About Battery Manufacturing
and Storage:
Fortress addresses critical safety challenges in the expanding market, delivering solutions in global battery manufacturing and storage applications. We are working on active projects in the UK, US, China, and Nordics.
Our configurable products excel in tough conditions, and we are able to customise solutions for every environment. We understand the needs of our customers and have recently worked on solutions within battery manufacturing and storage that include interlocks free from zinc, copper and nickel, and products uniquely engineered for areas where combustible dusts or flammable gases may be present.
Why Choose Fortress?
Fully Customisable Products
Configure your units to your exact requirements
Reduced Downtime & Replacements
Reliable devices for your harshest applications
Unexpected Start-Up Prevention
Trapped key for whole body access
Fast & Easy Installation
Networked connectivity options available
Highest Level Of Safety
Solutions TÜV SÜD approved to meet Cat. 4, PLe
Cost & Space Efficient
Integrate interlocks, machine controls & trapped key
Solutions for the Battery Manufacturing and Storage Industry:
✅ Designed to operate in demanding environments
✅ Use of personnel keys prevents door from locking
✅ Quick & simple installation with no wiring required
✅ Enforced sequencing protects people & processes
✅ Heavy duty design to protect in environments up to IP65 & IP67
✅ Communication with network protocols made possible with pronet
✅ Restart prevention with personnel (safety) key
✅ Pushbutton controls and trapped key options can all be combined into a single unit
✅ Suitable where combustible dusts or flammable gases may be present
✅ Made of tough stainless steel enclosures with an IP69 rating
✅ Highly customisable, with possibility to include guard locking, trapped keys and escape release
✅ Open, stainless-steel & easy-to-clean design
✅ Pre-wired solutions for monitoring entry, and enforcing run down times
✅ No metal-on-metal contact guarantee maximum protection against water and foreign body ingress
✅ Highest level of ingress protection IP69 and third party tested and approved
✅ Integrated machine control and trapped key
✅ Efficient installation with just two fixings and prewired connection
✅ Optional escape release to override locking mechanism
✅ Up to 10 configurable components for full customisability
Solutions for the Battery Manufacturing and Storage Industry:
mGard - Mechanical Trapped Key
✅ Designed to operate in demanding environments
✅ Use of personnel keys prevents door from locking
✅ Quick & simple installation with no wiring required
✅ Enforced sequencing protects people & processes
amGardpro - Heavy Duty Networked Solutions
✅ Heavy duty design to protect in environments up to IP65 & IP67
✅ Communication with network protocols made possible with pronet
✅ Restart prevention with personnel (safety) key
✅ Pushbutton controls and trapped key options can all be combined into a single unit
Alfred - Explosive Atmospheres & Hazardous Locations
✅ Suitable where combustible dusts or flammable gases may be present
✅ Made of tough stainless steel enclosures with an IP69 rating
✅ Highly customisable, with possibility to include guard locking, trapped keys and escape release
Louis - Harsh Cleaning & Washdown
✅ Open, stainless-steel & easy-to-clean design
✅ Pre-wired solutions for monitoring entry, and enforcing run down times
✅ No metal-on-metal contact guarantee maximum protection against water and foreign body ingress
✅ Highest level of ingress protection IP69 and third party tested and approved
tGard - Configurable Access & Control
✅ Integrated machine control and trapped key
✅ Efficient installation with just two fixings and prewired connection
✅ Optional escape release to override locking mechanism
✅ Up to 10 configurable components for full customisability
Ask us about our stainless steel range of interlocks – free from zinc, copper and nickel.
Fortress has Applications Across the Manufacturing and Storage Sector
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