Chain Guards
Side Mount
Conveyor Steps
and Control Covers
Conveyor Steps
and Control Covers
Safety Hood and Magnetic
Shadow board added.
Shadow board added.
Before "No Guarding"
Final Fitting and Mounting
Paint and Final Install
Before: 500 degree head and
open wire Line.
After: Wire Line covered with
guard that doesn't require wire
cutting to string the line " Wire flips
under" . Collapsible guard that
folds up and can be swung away
from the head for setup.
open wire Line.
After: Wire Line covered with
guard that doesn't require wire
cutting to string the line " Wire flips
under" . Collapsible guard that
folds up and can be swung away
from the head for setup.
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Covers
SAFETY
Automated Carton Cutter
that Cuts six pack cartons as
they pass down the conveyor
with a circular knife. Access
to Blade is impossible
without shutting off cutter
and if any cover is lifted. The
blade will be enclosed inside
a stainless guard and a brake
applied to belt, stopping and
guarding the inner blade at
once.
that Cuts six pack cartons as
they pass down the conveyor
with a circular knife. Access
to Blade is impossible
without shutting off cutter
and if any cover is lifted. The
blade will be enclosed inside
a stainless guard and a brake
applied to belt, stopping and
guarding the inner blade at
once.
Machine
transformed by
adding a physical
barrier while
making the
workspace more
efficient and easy
to operate.
transformed by
adding a physical
barrier while
making the
workspace more
efficient and easy
to operate.
Before physical barriers
and workspace updates.
and workspace updates.
Adding Safety items
to a machine should
never mean that the
process slows down,
in fact a correct
design not only
should make a
machine safer but,
more efficient than
before.
to a machine should
never mean that the
process slows down,
in fact a correct
design not only
should make a
machine safer but,
more efficient than
before.
Switches and controls can
make a machine more safe
but, they should be used in
Conjunction with physical
barriers. Nothing is
effective as physical
barriers, because they not
only protect the operator
but also the bystander.
make a machine more safe
but, they should be used in
Conjunction with physical
barriers. Nothing is
effective as physical
barriers, because they not
only protect the operator
but also the bystander.
Safety and Add on components
should not look like an after thought.
The design should operate and
appear as if it was always part of the
machine. Customers, Safety
Officers, etc. touring your plant
should not be able to tell that the
update to the machine was an after
thought or thrown on at the last
minute. Updates must be clean,
rugged, ergonomic and a benefit to
the process.
should not look like an after thought.
The design should operate and
appear as if it was always part of the
machine. Customers, Safety
Officers, etc. touring your plant
should not be able to tell that the
update to the machine was an after
thought or thrown on at the last
minute. Updates must be clean,
rugged, ergonomic and a benefit to
the process.
After: New hood design.
Before: Original OEM
design with no guarding.
design with no guarding.
Safety Cages
