February 2021

With the UK continuing its battle against COVID-19, businesses everywhere are facing the unenviable task of ensuring virus-free workplaces for staff and customers alike. For this reason, HI-KLEEN from Hi-line Industries has been proving exceptionally popular since its introduction in the summer of 2020. To help even more companies benefit from this highly effective surface sanitiser for commercial premises, Hi-line has produced a short but highly informative YouTube video (https://youtu.be/7cQlavJ51S4 ) that demonstrates the product’s easy application. Despite the gradual roll-out of a vaccine for COVID-19, the Government advice is to remain vigilant and continue following the guidance set out at the beginning of the pandemic. The virus is still growing in prevalence throughout the UK. Workplaces are a potential breeding ground for bacteria and viruses, which is why taking sensible precautions represents an astute health and safety strategy. Hi-Line says a single, quick application of HI- KLEEN ensures full sanitisation of all contact surfaces, providing at least five hours of protection from further contamination once applied and the product is completely safe for any member of staff to apply without need for PPE. Hi-KLEEN’s special formulation is reported to ensure it kills and inhibits both bacteria and viruses (including enveloped viruses such as COVID-19) on hard or soft surfaces. This odour-free, clear product is ideal for a vast range of facilities, including factories, food plants, warehouses, offices, showrooms, sports clubs, conference centres, hospitals, health centres, care homes, educational buildings, theatres, cinemas, restaurants, pubs, and even vehicles. t: | 01283 533377 e | enquiries@hilineindustries.com w | www.hilineindustries.com A leading manufacturer of commercial and industrial LED lighting, NET LED, says it has improved the electrical safety testing of its products by using low power multi-function LED testers from SEAWARD. The company, which is quality assured by the Lighting Industry Association, has been designing, manufacturing and supplying LED luminaires and systems for installation in commercial and industrial areas across the UK for over a decade. NET LED invested in two HAL LEDs which, so far, have been used to verify the safety of more than 30,000 units manufactured at its factory in Cambridge before they are distributed to electrical wholesalers across the UK. It also uses the equipment to batch-test any products sourced from other manufacturers as part of quality control procedures. e | sales@seaward.com w | www.seaward.com/gb/ Condition monitoring specialist SENSONICS offers an extensive range of proximity sensors which includes its fully integrated PRI SERIES which build upon the success of its established Senturion proximity probe range. The company says the innovative PRI Series is a single probe assembly solution featuring direct processed outputs which eliminates the need for a separate driver. The benefits are a more cost-efficient and easy-to-install solution as there is no driver, extension cable or associated driver housing, so capital and installation costs are kept to an absolute minimum. Proximity probe systems are usually made up of a calibrated probe, extension cable and driver. The new PR l04 proximity probe system is a fully integrated probe with all these elements contained in the probe body. t | 01442 876833. e | sales@sensonics.co.uk w | www.sensonics.co.uk / www.sensonics.co.uk/condition-and-vibration-monitoring-sensonics-solutions/ Light work of safety testing WIELAND ELECTRIC says its Managed Switches allow full control and diagnosis of industrial Ethernet networks. By means of standard ring topology, the switches allow redundant topologies and thereby boost network availability. These switches offer protection against unauthorised access/data traffic, greater resilience and prioritisation of data with real-time requirements. wienet Managed Switches support processes including ERPS, RSTP, STP and MRP for Profinet networks (certified up to Conformance Class B) and are adapted for Ethernet IPs. Different port variants from 10/100 Base-T(X) RJ45 ports to variable SFP ports and even Gigabit Combo ports allow for optimal adaptation to the application environment. The full PoE+ performance of 30 W can be tapped with a 51 VDC power supply up to a maximum of 8 ports. t | 01483 531213 w | www.wieland.co.uk Managed Switches Maintenance Matters February 2021 www.pwemag.co.uk Plant & Works Engineering | 19 Virus-free workplaces Proximity probes ABB has launched its Wizard Easy Programming software for its IRB 1100 industrial robot, allowing first time users to introduce robotic automation into their production lines without the need for specialist programming skills or any knowledge of RAPID code. Based on simple graphical blocks, Wizard Easy Programming can make it easy for non-specialists to automate their applications. The blocks represent actions such as ‘move to location’, ‘pick up an object’, and ‘repeat movements’, making it easy and intuitive to build a series of simple processes for the robot to perform. There are also functions for error handling, allowing novice programmers to resolve errors such as collisions. ABB says with Wizard Easy programming, a robot can be up and running in minutes. w | www.abb.com/robotics https://new.abb.com/products/robotics/ application-software/wizard Programming software