Safe access is ensured
June 1st 2006

Safety specialist Fortress Interlocks has introduced an option pod with keyswitch for its amGard range of modular safety gate switches. The option pod ensures an operative can only enter a potentially hazardous area when it is safe. It prevents inadvertent restart of the machinery while the operative is in there, and a second pod inside the area can be used to initiate safe robot programming using the key.

AmGard combines both trapped key and gate switch technology to control access to equipment protected by safety guarding. Removal of the key from the pod selects machine stop at the end of a run down cycle. When the solenoid within the connected gate switch has been energised access can be gained. The operator takes the safety key into the hazardous area preventing restart.

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