productEthernet communications for interlocks
Industrial safety specialist Fortress Interlocks has added industrial Ethernet communications to its amGardpro range of safety interlocks.
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productInterlock switches for high purity applications
Fortress Interlocks has launched a new range of rugged stainless steel interlock switches for high purity applications such as food, beverage, pharmaceutical and chemical processing.
productInterlocks and PLe applications
There is a lot of interest in whether redundancy is required when it comes to interlock actuators. This debate gained momentum in 2012 by the inclusion of a note in table D8 in 13849-2-2012. Rob Lewis, MD of Fortress Interlocks, comments
productExperts on hand
Fortress Interlocks will show safety interlocks, communications modules and accessories at this year’s SPC IPC Drives show in Nuremberg(22nd-24th November). The company invites anyone interested to visit its booth and speak to its industry experts.
productNominated for safety award
Fortress Interlocks’ proNET safety and communications module has been nominated for the Tomorrow’s Health and Safety Awards 2017.
productNew MD appointed
Fortress Interlocks has appointed Jo Smith as its new managing director. The appointment is a quick promotion for Jo, who only joined Fortress as finance director in November 2015.
productIntelligent interlocks
With Industry 4.0 developing afoot, and collaborative robots and the automation of tasks previously manually carried out reducing the need for traditional machine guarding while increasing the need for smart interlocks, Malcolm Sharp, MD of Fortress’ Australian operations, comments on how the company is addressing these challenges:
productIntelligent interlocks
With Industry 4.0 developing afoot, and collaborative robots and the automation of tasks previously manually carried out reducing the need for traditional machine guarding while increasing the need for smart interlocks, Malcolm Sharp, MD of Fortress’ Australian operations, comments on how the company is addressing these challenges:
productFitting safety switches to machine guarding
Fortress Interlocks explains that configuring a mounting plate for an interlock is easy with its new Eazi-fit mounting system, which allows any amGardpro interlock safety switch to be easily fitted to machine guarding.
productBuilt-in machine control technology
Brick, block and tile manufacturing plants are notorious for their dusty, arduous environments and high-vibration machinery. This plays havoc with traditional safety interlocks, routinely causing tripping faults.
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