Industrial Robots Make Production Safe and Efficient
What are Industrial Robots? The word “robot” derives from the Old Church Slavonic word rabota, meaning “servitude,” with its origin with the 1920 play “R.U.R.”…
ANSI/OPEI B71.10-2018: Outdoor Power Equipment – Gasoline Fuel Systems
In a past post, we discussed the safety specifications for consumer turf care equipment- pedestrian-controlled mowers and ride-on mowers. The gasoline fuel systems in many…
NFPA 110-2019: Standard For Emergency And Standby Power Systems
Being prepared is key. Emergency and standby power systems are a sign of attentiveness to unpredictable situations, such as natural disasters and other events that…
ASME B30.25-2018: Scrap and Material Handlers
With a brief glance, scrap and material handlers can look like those arcade cranes that grab at stuffed animals. Except while those arcade cranes make…
ANSI/NAPIM 177.2-2017: Safety Standard – Printing Ink Vertical Post Mixers
ANSI/NAPIM 177.2-2017: Safety standard – Printing ink vertical post mixers has been released. It revises an earlier edition of the same standard. In a past…
ANSI/NAPIM 177.1-2018: Safety Standard – Three-Roll Printing Ink Mills
ANSI/NAPIM 177.1-2018: Safety standard – Three-roll printing ink mills has been released. Ink mills, such as the type discussed in ANSI/NAPIM 177.1-2018, are often used…
ASME A17.6-2017: Standard for Elevator Suspension, Compensation, and Governor Systems
Press a button and the elevator goes up. Press another button and the elevator goes down. Maybe the elevator user isn’t thinking about all the…
Laser Safety: Class 1, 1C, 1M, 2, 2M, 3R, 3B, and 4
Lasers, producing an intense, highly-directional beam of monochromatic light found in various wavelengths on the electromagnetic spectrum, exist as remarkable phenomena while having the industrial…
Supplement to ANSI/NEMA MG 1-2016 Adds Testing Methods for Over-Air Motor Efficiency
There’s a new supplement to ANSI/NEMA MG 1-2021: Motors and Generators. Now a part of Section IV, “Performance Standards Applying to all Machines,” the supplement…