The Automotive Industry

Automobile Production Line

The Importance of Safety in The Automotive Industry

In an automotive industry, the factory floors are busy and bustling places of manufacturing robots and equipment. They contain moving machinery and thousands of workers, and both work in collaboration.

It is important for the automotive sector to adopt efficient ways to manufacture, without compromising on the overall safety of the machine. Within an automotive manufacturing site, multiple processes include robotic welding, press plants, paint systems and assembly, all requiring different types of machine safety devices.

How to Overcome Safety Obstacles

Installing the correct safety system can be complicated and costly, providing many obstacles to overcome. At IDEM safety, we have developed an extensive range of products that can improve safety without comprising on productivity.

Automotive industry robot being tested for safety

Check out our new range of gate boxes with integrated Profisafe and CIP Safety protocols.

UGB-NET Gate Box with Integrated Safety Protocols

UGB-NET Gate Box with Integrated Safety Protocols

UGB-NET Gate Box with Integrated Safety Protocols

IDEM’s Universal Gate Boxes (UGB-NET) provide high level RFID coded interlocking and machine control functions in one heavy duty housing.

  • They can be easily fitted to access doors to provide guard locking, rear escape options and sliding or rotary handles.
  • They reduce the risk of operators being trapped inside a guarded area.
  • They incorporate standard machine request or control buttons and indicator lamps in an all-in-one machine safety device.

Integrated safety protocols for use with industry recognised industrial Ethernet networking capabilities.

PROFINET (PROFIsafe) or Ethernet/IP (CIP Safety).

CIP Safety Approved Logo

Our products are designed and manufactured in the UK to the highest standards

IDEM Recommended Products

EMERGENCY STOP DEVICE WITH LED 4-POLE CONTACTS IN 316 STAINLESS STEEL (ESL-SS-L)
EMERGENCY STOP DEVICE WITH OSSD (ESL-SS-Z)
NETWORK ENABLED SAFETY INTERLOCK OVER PROFINET WITH PROFISAFE (UGB-NET-PS-M)
NETWORK ENABLED SAFETY INTERLOCK OVER PROFINET WITH PROFISAFE (UGB-NET-PS-SS)
NETWORK ENABLED SAFETY INTERLOCK OVER ETHERNET/IP WITH CIP SAFETY (UGB-NET-CS-M)
SOLENOID CONTROLLED RFID SAFETY INTERLOCK SWITCHES WITH OSSD AND MACHINE CONTROL FUNCTIONALITY
UNIVERSAL GATE BOX WITH RFID SAFETY INTERLOCKING (DIE-CAST)

Contact IDEM

If you don’t see the product that you need, get in touch using the form and ask us for more information about what you are looking for. You can also download our Universal Gate Box with Integrated Industrial Ethernet Brochure here.

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IDEM Safety - UGB NET Overview Brochure