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SAFETY SPOTLIGHT 
 

What’s your safety system strategy?

A safety system is essential for protecting machine operators and other workers on the manufacturing floor from hazardous machine motion.


RIA publishes new ANSI safety standard for industrial mobile robots

The standard was created for mobile robot manufacturers using input collected from industry experts over the course of about four years.


Isolating power, safely: New lockout/tagout system wins big

A new technology is being recognized by industry for eliminating downtime spent doing manual lockout/tagout procedures at industrial plants.
 
Sponsored Spotlight 
 
Pilz

myPNOZ – Your new modular safety relay from Pilz.

New modular safety relay myPNOZ from PILZ is produced individually according to your requirements in batch size 1. An easy-to-use device that’s flexible in application and boasts clever features, it ensures reliable monitoring of your safety functions.

  1. You create: With the user-friendly myPNOZ Creator, you create your individual myPNOZ according to your required safety functions and myPNOZ Creator puts the ideal hardware together.
  2. We build: Each myPNOZ is tailor-made pre-assembled by us in batch size 1 according to your individual configuration.
  3. You install: myPNOZ is quick and easy to install: you’ll receive it ‘ready for Plug and Play’.

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MAKING WORK SAFE 
 
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Rise of the robots: how industrial robotics are solving workplace safety issues

A considerable amount of evidence shows robotics are far from being a threat to human jobs or workplace safety. » Read more
 
 
SHOP FLOOR SAFETY 
 

8 ways for employers to ‘take every reasonable precaution’ during a pandemic

WSPS shares a simple approach: “It means applying the same risk management strategies to this hazard as we would to any other hazard.” » More info

PODCAST: How Canadian manufacturers can test and certify new PPE

An interview with Dana Parmenter, vice-president, industrial at CSA Group, a global organization for standards development, testing, inspection and certification. » More info

Can your respirator program accommodate physical changes?

These six steps can help ensure the effectiveness of your respirator program. » More info
 
EVENTS 
 

Webinar: Safe Access, Secure Data

Date: June 22, 2021
Location: Online
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Automatica 2021

Date: June 22-24, 2021
Location: Online
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