Safety
These are used to provide a consistent and predictable failsafe response on a wide range of electrical machinery and must stop the machine without creating additional hazards.
What are e-stops
Sensors used to sense manufactured objects, state of mechanical objects, safety devices and more.
What are photoeyes?
an electrical device that is widely used for switching circuits on and off.
What is a contactor?
A wireless networking technology that uses radio waves to provide wireless high-speed Internet access
What is WiFI?
safety equipment that protect the wearer from minor head bumps and lacerations, but not from falling or flying objects.
What are bump caps?
equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause serious workplace injuries
What is PPE
A user interface or dashboard that connects a person to a machine, system, or device.
What is an HMI?
What is a multimeter?
a system for connecting a number of computer systems to form a local area network
What is ethernet
A designed tool that has a tough, non-conductive plastic cover over its shaft and handles
What is an insulated screwdriver?
This provides employees and contract workers with the responsibility and obligation to stop work when a perceived unsafe condition or behaviour.
What is Stop Work Authority
A industrial computer control system that continuously monitors the state of input devices and makes decisions based upon a custom program to control the state of output devices.
What is a PLC?
Switches designed to isolate sections of a power system in case of damage or to allow for routine maintenance
What are disconnects?
A collection of industrial computer networks that allows input devices such as Ethernet switches and sensors to communicate with output devices such as valves and drives without having to connect every single device back to a controller.
What is Fieldbus?
the act of performing regularly scheduled maintenance checks to help prevent unexpected failures in the future.
A unit for washing off chemicals or substances that might have splashed into an individual's eyes before he or she can seek further medical attention.
What is an eye wash station
A device that can detect or sense the approach or presence of nearby objects and for this it does not need physical contact.
What is a proximity sensor
An electrical device that supplies electric power to an electrical load
What is a power supply
a device that forwards data packets to the appropriate parts of a computer network
What is a router
Mobile supported work platforms used to safely move workers vertically and to different locations in a variety of industries
What are scissor lifts/lifts
A protection system against unintentional exposure to hazardous energy from equipment and machinery?
What is Lock out Tag out
These are used to measure belt speed in conveyor applications
What is an encoder?
A device that transfers electric energy from one alternating-current circuit to one or more other circuits
What is a transformer?
What is a IP address?
A process that uses heat and pressure to create a strong and durable bond between two ends of a conveyor belt.
What is vulcanization