Machine
Safety Guarding
"Machinery
comes in many sizes and shapes, and it can
present many different types of hazards.
Each year thousands of employees across
the country are injured by the machines
they are most familiar with... and which
they believe are safe. The risk of
accidents from powered machinery is so
great OSHA
estimates that lack of machine guarding is
the second most frequent safety violation
in industry today."
ATS
specializes in industrial machine
guarding. Some examples are
dangerous points of operation such as
gears, chains, knife/shear cutoff, and
presses. We also do perimeter
guarding/fencing of automated production
lines and robots.
ATS
uses high strength industrial profile,
which is a 40mm wide aluminum
extrusion. Panels are typically
plastic coated steel mesh. Lexan is
often used in areas where something could
be thrown in the direction of the
operator. It also helps in sound
deadening of noisy machines.
Every
guard is custom made to suit the
customer's needs. ATS takes into
account how the worker operates the
machine to insure that the guarding does
not interfere with the productivity.
In some instances, the productivity level
has actually increased after the
installation of our safety guards.
Consideration is also given to the flow of
product in and around the machine so that
the normal operating procedures will not
cause the machine to stop because a guard
has been interrupted.
Over
the last seven years, ATS. has worked
extensively with members of a Fortune 50
company to safety guard equipment used in
the industry.
ATS has successfully guarded a wide array
of machines in a variety of environments
to the highest standards. This is
achieved by using a combination of
physical guards, light curtains,
non-defeatable safety interlock switches,
and safety rated relays.
ATS personnel have successfully completed
Safety Guarding training conducted by a
Fortune 50 company to learn the aspects of
"No Access" Guarding techniques.
While we are trained in providing no
access to hazardous areas of machines,
there are some situations that do not
warrant these rigorous measures.
Each situation is evaluated to produce the
most effective solution for your
individual needs. We can properly
guard machines in such circumstances
so that the necessary level of safety is
met without the expensive equipment needed
for "no access" guarding.
Our
services range from risk assessment to
turn-key installations.
We
can provide any combination of design,
fabrication, or installation to suit your
needs.
    
A few examples of our
work.
 
15 ton press enclosed
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