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Enhanced safety for machine operators

magine what could happen if a machine operator reduce the functions to the essentials and to consider the
switches off a process but then accidently enters the primary requirements of the customers.”
Iarea of operation without checking if all the machinery Thus, for example, mechanically highly stressed
has come to a complete standstill. Even the slightest components – such as the rotating head – are made of
movement of say, rotating saw blades, could cause serious metal. This makes it extremely robust and durable. The
injury. plastic housing, on the other hand, is light and functional. A
To mitigate such an event happening, the industrial variant with M12 plug connector allows a particularly simple
safety device company Bernstein has released a new connection to the machine. Another user-friendly feature
generation of safe mechanical guard locking switches. The is the possibility of flexible contact assembly: The contact
SLC guard locking safety switch is an interlocking device combination of NC and NO for monitoring the door position
which combines two safety products in one, namely, and the guard locking can be freely combined at the factory.
the safe monitoring of the door position and the safe The specific requirements of customers can be configured
monitoring of the guard lock. This ensures that safety individually. Should it be necessary to open the guard locking
guards, doors and other covers remain closed as long as a when the machine is switched off – e.g., for maintenance
dangerous condition persists. work – the SLC is equipped with an auxiliary release as
“The SLC is a cost-effective and user-friendly standard, which can be operated with an Allen key.
development from Bernstein,” explains Karin Visser,
managing director of sole importer Anglo Allied Contact Anglo Allied Engineering, info@angloallied.co.za,
Engineering. “During development, it was important to www.angloallied.co.za

Namibia Armature Rewinders relocates

to Walvis Bay

amibia Armature Rewinders
(NAR) has relocated to Walvis Bay
Nfrom Swakopmund in order to be
more easily accessible to customers and
potential customers than previously. The
move by NAR to Walvis Bay was made
during the last quarter of 2021 and it was
fully operational at its new premises in the
central Industrial Area of Walvis Bay by
December 2021. “Although Swakopmund
is only 40 km away from Walvis Bay,
some customers were put off by this from
making use of our services. Now there’s
been a strong upsurge in our business
since we made the move due to our easier overhead crane and two jib cranes, which have enabled us to increase our work capacity. At
accessibility to customers,” commented the same time, we have increased our workshop staff complement by seven to a total of 27
Johan Smeer, NAR’s General Manager. employees,” said Johan. The main business of NAR, a business unit in the Reid & Mitchell
NAR’s new premises are also substantially division, is electric machine rewinds for the fishing, mining and oil offshore industries. It has
larger than previously, occupying a also recently expanded the scope of its operations to include transformer oil purification
total area of 2500 m², with workshop for LH Marthinusen, boiler service work for John Thompson and hydraulic service work for
space of 2000 m², office space of 250 ACTOM Energy.
m² and a yard area of 250 m². “We have
also acquired some important items of Contact Mamiki Matlawa, Phone 010 136-0200, mamiki.matlawa@actom.co.za,
additional equipment, including a second www.actom.co.za

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