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Schmersal designs and manufactures UL, CSA and CE-compliant machine guarding safety components including keyed interlock switches, keyed interlock switches with solenoid-locking, hinged safety interlock switches, non-contact safety sensors, coded-magnet sensors, emergency cable-pull switches, safety-rated limit switches, safety edges, safety light beams and light curtains, laser scanners, safety pressure mats, and safety controllers, and configurable safety controllers. All Schmersal safety products are third-party certified to the relevant directives and standards. In addition the firm offers free in-house safety training seminars, safety videos, and tutorial handbooks on machine safeguarding.
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Modular E-Stop & Pushbutton Control Station Enclosures
POSTED 04/13/2011
The Series BDF control station provides operators and maintenance personnel with the ability to E-Stop, control start up, reset and select the appropriate mode of machine operation in a single housing. The slim design of the BDF, 40mm, permits mounting on a machine door frame.
Each control station has up to four positions for a wide variety of controls: E-Stop buttons with or without a protective collar; Pushbuttons, mushroom buttons, illuminated pushbuttons, and LED indicator lights available in several standard colors; Selector and key selector switches with latched or spring return actuation.
This latest release from Schmersal meets all the North American approvals including cUL as well as European standards EN 60947-5-1 and EN 60947-5-5. The BDF is also available with integrated AS Interface Safety at Work.
For more information please contact Dawn Etta, Senior Applications Engineer, Schmersal Inc 660 White Plains Road, Suite 160, Tarrytown NY, 10591 Telephone (914) 347-4775 Fax (914) 347-1567 www.schmersalusa.com