How To Use a Guard Opening Scale

Point-of-operation barrier guards are essential safeguarding equipment for hazardous industrial processes and machinery such as presses, pumps, motors and drills. When properly installed the barriers prevent a person from placing any part of their body into the point of operation by reaching through, over, under or around the guards to access a hazard. However, because…

Risk Assessment – Rockford Systems to Showcase Machine Risk Assessment Programs at RIMS Conference

Machine Risk Assessment will be the focus of Rockford Systems, LLC, at the Risk Management Society (RIMS) 2017 Conference, scheduled for April 23-26 in Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania Convention Center. “Machine Risk Assessments are among the most critical operations a manufacturer can undertake to ensure the health and safety of personnel, as well as to achieve improved…

Machine Safeguarding Specialist

Rockford Systems provides machine safeguarding and combustion safety solutions to industrial organizations, helping them reduce risk and improve worker safety. If OUR CULTURE seems like a fit for you, we invite you to join the Rockford Systems Team and continue reading about this exciting opportunity! Passion – We have a passion for keeping our employees…

Safety Switches – Non-Contact Magnetic Safety Switches Monitor Safety Guards, Movable Barrier Guards, and Perimeter Guard Access Doors in High Risk Areas

Rockford Systems, LLC., a premier provider of machine safeguarding products and services, is bringing added safety to the factory floor with a new line of non-contact magnetic safety switches that ensure a machine’s chip deflection shield is properly positioned between the operator and machine’s point of operation hazard while running. Chips are very sharp and…

Safeguarding Lathes

Lathes are often overlooked when Risk Assessments are conducted to determine appropriate “Machine Safeguarding.” OSHA regulations consider lathes to be a 1910.212 machine, saying to the employer, “One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by…

Roger Harrison to Speak at Wisconsin Safety & Health Conference

Rockford Systems, LLC., a premier provider of machine safeguarding products and services, is pleased to announce that Roger Harrison, its Director of Training, will be a featured speaker at the 75th Annual Wisconsin Safety & Health Conference and Expo taking place at Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells, WI from April 10-12, 2017. In addition, Rockford…

Rockford System Introduces Emergency-Stop Assembly

Emergency-Stop Assembly Prevents Injuries to Machine Operators Rockford Systems, LLC., a premier provider of machine safeguarding products and services, has introduced a new Cable and emergency-stop assembly featuring a unique cam operation for faster positive stopping of metal working machines, yet is immune to nuisance tripping due to vibrations. The new assembly (CLM510) is also…

Safeguarding Webinar – Rockford Systems Announces Webinar to Help Plant Managers Better Understand Safeguarding Standards

Free safeguarding webinar, “Machine Safety Compliance 101,” is scheduled for Thursday, April 6, 2017 Rockford Systems, LLC., a premier provider of machine safeguarding products and services, today announced details for the next safeguarding webinar in its online educational series: Machine Safety Compliance 101. This free, interactive webinar takes an in-depth look at the major challenges…

Grinder Safety – The Do’s and Don’ts

Grinder Safety – Grinder Safety – Understanding Safeguarding Standards for Bench and Pedestal Grinders Because grinders are everyday equipment in workplaces nationwide, many workers become complacent about their hazards. However, grinders are one of the most frequently cited machines during OSHA safety inspections. Rockford Systems, LLC, a premier provider of machine safeguarding products and services,…

Safeguarding Mechanical Power Presses

Mechanical power presses (a.k.a. punch presses, stamping presses, flywheel presses), have existed in the U.S. since 1857. They were originally designed as either full-revolution, or part- revolution, both of which still exist, although the latter currently represents an estimated 90 percent of the roughly 300,000 mechanical power presses being used in the United States today….