PRODUCTS & SERVICES
MINITEC & MACHINE SAFETY: THE ART
OF SIMPLICITY The MiniTec modular aluminium profile system lends itself well to the construction of customised safety guards and safety cages to provide essential machine safety.
The Machinery Safety Directive EN ISO 13849-1 contains a vast amount of information and lays down many requirements for machine builders and operators – all designed to ensure that the means of production in any manufacturing enterprise are installed correctly and operated in a safe manner. The Directive places an obligation on both machinery designer and operator to ensure that equipment is fitted with adequate safeguards to protect machine operators, and any other staff working in the vicinity of such production machinery, from accidental injury.
What sort of machinery and equipment may typically require the MiniTec system? Modern rotating machinery such as CNC lathes and machining
ARCO PUTS SAFETY & COMFORT FIRST WITH ‘COMFORT LIGHT’ RANGE
The range features a selection of gloves suitable for a variety of applications, which have been manufactured from the thinnest, most lightweight yarns. All gloves in the range offer the high level of abrasion resistance, providing improved grip for the wearer, a fluid repellent liner treatment that ensures worker’s hands are kept dry. Spandex has also been used within the design to ensure a better fit and allow worker’s hands the freedom to move.
Ideal for applications such as assembly work, general maintenance, goods picking and packing, this gloves features a foam nitrile coating with nitrile dots for increased grip and durability.
Designed to provide exceptional grip for workers in oily environments the glove features a breathable foam nitrile coating.
Arco has designed a new range of gloves which prioritises wearer comfort and satisfaction through ergonomic design and elasticated fabric properties.
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This tough working glove includes a lightweight liner coated with PU: that provides good abrasion resistance whilst retaining flexibility.
centres will always be designed with a robust guard door to protect the operator from the rotating equipment.
Consider however robotic manufacturing equipment – large machines with arms wielding laser and welding equipment or production lines with automatic pick and place equipment.
The safety guards and cages serve to protect the operator from hazardous moving equipment and also act as retainers to protect product from flying off the equipment thus causing potential damage to both equipment and staff.
The flexibility and strength of the MiniTec modular aluminium profile system makes it a perfect solution for other equipment in the factory, transportation trolleys for example, to move heavy components between
manufacturing operations, essential to protect staff from injury.
Working to the customer designs MiniTec can create the aluminium profile to fit the exact specification, with bespoke elements that suit the industrial environment.
At the heart of the MiniTec system is the unique Powerlock ® fastening method which requires no specific preparation, pre-machining or special tools and uses standard off the shelf fasteners. The only tool required to set up or dismantle a system is an Allen Key.
For more information on MiniTec products and services contact
info@minitec.co.uk or 01256 365605.
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The glove is lightweight, fluid repellent, abrasion resistant and breathable and provides excellent grip in wet and dry conditions, providing a robust level of protection for those working in construction, engineering or manufacturing environments.
Each glove in the new Comfort Light Range has been tested and approved to meet EN 388:2003 Standard, which assesses glove’s ability to protect against mechanical hazards. The Standard includes a series of four tests which measure the glove’s resistance to abrasion, cutting, tearing and puncture.
Tim Emmerson, Product and Procurement Manager for Gloves at Arco, explains: “Hand injuries can seriously impact a workers’ quality of life and their ability to work. The key to keeping hands safe at work is not just the appropriate level of protection, but also comfort.”
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