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facility in Barrow. Leeds-based Union Industries, which designs, installs and maintains its own range of heavy duty Industrial chosen by BAE Systems due to its unrivalled technical engineeri and bespoke fabric engineering solutions.
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efence company BAE Systems has selected Union Industries for a contract that will help enable a major
investment programme at its
ng knowledge Curtains was manufactures, submarine
A temporary Static Screen with high level infills has been installed at BAE Submarines
interrupting its
manufacturing processes during an extensive refurbishment programme in one of its manufacturing units. Union’s large 85m wide x 22.5m high segregation screen required a specially designed mounting system, fixings and tensioning devices to suit the existing roof structure to withstand high internal pressure loadings. The Static Screen is constructed from a superior grade heavyweight PVC coated Polyester and incorporates two emergency escape doors to ensure BAE Systems’ health and safety standards are maintained.
BAE Systems is a global defence, aerospace and security company employing around 88,200 people worldwide. Its wide-ranging products and services cover air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology, and support services.
Andrew Lane, Managing Director at Union Industries said: “Working with such a prestigious British company has been an excellent experience and also speaks volumes for the quality of our market leading Industrial Curtains. “Our bespoke curtain has been made to a very unique specification that meets BAE Systems’ needs - we recognise that there isn’t a one size fits all approach and we specialise in creating bespoke Fabric Solutions for businesses, no matter how big or small they ar e. It was great to get the opportunity to support BAE Systems’
investment and it smaller UK manufacturers.” Union Industries Union Industries 0113 2448393
www.unionindustries.co.uk is encouraging to see the company supporting
Flexibl ase D evelopments within the SICK Flexi
fety systems family of machinery safety products are designed to deliver
more productive and less-costly safety installations that meet the increasing demands of EU safety standards including EN ISO 13849-1 and EN 62061.
Introducing the Flexi Loop, Flexi-Link and Flexi Line multi-switch and multi-station options to the Flexi Soft plc safety controller modules is said to have opened up new avenues for machinery safety as factories move towards fully-automated central control. They support an increasingly wide range of safety sensors, encoders, light curtains, switches, cameras and laser scanners.
"As manufacturers start to exploit the advantages of Industry 4.0 and the capabilities of factory- wide communications, they are demanding that safety systems should match the production speeds and cost savings they achieve," Dr Martin Kidman, SICK UK machinery safety specialist, said. "There's not much point investing in higher- speed production if safety systems just drag back productivity. "The SICK Flexi Soft modular approach achieves easy integration to create versatile, fully-compliant safety installations. Factory work flow is being revolutionised by features like automatic restart afte r l
personne access and adaptive proximity zones governed by laser scanners.
"From stand-alone machining and pressing equipment, to complete processing, conveying, packing, palletising and warehousing operations, there are more options for every application."
The SICK Flexi family offers a modular approach to creating safety systems with operation up to SIL3 / PLe levels. The Flexi series allows safe operation of elements including sensors, electromechanical, interlocking and non-contact switches, scanners, encoders and emergency command buttons. All of which can be integrated within a Flexi Link or Flexi Line system providing factory-wide control.
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