Safety Components are required for safety countermeasures in equipment and facilities. They are used for shut-out detection of mechanical guards, checking intrusion into hazardous areas, and building safety circuits. Today, forward-thinking manufacturers clearly realize the new role of increased safety on the factory floor.
- Recently adopted international safety standards have shifted the way systems are evaluated
- Safety is a corporate responsibility, not an obstruction to productivity
- Safety is essential to increased productivity and profitability
Justifying the Cost of Safeguarding Equipment
Next Steps Valin Can Help You With Include...
- Safety walk-through
- Training
- Risk assessment
- Develop solution
- Product/Solution integration
- Solution validation
Machine & Process Safeguarding
Safeguarding Project Building Blocks Valin Can Provide Include...
Safety Switches & Operator Controls
IDEM Safety Interlock Switches
Tamper resistant switches enhance mechanical guarding methods.
- Non-Contact Safety Interlock Switches
- Tongue Interlock Safety Switches
- Tongue Interlock Switches with Guard Locking
- Electro-Magnetic Switches with Guard Locking
- Hinge Interlock Safety Switches
- Safety Limit Switches
- Safety Door Switches
- Explosion-proof versions are designed to be used in hazardous environments without igniting harmful gas, particles, or chemicals.
Emergency Stop Devices
Emergency stop devices are used to reduce the risk of injury by stopping machinery quickly.
- Emergency Stop Switches
- SF2ER Series Emergency Stop Button Switch
- Safety Rope Pull and Belt Alignment Switches
Mats & Area Guarding/Safety Edges & Bumpers
Mats are built tough for tough environments. Pressure on the mat actuates the safety circuit. Area scanners use light to detect intrusions into a hazardous area during machine operation and allow flexible configuration of the hazardous area map.
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Safety Light Curtains / Perimeter Guarding
Safety light curtains are comprised of emitters and receivers and are available with single and multiple-beam models with an operating range to 70 meters. They're perfect when installing fences is not practical.
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Blogs:
- Have You Ever Wondered How to Safeguard Your Operations Without Compromising Efficiency?
- Have you Ever Wondered How to Protect Safety Light Curtains in Wet or Harsh Conditions?
Enabling Switches
Provides the additional protection needed during set-up, programming, and servicing of robotic and automatic equipment or for safe starting of machine operation. The grip type has distinct clicks for three easily discernible positions. The operator holds the enabling switch and squeezes the switch to the middle position. Letting go or squeezing too hard will shut down machine operation.
Safety Relays
Safety relays are used together with safety input devices (switches, sensors, etc.) to complete the machine safeguarding circuit and provide safe working environments.
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Lock Out / Tag Out / Trapped Key
During the servicing and maintenance of machines and equipment, the unexpected startup or release of stored energy can result in serious injury or death to workers. Lockout/Tag out and trapped-key systems are typically used to prevent this unexpected and dangerous start-up condition.
Safety PLCs
Safety PLCs can control a safety system or circuit. Time and money are saved on field wiring since there is no need for safety relays and complicated wiring.
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Networked Safety Devices
Networked safety devices with industrial ethernet offer advanced communication via EtherNet/IP CIP Safety or PROFINET PROFIsafe. Benefit from reduced cabling, quicker installation time, and improved device diagnostics.
Further Education
- 5 Steps to a Safer Workplace
- Optimized Design Means a Safer Workplace
- Coupling the Human Factor with Automation to Ensure Safety Measures
- Swivellink's PLx Safety Validation Devices
Talk to one of our automation experts today about your safeguarding needs and applications at (855) 737-4716, or fill out our online form to learn more.
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