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JOKAB SAFETY, A MEMBER OF THE ABB GROUPMonday, June 6, 2011 Productivity and Machine Safety Working TogetherJOKAB SAFETY was acquired by ABB in March 2010. This gives JOKAB extra strength, plus a sales network in 120 countries. Our goal is to become even better at supporting you as a customer through cooperation within JOKAB SAFETY, A MEMBER OF THE ABB GROUP globally and locally. The fact that the leading power and automation technology company, ABB, and a leader in machine safety, JOKAB SAFETY, are joining forces means a lot more than just a new organizational chart. ABB has a huge footprint in industry - from power supply - to the control of each individual motor - and has been delivering reliable solutions for decades that boost productivity. The acquisition of JOKAB SAFETY now means that an additional building block is in place. JOKAB SAFETY can now offer our customers tailored, turnkey solutions where machine safety is an integral and value-enhancing component of every system. Productivity and safety are not contradictory terms. On the contrary, safety solutions that are properly executed and adapted from the beginning will increase productivity. A partner that can deliver integrated and well thought out turnkey solutions enables a production-friendly safety environment. By building up and upgrading safety solutions in existing environments in a smart way, the mode of production will not need to be adapted to meet the requirements that safety sets. Instead, this allows a system that is manufacturing - friendly and that takes into account the business and its productivity objectives. JOKAB SAFETY is a well known brand in the industry, and has focused exclusively on the machine safety segment. As a result, our product portfolio is highly complementary to ABB's existing lineup. Machine safety is a growing market, and has already begun to merge with standard control products and solutions. Increasingly, original equipment manufacturers prefer a single vendor with the capability to supply both safety and control products, so the combination of ABB and JOKAB SAFETY addresses a key market need. JOKAB SAFETY has proven competence in development, standards and sales in the machine safety arena, and the company's solutions are already being used as a complement to ABB's low voltage products. This acquisition closes a gap in ABB's offering and opens new growth opportunities for the entire range of control products. JOKAB SAFETY's senior management has stayed on to work with JOKAB SAFETY and assist in merging machine safety with automation control solutions.
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In the case where two-hand control is used, both Safeballs i.e. all four push buttons have to be activated within 0.5 seconds. AS-i Safety Included...
...in the Pluto Safety PLC System!The "AS-Interface® safety system" enables the connection of binary switching safety-related components, such as emergency stop switches, door contact switches or safety light curtains to the AS-Interface® network. The other AS-Interface® components (masters, slaves, power supplies, repeaters) remain unchanged. The signals of the safety sensors are evaluated by a safety monitor which does not only monitor the switching signals of the safety sensors but also continuously tests the correct function of the data transmission. New Publication from OSHA
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Safeball is a completely new approach to the design of one and two-hand safety devices. Safeball consists of a spherical ball containing two embedded push button switches, one on each side of the ball. By using this push button configuration, the risk of unintentional activation is minimized and the device is simple and ergonomic to use.
A 60 page booklet recently published by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration presents an excellent overview of the need and application of machine safety guarding and electronic machine safety devices. The publication, titled “Safeguarding Equipment and Protecting Employees from Amputation”, provides a wealth of general information regarding the concept of machine safety and how the OSHA Standards apply.