Columbia Okura Safety Standards

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Vancouver, Washington, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) September 10, 2010 -- Columbia/Okura, LLC has introduced industry-leading safety technology and features as standard equipment on all systems produced. Knowing that employee safety comes first, Columbia/Okura is continuously working to provide the highest level of worker safety, while maintaining the highest level of production output.

New standard features include Category 3 Risk Control Safety Circuits, incorporating a 2 channel E-stop circuit and redundant 3-phase contactors. Leuze Type 4 light curtains are used to protect all pallet discharge areas. All safety features, including E-stops, light curtains, trapped key, and safety contactors are monitored by a safety relay. The robotic palletizing cell utilizes a dual trapped key interlock system, requiring the use of a personnel key for additional protection.

All Columbia/Okura systems are certified to UL1740 standards by a Nationally Registered Test Laboratory (NRTL). Certification complies with Industrial Robots and Robot Systems general safety requirements (ANSI RIA 15.06-1999 and CSA Z434-03), NFPA Electrical Standards for Industrial Machinery (NFPA 79 2008), National Electrical Code (NEC 2008, NFPA 70) and the Standard for Safety for Industrial Control Panels (UL508A, controls manufacturing facility).

Safety for your robot is provided through Roboshield, a collision detection function. By using state-of-the-art software, Roboshield reduces the risk of damage by monitoring the torque, acceleration and position of your robotic palletizing arm. This feature ensures system efficiency without compromising equipment safety.

Columbia/Okura, LLC is jointly owned by Columbia Machine and Japan’s Okura Yusoki, two companies with over a century of combined material-handling experience. Customer service and parts support is located in the USA. For more information contact them today at: (360) 735-1952

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