Wolfe Machinery Products

Wolfe Guard Line Helps Guard Against Changing Safety Dilemmas

Wolfe Machinery Co. is helping firms Nationwide, to prevent accidents and lawsuits by keeping up with today's stricter workplace safety standards set by OSHA, ANSI and insurance providers.

In response to customers' growing concern about unauthorized people operating potentially dangerous equipment, Wolfe Machinery designed the inexpensive and practical Wolfe Guard Limited Access Systems. These units cost effectively give managers control over who can run trash compactors, grinders, saws, drills, forklifts, cranes, production machinery, presses, vehicles and more.

All Wolfe Guard units are fairly easy to install, requiring no retrofitting. They "require little space, cost hardly anything to operate and provide an immense measure of safety and peace of mind to supervisors," says company founder and owner Chuck Wolfe. "At a lot of the places today, you can still walk up to a machine, push a button and operate it," says Wolfe. This poses big safety and liability problems.

With the Wolfe Guard units, authorized users must enter a correct 4-digit code prior to starting. When the keypad's green light indicates the equipment can start. This technology will work on magnetic starters, line voltage up to 240 VAC, or both. For user convenience, restarting without re-keying the code is possible for a short time after each turnoff. The system resets itself if not started within 20 seconds and an access code is again required for start-up.

Some can continuously log operators and the time and length of their usage. To endure harsh industrial environments, they are enclosed in steel and feature a non-volatile memory. For energy conservation and added security, a programmable timer is also available to automatically shut down engines left idling too long.

American Airlines in Chicago, United Airlines in San Francisco and Continental in Houston are using Wolfe Guard units on their high-speed tugs and other ground hauling vehicles. Lumberyards and home centers including Scotty's, Payless Cashway, Home Depot, and Builders Square use models with an electronic safety braking option on woodworking saws in their stores. Other Wolfe Guard Limited Access users include construction industry contractors, utility firms, saw mills, food processors and distributors, manufacturers, and warehouse managers.

For more information, contact:

Wolfe Machinery Company
6300 N.W. Beaver Drive, P.O. Box 497
Johnston, IA 50131-0497
515-270-2766 or 800-345-6659
FAX 515-270-0628
E-mail: customerservice@wolfemachinery.com

--by Maggie Connors