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Isolation for insulation

A Castell Iso-Lok product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Dec 2, 2003

British Gypsum-Isover, one of the UK's leading insulation companies, has provided personnel with locking-off equipment from Castell Iso-Lok.

British Gypsum-Isover, one of the UK's leading insulation companies, has provided personnel with locking-off equipment from Castell Iso-Lok.

Each member of the production and maintenance staff now has a personally engraved padlock, and an attached danger board featuring their name and photograph.

These are used to lock-off and isolate machinery safely and very visibly during cleaning and maintenance operations.

British Gypsum-Isover is owned jointly by British Gypsum and Isover Saint Gobain.

Its GBP 20 million plant in Runcorn, Cheshire, is one of the most modern of its kind in the world.

The company manufactures Isowool glass mineral wool insulation products for thermal and acoustic insulation in buildings and for industrial heating and ventilation applications.

Castell Iso-Lok's highly visible personal danger boards with embedded photographs provide a clear warning to all personnel that a machine is locked off for maintenance or cleaning.

They also enable simple identification of who is working on plant or machinery, contributing to a greater degree of workplace safety and efficiency.

To eliminate the possibility of a board being removed by mistake, each has a unique personal padlock attached.

If more than one person is working on a piece of equipment a Multi-Clasp is used.

The Multi-clasp is attached to the relevant anchor point and each operative inserts their own padlock into the clasp.

Access can only be restored once all padlocks are removed.

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