Safety and Regulatory Compliance in Robotics and Automation: Best Practices for Safe Industrial Automation Deployment By Erik B. Johnson Director of Innovation, WireCrafters Robotics and automation continue to transform manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution operations. From …
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Protecting Employees Around Aluminum Roll Unwind Equipment
Protecting Employees Around Aluminum Roll Unwind Equipment Project Overview: Employee safety starts with protecting the areas where people and machinery work side by side. At an undisclosed manufacturing facility, an aluminum roll unwind station created a high-traffic environment where …
Steel Machine Guarding Reduces Cost and Installation Time
Steel Machine Guarding Reduces Cost and Installation Time Project Overview: Choosing the right machine guarding system can improve safety, reduce installation time, and lower project costs. For this project, Rockford Systems needed a solution that delivered all three without compromising …
WireCrafters Showcases Complete Machine Guarding Solutions at Automate
WireCrafters Showcases Complete Machine Guarding Solutions at Automate From June 22–25, 2026, the WireCrafters team exhibited at Automate 2026 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois, joining thousands of manufacturers, system integrators, OEMs, and automation professionals to explore the …
Creating Secure Storage Zones in an Automotive Facility
Creating Secure Storage Zones in an Automotive Facility Project Overview: Organization and inventory control play a critical role in maintaining efficiency on a busy manufacturing floor. For a large automotive supplier, properly separating parts, tools, and waste streams became increasingly …
Safety Considerations When Integrating Automation into Your Facility
Safety Considerations When Integrating Automation into Your Facility Automation continues to transform manufacturing and warehouse operations. From collaborative robots to fully automated production lines, companies use new technologies to improve efficiency, increase throughput, and address …
Heavy-Duty Machine Guarding for Forklift Fuel Cell Automation
Heavy-Duty Machine Guarding for Forklift Fuel Cell Automation Project Overview: Automation can improve efficiency, but it also introduces new safety challenges that require careful planning and protection. When Concentric LLC developed an automated fuel cell replacement system for forklift …
Machine Guarding for the Automotive Industry: Key Considerations
Machine Guarding for the Automotive Industry: Key Considerations Few industries rely on automation as heavily as automotive manufacturing. Robotic weld cells, stamping presses, conveyors, assembly lines, and material handling systems all work together to keep production moving. With so much …
Comparing Wire Mesh vs. Solid Panel Machine Guards: Which One Is Right for You?
Comparing Wire Mesh vs. Solid Panel Machine Guards: Which One Is Right for You? Machine guarding needs to do more than surround equipment. The right guarding system should protect employees, support workflow, and fit the environment where the machine operates. One of the biggest decisions …
Supporting Automation With Reliable Protection
Supporting Automation With Reliable Protection Project Overview: Automation plays a major role in keeping production moving efficiently, but it also requires safety systems that can perform reliably in harsh industrial conditions. At NGK Ceramics, protecting employees around material-handling …
OSHA Machine Guarding Compliance Checklist
OSHA Machine Guarding Compliance Checklist Machine guarding plays a major role in workplace safety, but many facilities treat it as a one-time project instead of an ongoing process. OSHA compliance requires more than installing a few barriers around equipment. Facilities need to evaluate hazards, …
Machine Guarding and Employee Safety in Manufacturing Facilities
Machine Guarding and Employee Safety in Manufacturing Facilities Facility managers set the tone for safety on the floor. Policies matter, but day-to-day results come from how well teams control risk around equipment. Machine guarding sits at the center of that effort. When guards are properly …
Machine Guards in Metal Fabrication: Protecting Workers
Machine Guards in Metal Fabrication: Protecting Workers Metal fabrication environments move fast. Cutting, bending, welding, and forming all take place on the same floor, often simultaneously. With that level of activity comes real risk. Sharp edges, high heat, moving parts, and flying debris all …
Built for Safety in Continuous Laundry Processing
Built for Safety in Continuous Laundry Processing Project Overview: Equipment-heavy laundry operations require clear separation between people and moving machinery to keep work areas safe and organized. At this commercial laundry facility, the team needed to create better separation as …
A Better Approach to Protecting Automated Workflows
A Better Approach to Protecting Automated Workflows Project Overview: As automation continues to transform large-scale distribution operations, facilities are challenged to balance advanced technology with practical safety solutions. When a large grocery distribution operation implemented an …
Strengthening Safety Around Large Lathes at Nucor
Strengthening Safety Around Large Lathes at Nucor Project Overview: Safety and access control were critical priorities for Nucor as they sought to protect employees better while working around large lathes and heavy machinery. To support these efforts, CMM Industrial partnered with …
Engineered Protection for Evolving Operations
Engineered Protection for Evolving Operations Project Overview: When Starland Metals set out to strengthen its welding operations with a new robotic investment, safety and performance had to work hand in hand. To support this initiative, Cloos partnered with WireCrafters to provide a …
Custom Safety Solution for Nashville Wire’s Robotic Cell
Custom Safety Solution for Nashville Wire’s Robotic Cell Project Overview: WireCrafters partnered with Nashville Wire to deliver a comprehensive machine guarding solution designed to enhance safety around a robotic cell. As automation continues to play a larger role in manufacturing, …
Safeguarding Automation at Berry Plastics
Safeguarding Automation at Berry Plastics Project Overview: WireCrafters worked alongside Airline Hydraulics to provide a machine-guarding solution for Berry Plastics, meeting a vital safety requirement in a highly automated area of the facility. The application was designed to safeguard …
A Cost-Effective Approach to Maintenance Supply Storage
A Cost-Effective Approach to Maintenance Supply Storage Project Overview: WireCrafters worked alongside Motion Industries to provide a wire partition application for Tate and Lyle that improved organization and security within the facility’s maintenance area. The solution enclosed a dedicated …
