Combines safety with total access and control
May 1st 2005

Available from Fortress Interlocks, eGard is said to represent a new approach to controlling access to hazardous machinery and equipment.

The compact, lightweight system brings the functionality of interlocking to an area dominated by lower capability products. It enables a selection of modules, including mechanical trapped key interlocks and electrical safety gate switch interlocks, to be integrated in one unit and allows simple machine controls to be included.

The modular system simply clips together and is easily installed.

Modules include mechanical locks, electrical locks, safety switches, service modules such as indicators and buttons, internal releases, emergency stops, and actuators for hinged and sliding doors.

eGard can connect to PLCs and mimic panels or can be used on an AS-interface network.

There are more than 4000bn combinations of modules possible, so the system can be customised for each application, providing a single source of gate access hardware.

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