The simplest form of guarding is to put the blender in a room, site
the controls outside the room and have a suitable micro-switch or
trapped key interlock on the door.
Clear Screen &
Gate
Type 1
- Physical Barriers
• Stainless steel fence or see-through screens are used to surround
the blender
• The gate is interlocked using either microswitches or a trapped
key system
• Guards are individually designed to suit the blender size,
the location and the load that is being blended.
Stainless Steel Fence
& Gate System
Note: The 2 sided system shown is ideal when a
blender is sited in the corner of a large room
Type 2
- Infra-red Light Barriers
• Breaking a light beam causes the blender to Emergency Stop
• Highly effective and elegant system
• Transmitter and receiver units can be flush mounted in a wall
for a GMP finish
Light Guard set up
Note: Infra Red Light beams are invisible during
operation
Type 3
- Laser Guard - Total area spanning.
• Laser Guard unit is positioned in corner of blending suite
75mm above floor level
• Laser Guard is taught the shape of room
• Detects people or items in, or as they enter, the danger area
• Highly elegant and effective system
• Class 1 Laser - invisible and harmless to the eye
• Ideal for irregular shaped rooms
• Laser Scanner can be mounted in the wall for a high quality
GMP finish
• CE marked
• Not suitable for Ex rated areas
V Shell Blender guarded
by a Laser System
1. During blending operators can move around Safe
Area and operate machines SXÆ, SYÆ and SZÆ.
2. On entering the Warning Area an alarm is seen and/or heard.
3. On entering the Danger Area the blender will perform an emergency
stop.
