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Upgrade Your Safety With Switches From Bernstein
Monday, 31 July 2023
Pacific Automation are now authorised Australian distributors of Bernstein safety switches, sensors and enclosures.
This new national distribution deal makes BERNSTEIN switching safety and innovation available to all Australian industrial operators, along with technical support provided by Pacific Automation.
This partnership further expands our capabilities in factory automation & machine safety.
Steve Armstrong, CEO, Pacific Automation
Headquartered in East Westphalia, Germany, Bernstein specialise in designing and manufacturing devices for human and machine safety around automated processes.
BERNSTEIN switches are utilised in factory automation and for machine and operator safety across Australian industry. Their products are highly modular and can often be customised to suit the requirements of an individual customer or unique application.
Mrs. Nicole Bernstein, Member of the Executive Board of BERNSTEIN AG.
Customers can now shop online with Pacific Automation and access the full ranges of BERNSTEIN switching technology.
Products available include:
Designed to detect the presence of an object or limit the movement of machinery. Limit switches act as vigilant guardians, instantly halting operations when predetermined limits are exceeded, preventing any unwanted accidents.
With modular actuators and a widely compatible design, Bernstein offer versatile, robust switches that last. They're low-maintenance devices, designed to drastically reduce your downtime for servicing and maintenance purposes.
Safety should always be a top priority in any setup involving automation. Bernstein's door interlock switches protect your workers by ensuring that doors, gates and access points are properly monitored. They help ensure that access to danger areas is controlled while machinery is operating.
Door interlock switches are an easily integrated method of moving beyond merely administrative risk-control measures, such as painting line markings on the floor of a factory, but having no other barriers around dangerous processes.
Partnered with a suitable barrier and integrated with a control system that will shut off the machinery when access is detected, interlocks are a critical device for health and safety.
Offering high reliability, rope pull switches offer workers access to a quick and easy emergency stop solution. Simply give the rope a pull, and your machinery will come to a halt, preventing accidents and protecting your assets. Bernstein rope pull switches are a simple and effective way to ensure the rapid shutdown of processes in critical situations.
With emergency stop or reset buttons included as standard, Bernstein switches are available with either durable plastic or metal housings, depending on your installation environment.
They're packed full of advanced features, too, with status displays to alert you if the rope is too tight or too slack, a switching status indicator to show locked or ready, and quick-fix clamps optionally available to save you time during configuration and reduce system complexity for a simpler maintenance process.
Looking for hands-free control in your automation process? Industrial foot switches provide a convenient way to operate machinery or perform specific actions without needing to use your hands.
Bernstein foot switches are highly customisable. With plenty of options available to choose from, you can find or specify the perfect foot switch to suit your needs. That could be a simple protective shroud or a hinged cover, to guard against activation from dropped objects and help prevent accidental operation. Also available is integration of an e-stop into the footswitch to create an extra layer of safety redundancy.
Another example of safety innovation from Bernstein is the offering of an enable function. Tests have shown that human reaction to an emergency may be to either release an object, or alternatively to hold on tighter, thus compressing a foot switch.
A foot switch with enable function - sometimes referred to as a 'live-man switch' or 'hold-to-run' - is a three-position switch that will shut off the function not only if the switch is released or lifted, but if the switch is depressed past the operation point, too. This can be complemented with a reset button for complete machinery shut-down, and will not allow the operator to continue until the foot switch has been reset.
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Our national branch network and efficient logistics mean you'll get fast and reliable delivery of Bernstein product to your site, wherever you are in Australia. Hopefully, this'll help minimise your downtime, and keep your operations up and running as much as possible.
If you pause for unexpected maintenance, you're generally losing money. Rely on us to always get you the right product, on time, so you can stay up and running for longer.
There are now large stock orders of Bernstein switches on their way into our warehouses, and anything custom or made-to-order is available on a short lead time.
We're trained up to help you with any Bernstein product, too. Our technical team can help with selecting the right products, providing technical guidance and integration assistance, and addressing any queries or concerns you might have.
We want to help you make informed decisions and maximize the benefits of Bernstein's advanced automation solutions.
For more info check out the Bernstein brand page, or contact our team today for expert technical help.
This partnership further expands our capabilities in factory automation & machine safety.
“We’ve been supplying BERNSTEIN products since 2006, so our team is well familiarised with the quality of their products.”
“Our goal is to represent BERNSTEIN in Australia how they would represent themselves.
That means ensuring that our customers receive high quality customer service and technical support, just like they would from an OEM.”
Steve Armstrong, CEO, Pacific Automation
Headquartered in East Westphalia, Germany, Bernstein specialise in designing and manufacturing devices for human and machine safety around automated processes.
BERNSTEIN switches are utilised in factory automation and for machine and operator safety across Australian industry. Their products are highly modular and can often be customised to suit the requirements of an individual customer or unique application.
“We intend to keep growing and distribute our products around the globe.
Therefore, we are pleased to have found a partner like Pacific Automation, who supports us professionally and trustfully in this intention.”
“The added value for our customers is to have a competent contact person in-country who is just as convinced of the quality and functionality of our products as we are ourselves.”
Mrs. Nicole Bernstein, Member of the Executive Board of BERNSTEIN AG.
Customers can now shop online with Pacific Automation and access the full ranges of BERNSTEIN switching technology.
Products available include:
Limit Switches
Limit SwitchesDesigned to detect the presence of an object or limit the movement of machinery. Limit switches act as vigilant guardians, instantly halting operations when predetermined limits are exceeded, preventing any unwanted accidents.
With modular actuators and a widely compatible design, Bernstein offer versatile, robust switches that last. They're low-maintenance devices, designed to drastically reduce your downtime for servicing and maintenance purposes.
Door Interlock Switches
Safety should always be a top priority in any setup involving automation. Bernstein's door interlock switches protect your workers by ensuring that doors, gates and access points are properly monitored. They help ensure that access to danger areas is controlled while machinery is operating.
Door interlock switches are an easily integrated method of moving beyond merely administrative risk-control measures, such as painting line markings on the floor of a factory, but having no other barriers around dangerous processes.
Partnered with a suitable barrier and integrated with a control system that will shut off the machinery when access is detected, interlocks are a critical device for health and safety.
Rope Pull Switches
Offering high reliability, rope pull switches offer workers access to a quick and easy emergency stop solution. Simply give the rope a pull, and your machinery will come to a halt, preventing accidents and protecting your assets. Bernstein rope pull switches are a simple and effective way to ensure the rapid shutdown of processes in critical situations.
With emergency stop or reset buttons included as standard, Bernstein switches are available with either durable plastic or metal housings, depending on your installation environment.
They're packed full of advanced features, too, with status displays to alert you if the rope is too tight or too slack, a switching status indicator to show locked or ready, and quick-fix clamps optionally available to save you time during configuration and reduce system complexity for a simpler maintenance process.
Foot Switches
Looking for hands-free control in your automation process? Industrial foot switches provide a convenient way to operate machinery or perform specific actions without needing to use your hands.
Bernstein foot switches are highly customisable. With plenty of options available to choose from, you can find or specify the perfect foot switch to suit your needs. That could be a simple protective shroud or a hinged cover, to guard against activation from dropped objects and help prevent accidental operation. Also available is integration of an e-stop into the footswitch to create an extra layer of safety redundancy.
Another example of safety innovation from Bernstein is the offering of an enable function. Tests have shown that human reaction to an emergency may be to either release an object, or alternatively to hold on tighter, thus compressing a foot switch.
A foot switch with enable function - sometimes referred to as a 'live-man switch' or 'hold-to-run' - is a three-position switch that will shut off the function not only if the switch is released or lifted, but if the switch is depressed past the operation point, too. This can be complemented with a reset button for complete machinery shut-down, and will not allow the operator to continue until the foot switch has been reset.
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Our national branch network and efficient logistics mean you'll get fast and reliable delivery of Bernstein product to your site, wherever you are in Australia. Hopefully, this'll help minimise your downtime, and keep your operations up and running as much as possible.
If you pause for unexpected maintenance, you're generally losing money. Rely on us to always get you the right product, on time, so you can stay up and running for longer.
There are now large stock orders of Bernstein switches on their way into our warehouses, and anything custom or made-to-order is available on a short lead time.
We're trained up to help you with any Bernstein product, too. Our technical team can help with selecting the right products, providing technical guidance and integration assistance, and addressing any queries or concerns you might have.
We want to help you make informed decisions and maximize the benefits of Bernstein's advanced automation solutions.
For more info check out the Bernstein brand page, or contact our team today for expert technical help.