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Application• Pressure sensitive safety edges for securing closing edges on automatically operated sliding doors in machines and other industrial plants in environments containing oil and coolants

Product• Oil- and coolant-resistant rubber profile ELN 025/029 with contact strip ENT-20• Control unit ESD3

Customer Benefits• Oil- and coolant-resistant profile material • Reliably secures danger zones• Type 3 rating with matching control unit• User specified profile lengths• Robust design• Maintenance-free

Areas of Application• Various types of machines and industrial plants• For securing various danger zones in environments containing oil and coolants

Pressure Sensitive Safety Edge

for securing closing edges on machine doors (environments containing oil and coolants)

Bircher America Inc.870 Pratt Ave NSchaumburg, IL 60193Phone 800 252 1272Fax 847 952 [email protected]

Machine Safeguarding &Industrial Automation Solutions

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Applications for sensitive mats & edges

Aircraft/airports Agricultural equipment Amusement parks Automatic machine doors Automobile & motorcycle plants Conveyor systems Customer service kiosks Food processing equipment Forklifts Grain elevators Industrial manufacturing Material handling equipment Meat packing plants Medical/veterinary equipment Packaging equipment Paper mill machinery Robotics work cells Shipboard machining Stop switches Sweeping machines Textile machines Theatrical lifts/stage equipment Welding robots Wineries Woodworking equipment Zoo equipment

Pressure - sensitive mats for safety and presence detection

Durable & reliable Completely sealed, washable &

impact resistant Maintenance free Custom shapes & sizes available Safety category 3 systems available Made in the USA

Applications

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Application• Textile machines carry a high accident risk due to moving machine components• Pressure sensitive safety mats are ideal solutions for safeguarding danger zones

Product• Pressure sensitive safety mats with ramp rail system • Control unit ESD3 or ESR26

Customer Benefits• Switches off machinery when stepping into a danger zone (to avoid damage to product and machinery)• Great mechanical strength – no breakdown due to relocation or installation• No wear of the mat due to hard shoe edges• Slip-free surface through active grip design

Areas of Application• General safeguarding of danger zones of machines and plants in the textile industry

Pressure Sensitive Safety Mat

for safeguarding danger zones

Bircher America Inc.909 East Oakton StreetElk Grove Village, IL 60007USAPhone +1 800 252 1272Fax +1 847 952 [email protected]

Electrical sensing edges for machine safeguarding

S-LineMiniature edge system

User - specified profile lengths Quick & easy installation High mechanical load capacity Maintenance free Safety category 3 systems available Wide variety of profile sizes available

from miniature to high overtravel Assembled in the USA

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Application• Pressure sensitive safety edges for securing closing and pinching edges on automatically operated hinged doors in industrial plants

Product• Rubber profile ELE 025/029 and 025/040 with contact strip ENT-20• Control unit ESD3

Customer Benefits• Reliably secures danger zones• Type 3 rating with matching control unit• User specified profile lengths• Robust design• Maintenance-free

Areas of Application• Various types of machines and industrial plants • For securing a variety of danger zones


for securing closing edges on machine doors


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Application• Pressure sensitive safety edge as a stop switch on the operating panel of floor sweeping machines

Product• Rubber profile ELE 025/029 with contact strip ENT-20

Customer Benefits• Stop switch responds over nearly the entire width of the operating panel • No functional interference during the sweeping operation• Unaffected by moisture or cleaning agents• Dependable stop /off component• Pressure sensitive edge length customer specified• Easy to exchange• Maintenance-free

Areas of Application• A variety of sweeping machines and vehicles • Floor conveyors and lorries


as a stop switch


Please refer to individual product brochures for more detailed information and technical datawww.bircherreglomat.com

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Sensors for activation/presence detection, security & specialty applications

ProxySwitchTouchless active infrared switch

Multi-purpose activation switch for hygenic areas such as clean rooms, hospitals, laboratories & food processing facilities Push plate alternative

Applications for sensitive mats & edges

Aircraft/airports Agricultural equipment Amusement parks Automatic machine doors Automobile & motorcycle plants Conveyor systems Customer service kiosks Food processing equipment Forklifts Grain elevators Industrial manufacturing Material handling equipment Meat packing plants Medical/veterinary equipment Packaging equipment Paper mill machinery Robotics work cells Shipboard machining Stop switches Sweeping machines Textile machines Theatrical lifts/stage equipment Welding robots Wineries Woodworking equipment Zoo equipment

Pressure Wave SensorsPneumatic sensing edges, switches, push buttons, and ground contact sensors based on proven technology

Industrial lifts Medical/veterinary equipment Refrigeration & cold storage Vehicle doors Warehouse doors Whirlpools/hot tubs

Hercules 2Industrial-grade, weatherproof microwave motion sensor

Versatile sensor with people/vehicle differentiation, cross-traffic masking and direction recognition Activation of interior and exterior

warehouse doors Activation of cold storage doors Forklift traffic monitoring Ground loop alternative Mine entrances

MicroSenseThermoSensePrecise passive infrared activation sensors

Device activation through detection of people & animals Entry activation Lighting activation

SpotScanHigh precision active infrared presence sensor

Drive-thru window activation Inventory/process control Machine activation Pinch point protection Point of sale applications Security portals

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Application• Eight identical compression-wave profiles allow the urologic examination table (x-ray) to be moved in four different ways: 1. Up and down movement, 2. Rotation of the table, 3. Longitudinal movement of the table top, 4. Transverse movement of the table top

Product• Unit with PVC, DWS Type-C pressure wave profiles arranged in rows (user-controlled via an air pressure switch in the control system of the urologic examination table)

Customer Benefits• Simple manipulation of the functions of the urology table• No patient or operator endangerment by electrically conductive components near the floor • The compression-wave profiles are easy to exchange• Resistant to cleaning agents and body fluids• Splash-water protection• Rugged design, maintenance-free

Areas of Application• X-ray and medical systems in the operating area • Employable as door-opening and closing pulse signal generators in the operating area

PressureWave Profiles

as signal generators in radiologic and medical facilities


ProxySwitch

as opening pulse generator for automatic doors

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Application• ProxySwitch as opening pulse generator for automatic doors in large-scale butcheries

Product• Active infrared sensor ProxySwitch

Customer Benefits• Opening pulse is contact-free – and can be used problem-free without hygienic concerns• Precise and quick adjustment of scanning field• No interference with the look of the door due to inconspicuous product design• No contact wear

Areas of Application• Large-scale butcheries and similar plants• Clean rooms• Laboratories• Hospitals (operating rooms, etc.)

Bircher America Inc.909 East Oakton StreetElk Grove Village, IL 60007USAPhone +1 800 252 1272Fax +1 847 952 [email protected]

If you have different application requirements, please contact us to learn about additional product offerings www.bircherreglomat.com

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Bircher America870 Pratt Avenue NSchaumburg, IL 60193USAPhone 800 252 1272Fax 847 952 [email protected]

Bircher America, Inc with its worldwide headquarters in Switzerland, is the motion and presence sensor special-ist in the machine safeguarding, automatic pedestrian door, industrial door/gate and mass transit markets. Valuable long term and cooperative customer relation-ships, expertise and future-oriented innovations have been the key to our success over the last 50 years. Bircher America proudly manufactures safety mats and assembles sensing edges in the USA.

Whether pressure sensitive or contact free – our inno-vative products set the standards of tomorrow. We make sure you are on the way to a safer and more com-fortable future.

Your authorized Bircher America distributor is:

Bircher America proudly sells their products through an authorized distribution network. Please contact us to find a distributor in your area.

Bircher America, Inc facility Schaumburg, IL

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