SHOWCASE Data leap
provides real time cutting machine production data
SAB Cutting Systems has launched the Data Leap software program, a new production management software system that provides information on the performance of cutting
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machines that can be used to improve machine performance, ensure production flows are optimised and be used as part of a fully automated manufacturing installation. Data Leap is a modular software system which companies can build from a basic analysis of cutting machine performance through to a totally intelligent and automated manufacturing process. Data Leap can acquire data on everything from basic machine performance data through to detailed information on process times, downtime,
faults and required material stock
withdrawals to satisfy production runs. It is possible to carry out real-time evaluations of performance, so that the users can then immediately intervene to make any adjustments to optimise the production processes. Data Leap has intelligent interfaces to communicate seamlessly with individual IT platforms, ERP systems as well as nesting systems such as ESAB's COLOMBUS. Information can be made available in the form of Excel or XML documents for further processing. Data Leap consists of clearly defined modules, which can be combined and customised to suit the specific requirements.
ESAB Cutting Systems Tel: 01264 332233 Web:
www.esab-cutting.com
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oyota Material Handling UK has announced as of 1st September 2011 all new BT Reflex reach trucks will be fitted with shock sensors as standard. In today’s fast paced warehouse environment, more is demanded in a shorter space of time. This puts stress on both operators and equipment which can result in unpredictable damage to goods, equipment and infrastructure. As part of Toyota’s ongoing commitment to help reduce accidents, damage and drive down costs in the workplace, Toyota will be the first materials handling equipment manufacturer to fit shock sensors as standard to its entire range of BT Reflex reach trucks. Shocks will allow any impact to trucks to be monitored, recorded and linked to drivers – leading to cost savings as well as increased safety on-site. Sam Coles, Commercial Director, Toyota Material Handling UK, explains: “In our experience we often find that the 80/20 rule applies, in that 20% of the operators account for 80% of all the damages. The problem is to identify those operators and take corrective action, whether it is improved training or reassessing aisle layout.
A shock announcement from Toyota T
Toyota Material Handling UK Tel: 0870 850 1409 Web:
www.toyota-forklifts.co.uk
Klimate helps Iveco maintain a smooth operation
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limate High Speed Doors, a leading specialist designer and manufacturer of high speed doors, part of BID Group and based in the UK, has completed an installation at Iveco Ford’s Winsford Engine Warehouse facility. Working alongside Iveco’s on-site facilities company, Klimate has installed three Ardent high speed doors in the despatch and training area within Iveco’s Winsford’s facility.
installed a further two industrial doors, for security purposes. The new Ardent high speed doors replace industrial doors that had become unreliable and inefficient in their operation demands.
In addition Klimate’s sister company Bolton Industrial Doors, has Anthony
Cotton from Iveco’s facilities company explains: “The previous doors were proving to be unreliable and costly leading us to reassess what door would be cost effective and efficient for Iveco.
installed, through their quality and reliability but have also improved the working environment”. Klimate
Tel: 0870 607 5050 Web:
www.klimate.co.uk Having the
Klimate doors installed at other sites we manage, we have witnessed how they are cost effective and user friendly to operate. Therefore we recognised the potential they could bring to the day-to-day operations at Iveco.
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Manufacturing accounts for nine per cent of the British workforce but it also accounts for 21 per cent of all work related fatalities. Andrew Jackson, partner at legal firm Thomas Eggar highlights why the importance for employers to assess the relevant risks to which they are exposed has never been greater
arlier this year, Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings was the first company to be convicted under The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007. That case, together with the prosecution of three fire service mangers for gross negligence manslaughter following the deaths of four Warwickshire Fire Service fire fighters in November 2007, high- lights the potential catastrophic consequences facing companies (and senior managers) where serious manage- ment failures result in a gross breach of duty of care.
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Lion Steel Equipment is now the second company to be charged under the Corporate Manslaughter Act. A pre- liminary hearing was held at Tameside Magistrates Court on 2 August 2011. This prosecution follows the death of an employee who fell through a fragile plastic roof panel at the com- pany’s headquarters in 2008. In addi-
tion, the company is also being charged under sections 2 and 33 of the Health and Safety at Work Act (HWSA) 1974 for failing to ensure the safety of its employees at work. Three company directors have also been charged with gross negligence manslaughter. These directors appeared at the preliminary hearing at Tameside Magistrates Court and will return to court on 8 December 2011 to enter pleas. The trial is likely to take place next June. We will be watching this case care- fully as will probably all health and safety specialists. This case will hope- fully provide a better indication of the courts’ approach to the Corporate Manslaughter Act and the level of fines if a conviction is made. The first case brought under this Act was against a very small company, whereas Lion Steel is listed as a medium sized enterprise employing more than 100 employees.
Materials Handling & Logistics NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2011 Workplace injuries
Andrew Jackson, partner, Thomas Eggar T: 01635 571077 E: andrew.jackson @
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The additional health and safety charges that Lion Steel Equipment face are also a salient reminder that employers are under a legal duty under the provisions of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 to ensure (as is reason- ably practicable) the health, safety and welfare of all of their employees. All manufacturers, arguably, want to create an environment where an out- standing health and safety regime is at the heart of a successful factory floor. However, with other pressures on a business, an erstwhile outstanding health and safety regime can experi- ence some degree of neglect. Beginning with an audit of existing practices, directors should continually ensure that their company’s health and safety regime is embedded into company culture so that HSE investi- gations are a formality, not a cause for concern. With 2.4 million working days lost in the manufacturing industry to workplace injury and ill health during 2009-10, the need for employers to assess the relevant risks to which they are exposed while at work and imple- ment adequate systems to ensure their safety has never been higher.
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