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Machines account for hundreds of injuries in the workplace every year. For this reason, employees must secure machines to prevent them from causing injuries and fatalities. No I’m not talking about using tagout, lockout, and blockout procedures here. Instead, I’d like to discuss the importance of machine guarding safety in the workplace. While tagout, lockout, and blockout procedures are needed for disabled or unused equipment, machinery guards guards save as your protection for equipment while they’re in use. Basics of Machinery Guards So what are machine guards? What are they made of? How do they protect employees from getting hit, cut, burned, or crushed by machines? Machine guards are tangible materials used to keep employees from having direct contact with a machine’s moving parts. Some guards help protect you from kickbacks, flying chips and splashing liquids. Guards can come in the form of sheet, woven or expanded mesh steel. Some machine guards are made of wood. Th...

One of the first questions we are asked about custom aluminum enclosures is how much do they cost? Buying aluminum custom enclosures is a bit like buying a home or a car. The price can vary greatly depending upon the options selected. Much like a car or a home, you’ll want to think about the options needed for your custom enclosure design to be sure temperature, access and few other things are considered. Here is a list of the common options often selected for custom aluminum enclosures: Safe-T-Cover offers a patented slab mounted heater designed and UL-2021 rated for wet/damp environments. To see how this thermostatically controlled slab mounted heater is superior to wall mounted heaters, take a look at this short video. Our custom aluminum enclosures, when the correct wattage of heating is installed, will maintain 40 degrees Fahrenheit inside the enclosure when the exterior temperature is as low as -30 degrees Fahrenheit as is required by ASSE 1060 Class 1. So even in the c...