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Smartscan offers machine safety range
Smartscan offers a full range of cost-effective machine safety products, including safety light curtains, safety interlocks, safety relays, safety PLCs and accessories.
News from Engineeringtalk, 5 November 2008
Light curtains suit non-safety applications
Smartscan's N series light curtain consists of two slim-line brushed aluminium, transmitter and receiver units, each with a profile of 33 x 29mm.
News from Engineeringtalk, 23 January 2008
Maintenance enhances machinery safety
Smartscan has been providing a routine maintenance package as part of its safety system solutions for over 10 years.
News from Engineeringtalk, 20 September 2007
Experience is key to machine safety
Smartscan has focused its business on the manufacture of machine safety components and systems for over 16 years.
News from Engineeringtalk, 18 April 2006
Light curtains move beyond safety applications
Smartscan's 9000 Series range of light curtains provide a very cost effective solution for a variety of non-safety-related industrial and commercial sensing applications.
News from Engineeringtalk, 18 April 2006
Curtains guard machine perimeter
Safety light curtains draw safety integrity to category three EN 954-1 with detection heights from 180 to 1240mm as standard with 30 and 40mm object detection making them suitable for hand detection.
News from Engineeringtalk, 1 February 2006
Interlocking system controls personnel access
A novel electromagnetic interlocking system controls personnel access through the gates and doors set within the perimeter safety fencing or screens surrounding potentially hazardous machinery.
News from Engineeringtalk, 7 September 2005
Muting system keeps forklifts running safely
Smartscan now offers an effective solution for automatic muting of a safety light curtain at forklift truck load and unload areas.
News from Engineeringtalk, 6 September 2005
Multifunction relay simplifies machine safety
In its basic form, the Integron 20 directly replace almost any safety relay function.
News from Engineeringtalk, 12 February 2004
Simple safeguards for machinery
A simple low-cost solution for safeguarding both the perimeter and the conveyor entry/exit zones of palletisers and other automatic end-of-line packaging machines is now available from Smartscan.
News from Engineeringtalk, 8 October 2002
Curtains differentiate between people and products
The Smartscan 8000 is an integrated solution for guarding the conveyor entry/exit zones of potentially dangerous machinery where the system needs to differentiate between product loads and people.
News from Engineeringtalk, 10 June 2002
Cost-effective safety light curtain system
The 1000 Series Safety light curtain system can be so cost effective that it can be used in place of more conventional types of protective devices, such as fixed screens and fences
News from Engineeringtalk, 30 April 2001
Safety relays connect to a pair of light curtains
New from Smartscan are a range of multifunction safety relays which provide not only the emergency stop function but also have inputs for connecting upto two dual-channel light curtains.
News from Engineeringtalk, 3 October 2000
Simple and inexpensive light guarding
New from Smartscan, the Series 1000 safety light curtains - opening the gates to new opportunities in machine guarding.
News from Engineeringtalk, 12 May 2000
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