FIELD INSIGHT | MICHAEL COLLINS

Think about E-stop zones and interlocks with the equipment around you. As a rule of thumb, if an operator can see the equipment or hear someone calling for help, the nearest E-stop should stop that conveyor as well. And when your safety interlocks tie into third-party equipment, figure out which system is the master safety system. The master should control the overall stop condition and make sure everything interconnected responds to a safety event. Getting that wrong is how you end up with one machine stopped and the one right next to it still running while somebody's reaching in.