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Machine Safety Components
News Release from: Procter Machine Guarding | Subject: Safety distance calculator
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 18 January 2006
Calculator provides safe distances for
machinery
Procter Machinery Guarding is offering a free safety distance calculator for establishing the required safety distances and heights of machine guards in accordance with BS EN 294.
Procter Machinery Guarding is offering a free safety distance calculator for establishing the required safety distances and heights of machine guards in accordance with BS EN 294 This covers safety distances in machines to prevent danger zones being reached by the upper limbs
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 17 Jan 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The calculator is intuitive, with drop-down menus from which the user selects the application risk level (high or low), the horizontal distance to the hazard and the height of the hazard.
In response, the calculator immediately displays the required height for the protective structure.
Additionally, the calculator gives the safety distances for slots, round, square and irregularly shaped apertures through which a person could reach.
Full instructions are provided on how to use the calculator, and there are help buttons and notes about the minor differences between the calculator and BS EN 294 (the calculator is designed to always give a safe result).
It is easier to use than the BS EN 294 standard and eliminates the ambiguities it contains.
Although it is based on a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, no knowledge of this software is required to use the calculator.
All the calculations are performed automatically, leaving the user to select values from three drop-down menus and decide whether the application is low or high risk.
It is recommended that a risk assessment is always performed, for which Procter offers a free risk assessment calculator. Request a free brochure from Procter Machine Guarding ...
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