Product News

SICK Inc., Minneapolis, Minn., today announced the launch of the deTec4 Prime safety light curtain for reliable protection even in the toughest environments. Additional functionalities of the deTec4 Prime include a built-in laser alignment aid—only from SICK—that provides a visible laser that saves time when setting up or readjusting the light curtain.

Firetrace International, Scottsdale, Ariz., offers CNC machinery fire suppression inside your machinery to instantly protect it from the risks of fire, the company reported in a Jan. 19 news release. Ultimately, these are re extinguishing systems designed to protect your machines by detecting when there is a re present and extinguishing it before it has chance to develop and cause extensive damage.

Pfannenberg introduced PATROL model PA X 1-05, an audible alarm sounder with flashing strobe light.

In the future, high feed rates and high accelerations are no longer excluded with large, heavy telescopic steel covers. Hennig has developed a transport mechanism especially for this type of use, for speeds between 98 feet and 262 feet per minute (30 and 80 meters per minute).

SICK announced the launch of explosion-proof safety light curtains to meet safety regulations for explosive environments.

Dialight announced the launch of its new 15,000 lumens DuroSite and Safesite floodlight in UL, CE and C1D2 versions.

The backlash-free, rigid ROBA-guidestop profiled rail brakes from Mayr Corp. reportedly guarantee maximum safety.

Dialight announced the launch of it's next-generation DuroSite LED Conveyor Light.

An open gate on an elevated mezzanine level is a serious safety concern that could result in an employee falling and sustaining severe injury, including broken bones, lacerations, or even death. For every elevated application where an open gate situation could occur, an early warning device such as Wildeck's EdgeAlert open gate alarm system could reportedly make all the difference.

Balluff announces the expansion of its SmartLight product family.

Magid has developed a new cut-resistant work glove, the CutMaster Aramax XT AX5100.

Magid introduces three new products that provide Arc-Rated (AR) and Flame-Resistant (FR) protection.

Gateway Safety's Cyclone impact-to-splash goggles offers two safety solutions and one great value in one versatile product.

FANUC America Corp. announces CIP Safety functionality with the new EtherNet/IP Adapter Safety function for the FANUC series 3xi-B CNCs that enables safety communication with Rockwell Automation controller (Logix PAC) systems.

The growth in use and complexity of automation across industries is driving a parallel growth in the complexity of human-machine interfaces (HMIs), resulting in an increased need for standardized, cost-effective functional safety for OEMs. To simplify the development of complex machines, Rexroth is integrating safety technology into the Sercos automation network.

HEIDENHAIN is expanding its third generation of absolute inductive rotary encoders with the ExI 11xx series, providing a single encoder safety solution for many industries, such as packaging, automation and robotics.

MultiCam added additional safety control options to its MultiCam product line.

Herkules Equipment Corp. introduces a new light-weight, quiet, and cost efficient ceiling fan for cooling large warehouse and manufacturing facilities.

J.W. Winco Inc. announced it offers GN 751-AL Aluminum Fork Heads (Yokes) with Shaft Safety Retaining Clip in metric sizes.

Tapeswitch Corp. offers a full product line of trapped key power isolation and machine access solutions that is custom configured to your machinery power type, access point structures doors, hatches, gates, control panel lock-out, and power isolation operation and trapped key access lock-out component configuration.