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Greetings from SKEANS

SKEANS is excited to showcase its newly formatted bi-monthly 'Pneusletter'. Every two months our subscribers will receive industry news, supplier product updates, helpful ideas, application tips, along with everything you need to know about how SKEANS is working to help you.

FLUID POWER SAFETY

SKEANS is pleased to announce it will be carrying the Ross Safety Valve, to add to it's selection of automation safety products.

• Fluid Power Safety: Ross Safety Valves

• SKEANS Automation Safety Products

• SKEANS welcomes two new members

     In the past few years there has been rapid growth in the fluid power safety products sector.

     Fluid Power Safety is an important puzzle piece in the overall safety of any application and any environment. Even with "step one" security measures such as light curtains, area scanners,  safety PLC's, there is always the possibility of a valve malfunctioning.  These accidents can result in serious workplace injuries or even death.

     Skeans is here to help your "step two" workplace safety efforts with CAT 4 Ross Safety products.  By performing risk assessments Skeans can confidently offer you fluid power safety solutions that integrate with your current category standards.

      These solutions include Lockout Valves, Stainless Steel Lockout Valves, Air Dump/Release Valves, 4-way Double Valves, CAT 3+ and 4 Safety Clamping Devices, and control reliable Hydraulic Double Valves.  All Ross safety products are third party certified and self-monitoring. Not only do these products offer a safer environment but their lockout and stopping times are half that of other valves, meaning increased plant productivity for the user.

     If you don't have adequate safety products in your facility or need to expand your existing "step one" measures, don't forget Skeans has a full range of light curtains, area scanners, PLC's and machine guarding that can facilitate improvements of your total workplace safety procedures.

     To see the full line of Ross Safety Valves and fluid power safety solutions please visit Skeans website today or ask us for a Ross Safety 510 bulletin.

PNEUS BITES

Earlier this month Skeans made it's annual appearance at the BC Hydro 2011 Power Smart forum trade show at the Vancouver Convention Center.

Skeans showcased it's energy saving products including its compressor room solutions such as leak-free Transair Piping, Mattei Rotary Vane Compressors and Gardner Denver's Variable Speed Compressors.  The forum had a record breaking 1,200 delegates and 125 speakers form across North America and we were excited to showcase our 'greener' side.

'NEW 'SKEANERS'

Historically October has nearly always been a people 'growth' month at Skeans and this year has been no exception.

Adam Chandler joins our CRP Service team. Adam comes to us with a mechanical background and we are looking forward to his expertise and abilities to help us manage our ever growing compressor and dryer service clientele.

Also, Chad Skeans re-joins us after completing his education at UVIC. Chad will spend the next couple of months working his way through various Corporate Headquarter departments, before finding his permanent new posting in our Prince George division.

AUTOMATION SAFETY PRODUCTS

Skeans also provides automation safety products from Leuze, Horner, and Frame World

     Skeans has always believed that a safe workplace environment is crucial to the operation of any successful company, and prides itself in offering some of the latest technologies in Automation Safety Products.

     In the electrical automation division Skeans offers Leuze, a company specializing in Sensors, Light Curtains, Area Scanners, and Control Relays.  Leuze is known for its reliability and efficiency, and produces products that have the highest durability rating in the industry under the toughest conditions.  Leuze has just released two new safety products; the MSI100 safety Controller and the MC3x Magnetically Coded Sensor.  The MSI100 offers a quick, easy and affordable control for light curtains, safety interlocks, and E-Stop buttons without the complexity of using a PLC.  The MC3x Magnetically Coded Sensor contains specially combined reed contacts that are activated without contact by the coded magnetic field of the actuator. 

      Also in the safety group is the Horner Safety Programmable Controls.  The Horner OCS is a compact all-in-one solutions with controller, graphics and a built in interface with mass storage for industrial applications        

For machine guarding Skeans offers the Frame World Structural Aluminum Extrusions and Guards that provide a complete system allowing for quick and easy design and assembly of  machine bases, frames, stands, guard assemblies, material handling fixtures, and robot safety fencing.

If you would like to view all of the Skeans automation safety products, or if you would like to know more about workplace safety, please visit the Skeans website @ www.skeans.com or call your local Skeans branch today.

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