Industrial Plant & Equipment

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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Resource pack

Seaward has put together a range of
educational materials to provide fast
access to expert advice on a range of
electrical safety testing issues.

Designed to promote best practice,
the range includes display posters an

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Engine clean-up

Visitors operating diesel engines can
understand more about their exhaust
emissions and how to treat them by
visiting Pyroban Envirosafe.

On indoor applications, reducing
toxic exhaust fumes can lower time
lost due to

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Seeing a complete safety solution

Brand new to Draeger, the Draeger
X-pect 8000 eyewear collection is
joining the company’s extensive range
of PPE at this year’s show.

New portable gas detection
instruments will also be unveiled
alongside innovative t

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Flame retardant,antistatic workwear

Flame retardant, high visibility,
antistatic protective clothing,
designed particularly with the oil, gas
and renewable energy industries in
mind, form part of the range of
safety workwear supplied by Dickies.

The jac

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