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Fulton to sacrifice gross margins to assist struggling key sectors
With its management team constantly reviewing the performance of the wider market and current economic climate – which are showing signs that capital expenditure has dropped by approximately 40% [Monetary Policy Report August 2020] – heat transfer specialist Fulton has taken the unprecedented decision to introduce an initiative to cut the gross margin on its VSRT steam boiler to ensure that customers from key sectors, including the NHS and food & beverage processing, will benefit from its scheme. Commenting for Fulton, managing director Carl Knight says:
“Given the exceptional nature of recent events and the struggle many businesses find themselves in, we have decided to launch an initiative designed to help the many key sectors that have themselves been assisting the wider population during the recent COVID-19 pandemic.
Schmersal produces access control systems to support retailers during coronavirus crisis
The ‘Schmersal Human Counter’ makes it easier to comply with coronavir regulations in public spaces
The Schmersal Group is helping retailers and other companies to cope with the effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The company has developed a digital access control system thatus makes it easier to comply with coronavir regulations in public spaces without considerable staff expenditure.
The distancing rule is the order of the day in these times of coronavirus, and to maintain safe
distances, access management is absolutely necessary. The ‘Schmersal Human Counter’ (SHCIO-20) is an intuitive traffic-light system with integrated counter that automatically counts the number of visitors entering a building. As soon as a maximum number of visitors has entered, a signal tone is sounded to indicate that the person who entered the building last must leave. In addition, the system also uses traffic-light colours to indicate access or no access, with green meaning ‘please enter’ and red meaning ‘please wait’.
The system has already undergone several weeks of testing at a retailer and is available for
delivery immediately. The ‘Schmersal Human Counter’ could also come in useful in places such as fitness studios, doctor’s practices, restaurants and other public institutions.
The key elements of the system are an indicator light (green, yellow, red) with buzzer and a
programmable safety relay module from the PROTECT SRB-E series, produced at the Schmersal Group’s Wettenberg site. This module is normally used to monitor safety switchgear and achieves the maximum safety level in machine safety.
The traffic-light system is quick and easy to install, requiring just a conventional 230 V
socket; the counter also needs to be set. The system, capable of counting up to twenty people, comprises entirely industry-tested components. For user-friendly operation, the system incorporates command devices from the Schmersal N range, which are designed for maximum hygiene and easy cleaning.
‘Many businesses have developed creative emergency solutions for access management, but
they often require considerable staffing or even raise the risk of contagion,’ explains Ulrich Bernhardt, Sales Manager for Control Systems at the Schmersal Group. ‘By contrast, the Schmersal Human Counter is a simple system that requires very little investment and few staff. We have put our cumulative experience in safety systems into the development of the system. For decades, Schmersal has been working to ensure that people are protected from health hazards in their working environment.’
Schmersal Group 01684 571980
www.schmersal.co.uk
46 SEPTEMBER 2020 | FACTORY&HANDLINGSOLUTIONS
Professionally Distanced: Ensuring employee safety through remote monitoring and social distancing
With the focus for many businesses dealing with the ongoing Covid-19 global health crisis beginning to shift to ‘the new normal’ and returning to the workplace, questions are being asked by employees and employers alike around how workplaces will be made, and kept, safe.
According to a poll of US employees, 54% shared concerns about exposure to Covid-19 in the
workplace. Employers can take assurance, however, in the fact that 71% of those polled have confidence that their employers can bring them back to work safely. Covid-19 is a health hazard that will necessitate new ways of working for some time to
come, with one of the primary methods to limit the spread of the virus being maintaining social distancing of at least 6 feet (2m) between people.
Casella
www.casellasolutions.com
Fulton 0117 972 3322
www.fulton.co.uk
Cantillion King launches #ukmfg marketing ‘reboot’ offer
Trying to recover from the effects COVID-19 has had on your business? Then Cantillion King is here to help! To assist those companies
that were forced to put a stop to their marketing plans at the beginning of the pandemic, they’ve launched a 'reboot' package consisting of a short-term, six- month press relations programme. Features include researching, writing and editing of content; preparation of media/outlet
lists; and distribution of content to agreed media lists, outlets, etc. Having been established for over 30 years, they can offer a wealth of experience in business- to-business advertising, marketing and press relations across numerous engineering- and manufacturing-based sectors.
Cantillion King 01453 755551
info@cka.co.uk
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