Safety Technology in Industrial Automation
In factory automation, it used to be a broadly accepted practice to manually bypass safety devices and allow machines to operate, allowing production to continue regardless of safety. Fortunately, the attitude and technology of today are focused more on operator protection and machine safety. Safeguarding both people and machines no longer takes a back seat, but that brings another issue: failures now need to be fixed or replaced before production can continue—there’s no bypassing that. In this episode of Evolution in Controls, host Tim Wilson is joined by Evolution Motion Solutions product managers Jared Hulsey, Michelle Quinn, and Marty Bick to discuss the new Leuze Safety Stocking Program and how it aligns with the needs of today’s industrial automation systems.
When safety equipment fails in an automation environment, replacing the component as soon as possible is imperative to get production back up and running. That’s why Evolution created a safety stocking program that provides a wide range of safety devices most often found in these environments. By stocking light curtains, area scanners, safety controllers, relays, and more, we provide on-demand replacements for sought-after safety components. These products also require minimal changes to existing systems, making them easy to plug and play.
Safety technology will remain a constant in industrial automation now and in the future, and Evolution will be there every step of the way, anticipating and adapting to customer needs so we always have the safety components you need in stock and ready to go.
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