At Gave, we understand the demands of the machinery manufacturing (OEM) sector, where safety and reliability are essential, as well as the need to improve production efficiency by optimizing processes and minimizing downtime.
Human-machine interaction
Effective interaction between the operator and the machine operating system in industry is essential for optimizing production tasks. Clear communication between equipment components and the user brings key benefits in terms of efficiency, safety, and competitiveness for companies.
Predictive maintenance and fault prevention
Information obtained from an illuminated switch, a monitoring relay, or a simple pushbutton can help predict faults in advance and prevent a production line shutdown, avoiding the costs associated with emergency interventions and unexpected repairs.
Greater safety and sustainability in industrial environments
An advanced communication system between humans and machines allows companies to better adapt to technological advances, optimize operations, and ensure a safer and more sustainable working environment.
Control and signalling devices
Innovative solutions such as illuminated switches transform design by integrating control and signaling in a single element, making operator tasks more efficient.
Intuitive indications
Colour coding provides quick understanding by the operator, allowing for a clear interpretation of the situation and facilitating decision-making. This is especially important in industrial settings where conditions can change rapidly, requiring quick and precise decisions.
Additional signalling
There is a type of signalling associated with a discrepancy between the instruction and the actual status of the process. This may indicate, for example, the end of a process cycle, where an operator's action is required (e.g., refilling a material magazine).
The range of illuminated switches with signalling capabilities addresses these needs in production processes, incorporating additional features such as blinking light, an audible warning buzzer, or blinking and buzzer combined.
Motor control and protection
Any incident with motors can result in a production line shutdown. Motor monitoring relays, motor circuit breakers, and fuse protection prevent potential motor damage, allowing the maintenance team to respond before production is halted and minimize associated costs.
Simplifying the control and protection of small motors is possible through the use of IPM motor circuit breakers, which integrate control and protection into a single unit. Their breaking capacity can be increased by combining them with fuse protection.
Control relays allow monitoring of power supply, current, and motor temperatures, protecting machinery while acting preventively against potential faults, minimizing downtime.
The selectivity and current-limiting characteristics make fuse protection the best option against overloads and short-circuits in many machinery designs. This protection ranges from small distribution lines to high-power applications associated with motors or electronic drives.
Electrical panel monitoring and protection
We can ensure optimal panel operation using various power monitoring and management elements. The use of surge arresters protects the many electronic devices characteristic of automation systems.
The high presence of electronic components in modern machinery has made protecting these elements a priority, with surge protection becoming indispensable.
Automatic production processes are characterized by the use of timers. Electronic reliability and precision are key to ensuring efficiently operating automated system.
Maintenance operation safety
Maintenance operations can be carried out safely by properly isolating the areas where maintenance work is required.
The use of LD bypass changeovers allows maintenance work to be performed without stopping production. This application is especially useful when working with variable frequency drives.
Enclosed switch disconnectors allow a circuit to be electrically isolated in emergency or maintenance situations manually, and therefore must be installed at the machine level.
Heavy-duty cleansing environtments
The new range of IP69K handles incorporate the standard’s design requirements and are ready to withstand the heavy-duty cleansing operations carried out in the food industry, characterised by their high aggressiveness.
How is the test carried out?
1 Enclosed switch is mounted on a turntable that rotates once every 12 seconds (5 rpm).
2 A jet nozzle placed 10–15 cm away sprays the product with 80 °C water at 80-100 bar of pressure at a flow rate of 14–16 liters per minute.
3 The test is carried out with the jet nozzle at angles of 0° (horizontal), 30°, 60° and 90° (vertical) for 30 seconds in each position.
IP69K handles keep safety and hygiene requirements in environments exposed to acidic corrosive elements in the air and solvents during cleaning operations. It also must be considered the exposure to accidental shocks that risk producing bites on the enclosure surface.
In short, the IP69K certification is the highest degree of protection that exists. For that reason, the new range of IP69K handles is most suitable for a wide variety of hostile environments exposed to harsh safety and cleaning conditions.
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