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The Protective Guarding Manufacturers Association (ProGMA) members are the Industry’s leading suppliers of fixed protective guarding products designed to protect personnel, equipment, and inventory in industrial facilities. Mission: ProGMA promotes safety, security, and guarding for people, products, and facilities. ProGMA educates about protective barrier and guarding solutions through industry standards and best practices. Vision Statement: To be the authoritative resource for the best practices, standards, and applications of protective barrier, guarding solutions and associated technologies for industrial facilities. Protective Guarding Manufacturing Association member companies meet regularly to review and discuss industrial safety hazards and to promote specific guarding solutions for people, products, and facilities. ProGMA programs include: Development of educational materials for the promotion of proper protective guarding methods. Development, maintenance, and publishing of industry standards and specifications. Promotion of the features, advantages, and benefits of properly used protective guarding equipment. Development and promotion of standard nomenclature for protective guarding products. Dissemination of information regarding relevant legislation and international trade. Development, review and revision of product standards. Confidential collection and reporting of market statistics for different types of guarding products. Protective Guarding is a fixed barrier or device, used in manufacturing, distribution, and other industrial facilities to protect personnel, equipment, and inventory from hazards present in the workplace. Protective Guarding items range from fixed objects installed around articulating equipment, machinery, or material storage areas such as safety fence, netting, guard rail, and bollards to specialized switches designed to stop machine operation as well as safeguarding through visual or auditory aids.
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The process began in 2017 as a project bid to Allenfarm Fence Company located in Hermon, Maine. The project requirement was to design a security partition for a stairwell in Nokomis Middle School in Newport, Maine. After final approval was signed off, the project began fabrication followed by the installation of the partition. Excellent communication between the manufacturer and Allenfarm Fence resulted in a welldesigned security partition and made for a smooth installation, rendering the project a complete success!
A large Midwestern data center needed to secure their servers and decided wire mesh partitions was the logical choice. This particular project required electronic locking system; which may have a significant impact on price, and comes with its’ own installation challenges. Additional mounting plates for the card readers and electronic strikes in both single and double hinge doors were necessary along with panic bars on the inside on the hinge doors were just some of the project requirements.
Since 1981, a growth in technology and specialized equipment has enabled Highlight Industries of Wyoming Michigan to assist their clients to think safety first when using their automated equipment. An industry leader in stretch wrappers, case sealers, strapping machines, stretch film test and quality control systems. More recently, Highlight Industries has introduced the Magnum line of case sealers and the Saturn line of strapping machines, applying over 30 years of machine experience to their new product lines.
An international manufacturer of pressure rated plastic pipe and valves approached Abel Womack International Handling of Lawrence MA with a set of problems. The existing stacking carts that hold the pipe prior to processing were a safety concern. The carts were being stacked 4-5 high, putting excessive strain on the bottom cart. Also accessibility to the lower carts was prohibited until the top carts were moved via lift truck. Safety and efficiency were the concerns.
