The NUMSafe application program for machine safety control uses the same software development tools used to commission the overall system, including CNC, PLC, drives and I/O modules. This unified ...

As today's manufacturing industry increasingly relies on efficient yet potentially dangerous equipment, worker safety has become a predominant issue to all those involved with production processes.

Early efforts to prevent machine-related injuries were focused on the development of engineering specification standards. These specification standards laid the foundation for further requirements ...

A portable circular mill from Climax Portable Machine Tools machines wind tower flanges for assembly on-site. A utility company orders 500 wind towers for a wind-power farm: Each tower consists of ...

Taubitz, now retired, who spent 43 years at General Motors, most of it working as the company’s top safety standards executive, says that this is especially important when it comes to safety standards ...

MACHINE TOOL INDUSTRY. FRANK A. SCOTT, a Clevelander at the forefront of the machine tool industry during the early 1900s, once remarked that no metal could be available for modern uses until a ...