Safety light curtain feature on machinery

Ross Tumble Blenders provide gentle agitation and are used for dry applications such as powders and pellets in many process industries.
Ross Tumble Blenders provide gentle agitation and are used for dry applications such as powders and pellets in many process industries.

Mixer company Charles Ross says that it now offers protective light curtains, which provide automatic safety shutoff of its tumble blenders whenever an operator crosses a defined security boundary.  Due to the nature of the rotating mix chamber, a safety railing is supplied standard on all Ross tumble blenders, but addition of optional light curtains further improves operator safety, the company sys.

Ross Tumble Blenders provide gentle agitation and are used for dry applications such as powders and pellets in many process industries.  

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