Safety

The Safety section features equipment and design techniques applied toward minimizing hazards and maximizing product safety.

EDITORS' PICKS

Safety in Automation
New technology and global standards help ensure a safe workplace, boost productivity, and reduce environmental impact.

Warnings, Guards, and Safety Analysis Could Have Prevented Router Injury

A worker was injured when his hand touched an unguarded spinning router bit while he adjusted a clamp.
2D/3D CAD: Cable & Wire Connector Accessories from SEALCON

Looking to Save Time! We have all model types to help you spec in the following...
Missing Warnings, Instructions, and Protections Factors in Fall from Concrete Pump Boom

1

A worker dislodging a blockage in a concrete pump boom was knocked 6 ft to the ground when the concrete came loose
You’ve Been Sued. Now What?

To defend a product in a liability case, you must convince a jury of technically unsophisticated people that you did everything in your power to design, manufacture, and sell a safe product.
Blowoff and cooling products - Exair Corp.

The full-color, 160-page Catalog 23 offers products for common industrial cooling, drying, conveying, blow off, cleaning, and static-electricity problems.

Damping Grease for Design

See how damping greases can cost-effectively control motion, noise and vibration in mechanical and electro-mechanical devices.
Webcast presenting the basics of the Direct Gear Design

In order to stay competitive, you must continue to create great products faster and cheaper.
Inadequate Punch-Press Safety Measures Cost Operator Her Fingers

Poor placement and maladjustment of safety interlocks cost a press operator six fingers.
Safety in Automation

1

New technology and global standards help ensure a safe workplace, boost productivity, and reduce environmental impact.
Berke on Safety: Safe But Slow: How Long ‘Til Operators Remove the Guard?

Machine guarding protects people from injury during a machine’s normal operation. There are four basic approaches to machine guarding: barrier guards, guarding devices, guarding by location, and warnings.