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Health and Safety Canada 2008 kicked off in Toronto last April featuring the launch of MASC 2008, a new machine safety pavilion that brought together in one location major players in the market. The IAPA also launched the new IAPA Russ Ramsay Media Awards. SaferMachines.com covered this event to bring you the highlights. Watch the video. Don't forget to browse through our Health and Safety Canada photo gallery page.

Machine safety gets traction at IAPA show

MASC exhbitors get a chance to demo their safety systems

The new Machine Automation Safety Congress (MASC) kicked off at the IAPA’s Health and Safety Canada 2008 event in Toronto last April, with hundreds of conference attendees stopping by the MASC pavilion and getting some one-on-one time with machine safety experts.

The exhibitors got a chance to demonstrate their products to the conference delegates. Machine safety suppliers also showcased how new technologies such as wireless Ethernet and radio frequency identification are being integrated into machine safety systems.

Ontario meets injury cuts target, says labour chief

The province of Ontario has met its goal of reducing workplace injuries by 20 per cent over a four-year period, according to Minister of Labour Brad Duguid, as he addressed thousands of health and safety professionals at the opening ceremony of Health and Safety Canada 2008.
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Machine safety technologies gain momentum
Are workplaces catching up with innovation?

Seatbelts took awhile to catch on when introduced to the market but have become an acknowledged, life-saving device for drivers. Workers in industrial plants, too, have come to accept safety devices as a necessary part of their routine. In some cases, they use them as automatically as seatbelts.

Safety has gone a step further. Continuing with the car analogy, Dave Shanahan says today’s industrial machinery is more parallel with airbags. “The safety is there, almost invisible, but passive, a cushion when a mistake is made,” says the OSH standards project manager with the Canadian Standards Association.

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Omron Scientific Technologies Inc.’s MiniSafe MS4800 series safety light curtains are designed to satisfy simple or complex machine safety applications. The MS4800 is available in advanced, standard and basic versions. A cascaded configuration reduces cabinet space requirements and provides an effective guarding solution in multi-sided and dual-axis guarding applications. Optical scan codes eliminate cross talk, which enables OEMs to consistently build identical machines without staggering the transmitter and receiver position. Individual beam indicators simplify alignment, external device monitoring ensures control reliability and machine test signal allows the machine control system to confirm proper operation of the light curtain safety outputs.

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Safety interlock switch

Customized guarding systems provide better flexibility

Fail-safe inductive sensor approved for safety applications

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