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Turnkey Safeguarding Systems & Services

    Do you know if your machines meet current safety guidelines? Do you know how to properly implement the correct measures to reduce the risks associated with machine hazards? Do you know the difference between visible and hidden hazards? These are just some of the questions that Airline can help answer and remedy. In today’s world, there are several driving factors that have been more prominent in recent years. OSHA, Insurance Companies, lawsuits and changes in company guidelines are the leading factors. We understand that it is difficult to stay current of changes that occur in the industry with both laws and guidelines. OSHA, ANSI, NFPA, EN, etc…, are just a few that Airline maintains current awareness in order to provide our customers with best possible service.
What products and services can your company benefit from partnering with Airline?

1. Risk Assessment - A Systematic approach of identifying the visible and hidden hazards on the machines and processes is the first step toward your goal of an injury-free work environment.

2. Engineering - Our staff of both sales engineers and design engineers team up to provide you with the solution you require for proper machine safeguarding.

3. Fabrication - Airline’s manufacturing capabilities allow us to be able to provide a cost effective solution by building a turnkey package from the hard guarding to a comprehensive control reliable solution.

4. Field Installation - Airline offers complete installation services.

5. Validation - Airline can provide validation to met many company and government standards.

6. Process Isolation Enclosures (Clean Room) - Offering cleanroom enclosures specifically designed for positive or negative flow in order to extract process fumes to IE/DMSO standards.

7. Training - Airline offers safety training at our facilities as well as onsight for your special needs.

8. Products - Light Curtains, Interlock Switches, Safety Monitoring Relays, Pneumatic and Hydraulics Safety Valves, Mats, Edges, Mechanically Linked Relays and Contactors, etc…

9. Machine Tool Guarding -  Milling Machines, Lathes, Saws, Drill Presses, etc… are some of the machine shop tools that we provide guarding for.

Excerpts from International Safety Standards

• Mechanical Guarding - OSHA 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)
      "Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of machine guarding methods are barrier guards, two handed tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc."
• Control Reliability - ANSI B11.19-1990.R1997 E5.5.1
      "When required by the performance requirements of the safeguarding, the device, system or interface shall be designed, constructed, and installed such that a single component failure within the device, interface or system shall not prevent normal stopping action from taking place but shall prevent a successive machine cycle."
• Risk Assessment & Risk Reduction - ANSI B11.TR3-2004.1
      "In the design and use of a machine, use risk assessment and risk reduction to arrive at tolerable risk."