Mats can be used for many purposes in commercial and industrial facilities, the main reason though is for safety.
All of our mats can be used for "safety" issues.
The simplest safety issue is to create a surface that is safe to walk on and avoid slip and falls. OUr heated mats fall into this category as well as our cable mats. Heated mats keep a floor or walkway dry and ice free. They also help limit salt entering a building as less or no salt is required in the winter months. Heated mats work on 120 or 240 volts and have sizes of 3x5 and 3x10 and include a built in GFCI on the cord.
Our cable mats also create a safe area by covering up electrical cables and wiring. Slip and falls are avoided but also the rubber mats create an insulated barrier to high voltage wires that the mats go over. The mats have channels that the wires run in and so are protected from being compressed trip over. These mats fit together and come in straight lengths, right turns, left turns and end pieces so a "path" can be created. TRC supplies us their Yellow Jacket mat, which is the #1 cable mat.
Our control mats and safety mats are very similar. Tapeswitch and Carlo Gavazzi make control/Safety mats. the difference between a control mat and a safety mat is that a safety mat is connected to a SAFETY relay or switch, that makes the system SAFE. The relay needs to be listed for safe systems and its' construction has redundant relays that work in tandem for the switching. If one of the relays fails or sticks the system shuts down. Also the safety relay monitors the electrical flow or circuit in the mat and if the relay detects a problem, it will shut down and alarm.
These mats are made in a variety of sizes and are used when dangerous equipment is being used. Applications are punch presses, assembly lines, and robots where a person can be seriously hurt or killed if in the wrong place at the wrong time. These mas are usually made of rubber and can have a kevlar layer or the diamond plate exterior for high abuse areas. If the right mat is chosen, vehicles can be driven over the mats without any damage.
These mats can also be used in areas where safety in NOT the main concern but position of a person is important; is the machine operator there or not, for example. A Tapeswitch or Carlo Gavazzi mat could be used for security as well, to monitor a doorway or garage or a car wash entry. Upon pressure on the mat a door can open, an alarm sound, a machine can operate or a stack light be lit.
Sords Electric can help with your mat application. Please give us a call.
http://www.sordselectric.com/
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