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To conform to all the latest safety standards (SIL3, IEC 61508, PLe under ISO 13849-1 and EN 574 type IIIC), controls company, ifm electronic, has introduced a new safety relay. The new G1502S works with all of ifm’s fail...

SICK has added the miniTwin 2 light curtain solution to its miniTwin family. The miniTwin 2 incorporates sender and receiver elements in a single miniature housing for continuous end to end field coverage. The miniTwin 2 units...

EAO offer a range of twist to release emergency stop switches (in compliance with ISO 13850, EN IEC 60947-5-1, and EN IEC 60947-5-5), stop switches, and simple stop switches in the industry standard 16 and 22.5mm cut out sizes....

Monitoring vibration on critical rotating plant can play a key role in meeting the protection requirements of the latest machinery directives, specifically (Directive 2006/42/EC) which came into force at the end of 2009. This...

Compulsory compliance with the new Machine Safety Directive is just a few months away. Paul Considine of Wieland Electric suggests that the earlier the switch is made, the greater the benefits will be. For just over a year...