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  • Ask the Expert: Understanding and Managing Safety Risks of Industrial Laser Systems

    Anthony Kerstens P.Eng. FS Eng (TÜV Rheinland) |

    Ask the Expert: Understanding and Managing Safety Risks of Industrial Laser Systems

    Powerful lasers are becoming prevalent in manufacturing, not just for cutting and welding applications but also for marking.  Laser marking is now much more common than inkjet printing or dot peening. What this means is that many more small-scale (but powerful) lasers are being implemented within many different types of machines, and many more people working near them. In our experience, it seems there is a misconception that lasers are not that much of a hazard. It is, for the most part, an invisible hazard and if you can't see it then it is difficult to recognize it. It doesn't…

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  • Ask the Expert: Safety Reviews of Machines that Include Laser Systems

    Anthony Kerstens P.Eng. FS Eng (TÜV Rheinland) |

    Ask the Expert: Safety Reviews of Machines that Include Laser Systems

    Powerful lasers are becoming prevalent in manufacturing and there is a misconception that they are not that much of a hazard. It is, for the most part, an invisible hazard and if you can't see it then it is difficult to recognize it. 

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  • Ontario Hires 100 Additional Health and Safety Inspectors

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    Ontario Hires 100 Additional Health and Safety Inspectors

    Feed: Government of Ontario News - Labour, Training and Skills Development

    Posted on: March 3, 2021 1:00 PM

    Author: Government of Ontario News - Labour, Training and Skills Development

    Subject: Ontario Hires 100 Additional Health and Safety Inspectors

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  • Legacy Equipment: Patch, or Pitch?

    Z C S |

    Legacy Equipment: Patch, or Pitch?

    As a manufacturing company, your focus is on ensuring that your equipment is running efficiently, effectively, and at a reasonable cost. As machine and robotic safety experts, we at ZCS run into what we refer to as “legacy equipment” quite often. This being what is considered older, outdated equipment that is still a common part of many manufacturing processes.

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  • Professional Ethics and Functional Safety

    Anthony Kerstens P.Eng. FS Eng (TÜV Rheinland) |

    Professional Ethics and Functional Safety is a catchy title.  But what does that mean?  Let’s start with the definition of Functional Safety.  A search on the internet results in this from Wikipedia:

    “Functional safety is the part of the overall safety of a system or piece of equipment that depends on automatic protection operating correctly in response to its inputs or failure in a predictable manner (fail-safe).”

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  • Unfortunate Preventable Accident

    Z C S |

    Recently, a plastic piping manufacturing company in Huntsville (ON) was convicted and fined for hazardous work environment

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  • Announcing the new website

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    Announcing the new website

    We are delighted to announce the launch of our new website!

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  • Minister's Statement on Workplace Fatalities

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    Minister's Statement on Workplace Fatalities

    Ontario’s Minister of Labour Kevin Flynn released the following statement today:

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