July 2022

07/26/2022

Automation Controls to Keep Feed Mill, Grain Facility Employees Safe

Feed mills, pet food plants and grain facilities present safety hazards including fires and explosions from grain dust accumulation, suffocation from engulfment and entrapment in grain bins, falls from heights, and possible severe injuries from grain handling equipment. Keeping your plant employees safe from these hazards should be at the top of your priorities. Implementing automated control systems throughout your plant can help prevent these incidents from happening. Automated emergency stop controls While you plan to have your plant run smoothly, there are inevitably going to be times when employees need to quickly stop production without warning. If employees are frantically moving throughout the mill to manually stop the machines, there is a greater chance for error or for someone to forget to follow safety protocol and cause serious damage. To avoid this, Repete automated control systems offer Emergency Stop Circuitry that will stop all equipment with the press of one emergency button, eliminating […]