Automated barrier door designed to protect workers from automated stretch-wrap machinery
Rite-Hite Machine Guarding (ritehite.com) has updated its industry leading automated barrier door, the Defender, to protect employees from automated stretch-wrap machines as well as other robotic machine movement zones. The new door boasts patent-pending upgrades to its non-contact safety switch configuration, control systems and interlocking capabilities.
“Automated stretch wrap machines are a widely unprotected danger in distribution centers and warehouses across the country,” says Eric Esson, Rite-Hite Machine Guarding product manager. “In the absence of any real regulations regarding automated stretch-wrap machines, it is important to adhere to OSHA’s most basic guidelines by keeping all employees and potential bystanders safe during potentially dangerous operations.”