How to design transport systems to protect your employees and your business
Visible signs, like this
of Emedco are an excellent idea of security
Emergency stop and other safety designs cost more, but make your people and your business safe.
Transport to be accessible to the operators must be equipped with emergency stops. (Note that our design systems with these precautions – the carriers do not fall within the scope of this article).
Guarded by location
The only carriers that do not require them are systems that are mounted more than eight feet above the work surface, as they are held by his elevation called “guarded by location.”
When any transportation system is not accessible to operators, is guarded by location. The carrier is not accessible to workers from storage, and can only be accessed by maintenance personnel that can block or label of the belt before servicing.
All the circuits of emergency stop should not in the case of a power loss to the emergency stop circuit.
In the event of an emergency stop is activated, the transport system must be inspected for unsafe conditions or box jam by operators. Once it is verified that the condition has been resolved the system can be restarted.
Security by design
Cisco-Eagle designs of our control systems so that, in order to restart the system, two things must happen. First, the emergency stop button or pull the cord on the conveyor belt is restored, and then the start button on the panel is activated.
Once the system is rebooted the horn warning system must sound before departing again conveyors. All Cisco-Eagle of transport systems will be equipped with an audible warning horn.
In order to provide a safe working environment for our customers and employees of any power of the machine, Cisco-Eagle adheres to these minimum safety requirements and operations stops.
Safety Standards
The following are excerpts from the policies of Occupations Safety and Health Administration, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the National Fire Protection Association in relation to the transmission of energy and transport.
OSHA 1926,555 (a)
(1) Means to stop the engine or the engine will notify the station operator. Transport will be equipped with an audible alarm that sounded just before the start of the belt.
(2) If the operator of the station is in a remote location, similar provisions to stop the engine or the engine must be always on the engine or motor location.
(3) emergency stop switches are arranged so that the carrier can not start again until the drive lights has been implemented or “on” position.
ASME B20.1-2003 Section 5.11.2
(a) Monitoring stations should be arranged in such a way and found that the operation of the equipment is visible from them, and must be clearly marked or labeled to indicate the function controlled.
(b) a conveyor belt that would cause injury when it starts did not begin until personnel in the area were alerted by a signal or by a designated person that the carrier is about to begin.
(1) When a carrier that would cause injury when it starts as an automatic or controlled to be monitored from a remote location, an audible device shall be provided that can be heard clearly at all points along the conveyor belt, where staff can be present. The device must be powered by the device driver start of the belt and continue for a period of time before the conveyor starts. A flashing light or similar visual warning can be used in conjunction with or instead of the acoustic device more effective if under certain circumstances.
(c) and automatic remote-controlled carrier, and operates stations that are not manned or are beyond voice and visual contact of the unit areas, areas of cargo transfer points, and other potentially dangerous places on the conveyor unguarded path to the location, position, or guards shall be provided with emergency stop buttons, pull wires, limit switches, similar devices or emergency stop.
(1) All emergency stop devices shall be readily identifiable in the vicinity of the places least policed by the location, position, or guards. Where the design, function and operation of this type of transport clearly is not dangerous for staff, an emergency stop device is not necessary.
(2) The emergency stop device must act directly on the control of the carrier in question and do not depend on the halting of any other team. The Emergency stop devices will be installed so that it can not be annulled elsewhere.
(d) idle and unused actuators, controllers, and wiring should be removed from the monitoring stations and panel boards, along with outdated patterns, indicators, control of labels and other materials that can serve to confuse the operator.
ASME B20.1-2003
Security arrangements Section 5.11.3
All security arrangements, including the electrical wiring of safety devices, be willing to operate in such a way that a power failure or failure of the device itself does not lead to a dangerous condition.
ASME B20.1-2003
Section 5.11.4
Conveyor controls will be ready so that in case of emergency stop, reset manually or from the place where the emergency stop was initiated will be necessary for the carriers and associated equipment to resume operation.
Before restarting a conveyor that has been stopped because of an emergency, an inspection of the belt will be done and the cause of the stay determined. The device should be blocked or tagged before any attempt is made to eliminate the cause of the suspension, unless the operation is necessary to determine the cause or safe to eliminate unemployment. Refer to ANSI Z244.1-1982 American National Standard for protection of personnel – Lockout / Tagout of energy sources – minimum safety requirements.
ASME B20.1-2003 Section 5.12
(b) In the event that security depends on stopping devices or the beginning of devices or both, must be kept free of obstructions that could endanger the staff.
NFPA 79 Section 9.2.5.4.1.1
In addition to the requirements to stop, the top emergency shall have the following requirements:

(1) override all other functions and activities in all modes.
(2) power to the machine drive, leading to situations of danger (s), shall be removed as quickly as possible without creating other risks (for example, the provision of mechanical means of detention that do not require external power, by reverse current braking for a Category 1 stop).
(3) Restoring an emergency stop circuit does not initiate a restart.

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Why do some people suffer from panic attacks? Have you ever had a panic attack? How do you stop panic attacks from happening in the first place? What does it feel like to have a panic attack? Any person who has had a panic attack will tell you that it can be an extremely frightening experience to have such an attack, some would even state that they thought they were going to die. In this article I will be writing about the reasons some people suffer from panic attacks.

Any one person can cope with a certain amount of problems, pressures and worries, each person is different therefore there is no one particular set amount. These worries come and go as we tend to deal with each one in turn. You could try and imagine all of these issues on a conveyor belt; they join the belt and then disappear after a few times around the conveyor.

Certain people find it harder to cope with problems than others and the problems will then stay on the conveyor belt for longer. During times of great stress, perhaps a marriage break up, a death in the family, financial stress or health problems, the conveyor belt can become too full. This is not good for the person’s body and brain and something has to give, and what sometimes happens is that the person will have a panic attack.

It is very easy to advise people to think in a more positive manner and to not let all the events get the better of them, to put this advice into practice is the difficult part as everything can quite easily get on top of you.

There is no disgrace in having a panic attack; in fact I am sure that you will be amazed at just how many people suffer from them. Do not feel ashamed, instead seek help from a counsellor as soon as possible, they should be able to find a solution to these annoying and scary panic attacks.

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