Machinery Safety 101
15 May, 2018

Five reasons you should attend our Free Safety Talks

by Doug Nix
in Events, Free Talks, Functional Safety, Hazardous Energy Control Procedures, Interlocks, Interlocks, ISO 13849, Lockout, News, Ontario, Pre-Start Health and Safety Reviews, Standards /
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Reas­on #1 – Free Safety Talks You can­’t argue with Free Stuff! Last week we partnered with Schmersal Canada and Frank­lin Empire to put on three days of Free Safety…

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15 May, 2018

Q & A: Can Safety PLCs be used for Lockout?

by Doug Nix
in Functional Safety, Hazardous Energy Control Procedures, ISO 13849, Lockout, Ontario, Q & A /
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Disconnect Switch with Lock and Tag
This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Q&A

The ques­tion of lock­out and the use of safety PLCs as a means to meet the lock­out require­ments comes up more and more fre­quently these days. Can Safety PLCs be used for…

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29 November, 2010

Using E‑Stops in Lockout Procedures

by Doug Nix
in Canada, Control Functions, Emergency Stop, EU European Union, Hazardous Energy Control Procedures, Lockout, USA /
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This entry is part 6 of 16 in the series Emer­gency Stop

Emer­gency stop devices are some­times, incor­rectly, used as part of a lock­out pro­ced­ure for machinery. Learn more about how to cor­rectly used these devices as part of Haz­ard­ous Energy Con­trol Pro­ced­ures for indus­tri­al machinery.

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