Safe and secure working environments are essential for productivity and efficiency. When workers have to put extra effort into maintaining their safety, they are likely taking time, energy, and focus away from doing their best work. If an operator of a high pressure machine gets their fingers pinched, this is an even bigger concern. Installing the right equipment to protect riveters, welders, and other manufacturing workers can help reduce workplace incidents and improve productivity.
The question then becomes, how do manufacturers select the right safety equipment to adequately protect operators? Safety devices that are too difficult to use could slow down operations, or worse, go unused. The best safety features are simple, with minimal instructions for use and fit into the intended process smoothly, without interrupting production.
Solution: Probe Sensing Devices
Probe sensing devices are ideal safety features for simple, yet effective protection for riveting and resistance welding machines. Our Protectoswitch is a probe sensing device that protects operators from pinch point accidents while operating machines such as riveters, punches, eyeletters, stakers, and spot welders.
When the operator initiates an actuator or foot switch to activate the machine, the Protectoswitch momentarily intercepts the start signal and automatically drops a probe around the work area. If an obstruction is sensed, the machine will not fire. Once the obstruction is removed and the work area is clear, the Protectoswitch probe falls to its full stroke, closing an actuating switch to fire the machine.
These simple devices offer a cost-effective way to increase operator confidence and productivity, improve safety, and reduce time lost on the job.
Check out the Black & Webster Protectoswitch, available in electric, pneumatic or electric-pneumatic models – simple, effective devices to keep workers safe.
Why Choose the Protectoswitch?
Simple Operation
This safety device doesn’t come with a long list of instructions that operators need to follow to ensure it works properly. Once it’s set up, the device automatically engages with the machinery, stopping the operation of the device if an obstruction is detected and continuing forward once the obstacle is removed, without requiring operators to reset or restart the machine.
Three Power Choices
The Protectoswitch comes as a fully pneumatic powered, electrically powered, or a combination of electric and pneumatic powered device to fit seamlessly with your production equipment.
Maintenance Free Operation
Once configured to the upper and lower tooling of the intended machinery, the Protectoswitch can offer years of maintenance free safety.*
The right safety features are essential to protect workers operating riveting, staking or welding machines, and other presses and impact hammers . Assessing your facility, determining the safety needs of your equipment, and providing the right instruction to all workers will help to keep your facility safe. If your factory presses are in need of safety upgrades, Air-Hydraulics may be able to help. Contact us today to learn more about safety features and upgrades for your manufacturing and assembly equipment.