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News Release from: Castell Safety International | Subject: BEMF
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 11 December 2002
Animal feed freed from unnecessary
delays
The UK's leading animal feed manufacturer is using motion-monitoring products from Castell to minimise the impact of routine maintenance on productivity.
The UK's leading animal feed manufacturer is using motion-monitoring products from Castell to minimise the impact of routine maintenance on productivity BOCM Pauls has installed BEMF units on two of its pelleting presses at its Bury St Edmunds site to allow operatives to access them as soon as their rotating dies have come to a standstill
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 3 Apr 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Under the company's old system, key exchange units fitted with run-down timers forced personnel to adhere to a fixed-delay time period before entry to the presses was granted.
Some of BOCM Pauls' products are sensitive to moisture during their production and frequently cause the pellet presses to become blocked.
Previously, when such blockages occurred, the fixed run-down time would often overcompensate for the amount of product inside the presses.
This caused operatives to wait longer than necessary before they were able to open the presses' access doors.
By contrast, Castell's BEMF units measure the electromotive force generated by the rotating pellet dies and release an access key at the same moment as the dies come to a complete stop.
This ensures that personnel can gain entry to the pellet presses straight away, thereby avoiding any wasted time.
"Castell's products have granted us faster safe access to our machinery", says Martin Bates, Site Manager at BOCM Pauls.
"The BEMF units are well made and reliable, and I was also impressed by Castell's technical assistance".
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