AutomationDirect's Summer Safety Quiz

Think you know everything about Safety? Take our quiz to find out. Each quiz taken between 7/22/19-8/11/19 will be entered to win a WERA screwdriver set. Open to residents of the US only. One random winner will be chosen. Score of the quiz doesn't affect chance of winning. *By entering your information you are agreeing to accept marketing materials from AutomationDirect.

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* 1. You have a small machine that has a simple safety switch, a safety mat and a safety light curtain that need to be monitored and control an emergency stop circuit. In addition to this, you also have a small Productivity1000 system that needs feedback for the control device and all 3 field devices. What is the BEST device or combination of devices to use for your safety system control?

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* 2. You have 75 feet of straight conveyor that you want to protect with emergency stop devices. The entire 75 feet is accessible by personnel on both sides. You have already been cited and fined for safety violations in the past and really want to avoid this in the future. What device(s) would be best for this application?

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* 3. How many electrical engineers does it take to change a lightbulb?

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* 4. A sliding gate needs to provide feedback to the emergency stop circuit when it is open. This gate has excellent alignment and the device does NOT need to lock the gate. Which would be the BEST device to use for this situation?

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* 5. Pete is a Project Engineer with a manufacturing company in Colorado. The company he works for has a planned shutdown in 3 days to add new equipment and upgrade existing equipment. While he was taking an inventory of his equipment he realized that he is short 2, non-contact safety switches needed for the shutdown. What should Pete do to make sure the planned shutdown is successful?

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* 6. A work cell has a punch press machine that will need to be disabled and enter a safe state when a worker steps up to this cell to place a new part. Which safety product listed would be the best to use for this application?

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* 7. A conveyor moving pallets of boxes through a light curtain. On the inside of the guarded area is a stretch wrapper. We want all personnel to be protected from the stretch wrapper but we want the pallets to pass through to the unguarded area without tripping the safety light curtain. The best safety light curtain function to accomplish this would be?

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* 8. What is the BEST place to buy all of your machine safety products?

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* 9. You have a table that has hazardous equipment on it. Anytime someone touches the side of the table we want the hazardous equipment to be shut down and go into a safe state. What would be the BEST device to use for this situation?

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