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Safety Considerations for Live Measurements

Maintenance of production equipment often requires taking live voltage and current measurements. That’s why it’s critical to be aware of the core safety practices designed to keep you safe.
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Machine Builders Bridge the Skills Gap

With high employee turnover on the factory floor, manufacturers are asking OEMs to design easy-to-use equipment and provide ongoing training.
StrongArm Technologies
Consisting of a sensor that sits on a hip clip or strapped between an individual’s shoulder blades, the StrongArm technology collects data measuring a variety of inputs at a rate of 12.5 times per second, analyzing all of the moves of the person’s torso.

Wearable Safety in the Warehouse

StrongArm Technologies provides IoT-enabled safety wearables designed to prevent on-the-job injuries.
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Enclosures: The Workforce of Industrial Automation

Often overlooked and under considered, the right enclosure is critical to ensuring the healthy lifecycle of automation and industrial control applications.
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Qualification and Validation Fluency: A Must Have for Highly Regulated Industries

In highly regulated industries, quality and validation procedures can be make or break, and getting them right requires working with system integrators who have industry-specific...
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Environmental Health and Safety 4.0 Transforms High-Risk Industries

See how high risk industries can find new opportunities to take advantage of new approaches, best practices, and technologies to improve environmental health and safety.
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5 Tips to Get the Most Out of Industrial Wearable Devices

Smart wearables that monitor employee postures and movements can reduce workplace injuries and improve a company's bottom line, but understanding how to get the most out of the...
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Frito-Lay Improves Workplace Ergonomics with Wearable Technology

The use of Kinetic’s Reflex wearable devices at Frito-Lay facilities reduced recordable injuries by 19% and cut work time lost by 67%.

Products

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Ergonomic HMI Tablet Device

IDEC has introduced the new HT4P Safety Commander— an ergonomic device allowing users to safely hold a HMI tablet while providing power, networking and hardwired emergency stop...
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Wall Mount Enclosures Feature Simpler and Faster Assembly

The AX/KX enclosures from Rittal offer improved features and new opportunities for value creation.
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New MicroHAWK V/F400 and V/F300 Series Smart Cameras

Industrial automation solutions provider Omron Automation Americas recently launched the V/F400 and V/F300 Series Smart Cameras, the latest additions to its popular MicroHAWK ...

Videos

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Network-Compatible Safety Equipment

At PACK EXPO 2021, Banner highlighted its In Series Diagnostics (ISD) to connect multiple safety devices across an automated machine.