Tapeswitch Corporation offers a full product line of trapped key power isolation and machine access products that is custom configured to various machinery power types, access point structures doors, hatches, gates, control panel lock-out, power isolation operation and trapped key access lock-out component configuration.
Trapped Key Interlocks are a machine guarding product for the control of hazardous energy, eliminating the need for a procedural lockout tag out system and are approved for such use in the U.S. under the ANSI standard Z244.1 - Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout and Alternative Methods).
Simple Machine Guarding Products
The AIE is a double key, stainless steel, access interlock designed for machine guarding on hinged and sliding doors, gates and fences. The KS - power safe electrical switch is a key driven electrical switch for the isolation or switching of low (20, 32, 63 or 150A) current. The key exchange units, such as X, Y, Z are for multiple access point machine guarding.
Complex Machine Guarding Products
The trapped key interlock product line is extensive, providing for both power interlocking and control circuit interlocking, machinery with different power sources, even pneumatic and hydraulic, machinery with fixed or variable run-down times, different environments, full access control (meaning a person can not be locked in access areas if gate is shut because the machine's key is needed to start the interlocking process), and robotic machine guarding (where access must be restricted to the end of a cycle products).
Machine Guarding System Components
The product line offers the competitive advantage of integrating unique key code configurations, heavy weight mechanical components, durable stainless steel keys and other safety guard accessories, such as key caps for extra protection from particulates, which can deter the mechanisms of the lock in normal conditions in most trapped key product lines.
Tapeswitch Corporation's product lines currently include: ribbon switches, touch pads, sensing cells, foot/hand switches, small area switches and presence detection/sensing switches/mats/edges/bumpers and machine safety-rated switches, mats, edges, bumpers, light curtains, laser scanners, programmable and modular safety controllers, non-contact safety switches, and power isolation and access (lock-out) trapped key interlocks.
For more information contact:
Barry Lipsman
Tapeswitch Corporation
100 Schmitt Boulevard
Farmingdale, NY 11735
1-800-234-8273
blipsman@tapeswitch.com
www.tapeswitch.com