips, and trips in the construction industry, including trends by year, subsector, and injury characteristics.

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