Health, Safety and Welfare
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New approach to noise problems

When faced with a persistent problem in hearing
conservation programs safety managers tend to use the
same traditional measures as a solution. Here, Paul Barker
of Sperian Protection suggests a new approach

When faced

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Optimus prime

Experts in the design and
development of noise
measurement equipment,
Cirrus Research will be
showcasing instruments from
its new generation of leading
edge optimus Sound Level
Meters at this year’s
Safety and Health

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Highest rating

Mechan Controls has announced
that its F-Series Electronic Safety
System has achieved the highest
possible rating under EN ISO 13849-
1, the international standard for
machine safety.

The F-Series is a modular, multig

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ATEX Certified safety switch key station

Industrial safety specialist, Fortress
Interlocks, has introduced an
ATEX Certified, explosion
protected safety switch key station.

The CPS4STOPXP key station is
designed to release keys used to
control mechanical doo

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Up to speed with new Directive?

A new machinery directive was introduced at the end of
2009. Here, Paul Laidler of Laidler Associates, highlights the
major changes and suggests an easy path to conformance

Since 1997, EN 954-1, ‘Safety of
Machinery,

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Longer range safety camera sensors

SICK has launched its next
generation V300 and V200 safety
camera sensors for machine guarding
applications. The two new cameras
enable engineers to comply with
safety levels up to SIL 2 and PL d, in
line with European

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SIS design centres

Over the past four years ABB’s global
network of Safety Execution Centres
(SEC) has expanded from
eight centres to 20. These
centres provide customers
with local resources for
safety instrumented
system (SIS) design,

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Buy quiet

A new initiative has been launched
to encourage manufacturers to make
quieter machinery and businesses to
use it, in a bid to reduce noiserelated
ill health in the workplace.

The ‘Buy Quiet’ campaign, led by
the HSE,

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Teaching assistant

Gas safety specialist, S&S Northern,
has helped Specialist Gas Assessment
Services (SGAS), a training and
assessment centre based on the
outskirts of Blackpool, improve the
training given to gas installers, by
installin

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Safety sensors

Designed to meet SIL and PL safety
requirements now required for 2010,
Panasonic Electric Works UK offers a
range of SUNX Safety Sensing
products including single beam safety
sensors, safety light curtains and
scanners.

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