productULT AG has introduced LAS 260, a system for extracting and filtering harmful particles from small lasers, laser marking and ultra-short pulse laser processing. The system provides safety for automated and semi-automated production processes and can be used as stand-alone or inline solution.
productPanasonic’s light curtain – SF4C – enables emergency stop switches or safety door switches to be connected directly and without need for a safety PLC to the light curtain. The additional contacts needed for monitoring the power relays can also be connected directly to the light curtain.
articlePaul Chick MBE is head of transport services for Dorset Police, responsible for strategic policy decisions on the procurement, maintenance and safe running of the force’s fleet of 450 vehicles, boats and transport-related equipment. For the 2012 Olympics he welcomed on-board sunglasses and earplugs from uvex and has been impressed by their performance
productTÜV SÜD will support brokers and clients of Mitsui Sumitomo at Lloyd’s with on-site and online support and advice on machinery safety and machinery legislation.
productSince introducing a range of power tools and abrasives from diversified technology company 3M, global supplier to the automotive industry GKN Structures has reduced the number of metal finishing power tools used in its Telford plant by almost three quarters and achieved annual savings
productSTANLEY Security’s Stanley GuardT is a Smartphone application that provides personal security and assists in protecting potentially vulnerable people; these could be lone workers or any person who could be at risk within their working environment, as well as individuals out for an evening.
productLink Microtek, supplier of EMF (electromagnetic field) safety equipment, is offering a new hand-held instrument that provides health and safety professionals with an easy means of proving compliance with Directive 2013/35/EU, which deals with electromagnetic fields in the workplace and will come into force in July 2016.
producttGard is a new approach to controlling access to hazardous machinery and equipment. It is a compact, metal-bodied safety system that enables the configuration of various safety products, either as separate devices or integrated into one device.
productRedbacks Cushioning has introduced a new knee pad for pocketed work trousers
productAvailable from Redbacks Cushioning, a new knee pad for pocketed work trousers has a special ‘direction of force’ design that helps protect the wearer’s knees and the rest of the body from the potential dangers of impact through continuous kneeling.
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