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Plastic Pellet Drying
Plastic Pellet Drying

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Why Fortress is Great for Line Builders
Why Fortress is Great for Line Builders

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How To Keep Employees Safe – Baling Presses In Recycling Applications Pt. 2
How To Keep Employees Safe – Baling Presses In Recycling Applications Pt. 2

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Why Fortress is Great for Procurement Teams
Why Fortress is Great for Procurement Teams

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Port Machinery Application
Port Machinery Application

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How To Keep Employees Safe – Baling Presses In Recycling Applications Pt. 1
How To Keep Employees Safe – Baling Presses In Recycling Applications Pt. 1

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Steel Manufacture – Safe Access to Machinery
Steel Manufacture – Safe Access to Machinery

Which risk reduction measures can be applied to safe access to machinery used in Steel Manufacture?

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Enclosed Spaces & Restricted Access In Steel Production
Enclosed Spaces & Restricted Access In Steel Production

When colleagues perform tasks in enclosed spaces, measures are needed to prevent machine restart – but what solutions are available?

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Sheet Metal Coiling in Steel Processing
Sheet Metal Coiling in Steel Processing

Safe access is required frequently in normal operation of the metal coiling process. Safe & control I/O can help to automate machinery and keep operators safe during whole body access.

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Rolling Mills: Hot and Cold Rolling Applications
Rolling Mills: Hot and Cold Rolling Applications

Rolling mills can be highly hazardous without controlled access and measures to prevent unexpected restart. How can Fortress help?

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Metal Shearing – Sheet Metal Material Removal
Metal Shearing – Sheet Metal Material Removal

Steel Shearing in Sheet Metal Production can be highly hazardous. Safe efficient access to machinery is critical to maximise productivity and minimise downtime.

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Automated Crane Systems in Steel Manufacture
Automated Crane Systems in Steel Manufacture

Automated crane systems create dangerous hazards to individuals operating in the vicinity; learn which risk reduction measures can be applied

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Fulfilment Centre / Automated Warehouse – 3PL
Fulfilment Centre / Automated Warehouse – 3PL

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Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems – 3PL
Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems – 3PL

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Multi-Gate Access Control – 3PL
Multi-Gate Access Control – 3PL

Multi-Gate Access Control Guide for the 3PL industry. Maximise safety, minimise downtime with the Fortress Safety Solution.

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Warehouse Automation – Robotic Palletiser
Warehouse Automation – Robotic Palletiser

Case study showcasing robotic palletiser safety in an automated warehouse.

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Automotive Manufacture Safety – Body Shop
Automotive Manufacture Safety – Body Shop

Long production lines operating alongside heavy industrial machinery, lots of entrances and frequent access can make gate interlock installation inefficient and costly.

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Construction Materials – Brick Forming
Construction Materials – Brick Forming

In large brick forming facilities, parallel conveyors can be used to transport bricks between the hazardous forming process to the packaging and palletiser areas.

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Paper / Pulp – Recycling Facility
Paper / Pulp – Recycling Facility

Recycling processes that involve machining paper & pulp can create dust, dirt and often require heavy duty wash-down procedures to clean machinery and remove byproducts.

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Paper Machine Safety and Preventing Machine Restart – Roller / Winder
Paper Machine Safety and Preventing Machine Restart – Roller / Winder

In paper production, access to machinery is required on a frequent basis. Whilst performing access, it is crucial to have measures which prevent unexpected restart to keep operators safe from harm.

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Construction Materials – Instantaneous Access to a Brick Setter
Construction Materials – Instantaneous Access to a Brick Setter

Instant access to machinery can be achieved with a monitoring only interlock. When whole body access is also being performed in these locations, measures should be designed to mechanically prevent unexpected restart. Learn more about the Fortress Solution in this article.

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Construction Materials – Clay Extrusion Silo Safety- Whole Body Access & The Escape Release
Construction Materials – Clay Extrusion Silo Safety- Whole Body Access & The Escape Release

Designing a safeguarding solution for whole body access with an escape release. When are Proactive Inhibit Functions unnecessary for safe access? Learn more about the Fortress Solution in this article.

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Human Machine Interface – Warehouse Automation
Human Machine Interface – Warehouse Automation

Human Machine Interface is often used to support hazardous processes. How can you prevent the wrong people accessing these devices?

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Pallet Conveyors with Interlock and Integrated RFID Access
Pallet Conveyors with Interlock and Integrated RFID Access

Pallet conveyors require access in normal operation, however making sure the right operators are performing tasks is critical.

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Straddle Carriers – Gantry Access
Straddle Carriers – Gantry Access

    At Fortress we have provided solutions across many different industries to help reduce risk in applications that involve…

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AGV Temporary Guarding
Warehouse automation, amGardpro
AGV Temporary Guarding

    With Automated Guided Vehicles becoming more prevalent in the workplace roles originally filled by a human operator will…

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Mini ASRS
Warehouse automation, tGard
Mini ASRS

    Below is a Mini Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS) used for ‘Click & Collect’ in superstores, bringing…

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Trapped Key ASRS
Warehouse automation, mGard
Trapped Key ASRS

    This ASRS safety application is achieved entirely though trapped key, meaning there is no wiring required to the…

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Logistics Overview
Warehouse automation
Logistics Overview

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Automated Palletizer
Warehouse automation, amGardpro
Automated Palletizer

    Palletising cells require fast access, as boxes can fall relatively often and can cause errors or even damage…

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Conveyor Control Systems
amGardpro, tGard
Conveyor Control Systems

    Conveyor safety can be very hard to implement with potentially miles of rollers to protect. Cabling can become…

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AGV Control Stacks
Warehouse automation
AGV Control Stacks

    AGV’s or Autonomous Guided Vehicles, are becoming increasingly common within Logistics. An embedded control stack within an AGV…

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Depalletiser – 3PL
Depalletiser – 3PL

Depalletisers are crucial machines in the logistics and warehousing sector and are an extremely efficient tool in removing various types…

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Automated Rubber Tyred Gantry Cranes
Warehouse automation, amGardpro
Automated Rubber Tyred Gantry Cranes

    Ports are a hide and seek nightmare for safety officers, with huge dangerous spaces where large cranes operate,…

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