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News Release from: Rockwell Automation (Allen-Bradley Guardmaster ) | Subject: Nelsa bespoke guarding service
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 21 August 2003
Bespoke guarding service for all-round
safety
A bespoke guarding service covers the range of situations where standard guards cannot be adapted to the parameters of a machine, or cannot provide the levels of operator protection required.
Nelsa's special and bespoke guarding service covers the range of situations where standard guards cannot be adapted to the parameters of a machine, or cannot provide the levels of operator protection required The service also provides the optimum solution in instances where machine-operating conditions render standard guards unsuitable
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 17 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Nelsa's ability to design and manufacture "tailored" guarding solutions is an effective answer to the increasing complexity and automation of machines, and the commensurate growth in the requirement for special or bespoke guarding solutions to safeguard them.
These solutions must provide maximum operator protection, without, at the same time, hindering the production process.
This is essential, because experience shows that it is the best possible way to guarantee that when a guard is fitted, it stays fitted.
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Ease of use is paramount in machine guarding
A safety system that is difficult to use is more liable to be removed or bypassed, and so difficult machine guarding problems require special consideration.
Nelsa's service covers the design and manufacture of perimeter guards, sliding guards, telescopic guards and free standing guards.
These can be completely new designs or involve modifications to existing guarding arrangements.
In either case, Nelsa designers talk to the actual users of the machine, or machines, to be guarded to ensure that the final design is one that provides the maximum of safeguards, without being difficult to use, and without hindering productivity.
In cases, where the guarding solution is entirely bespoke, prototype guards are sometimes produced and taken to site for appraisal.
These are tried in situ on the machines, and the specification gradually honed to provide the optimum operating characteristics, both in terms of safety and efficiency of machine operation.
The decentralised yet integrated nature of modern manufacturing systems (ie machining cells and robotic enclosures) means that in many instances one type of guarding device may not be adequate.
In these instances a combination of devices is often called for and this can be provided in the form of turnkey solutions from Nelsa.
As part of EJA, a leader in machinery safety, Nelsa is uniquely placed to provide this service, allying its wide range of guarding systems with the many interlocking devices available from the EJA range.
A typical solution could include perimeter fencing, safety mats, light curtains, trapped key systems, interlocking devices and safety relays; all provided from a single source and backed up the technical resources of one the leading companies in machinery safety.
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