Fortress' mGard Interlock Range Receives TÜV SÜD Safety Approval

MUMBAI, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

Fortress' mGard range of safety interlocks [http://www.fortressinterlocks.com/index.php/16/what_is_mgard.html ] has achieved approval from TÜV SÜD [http://www.tuv-sud.com/home_com ]*, the leading international notified body for the certification of safety components. Fortress is the only trapped key manufacturer to carry independent third party approval on its trapped key range of interlocks, for use up to SIL3/PLe, reinforcing its position as market leader.

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German-based TÜV SÜD has certified that the mGard range meets rigorous safety standards, meaning customers around the world can install mGard with peace of mind.

Trapped key interlocking is an ideal method of safeguarding machinery or potentially dangerous areas. The mGard range has a fail-safe design, undergoing an extensive FMEA (Failure Modes Effects Analysis) during its design stage, with over 100 different, rigorous safety tests.

Fortress' mGard range of robust mechanical trapped key products is a completely modular system where individual modules can simply be added or removed depending on the application. The mGard range is ideal for a wide range of industries, such as food and drink manufacturing, for wash-down or explosion proof applications, resulting in an extremely cost-effective and flexible safeguarding solution for a wide industrial audience. Fortress' mGard range of products is suitable for use in high risk applications.

* TÜV SÜD - Technischer Überwachungs-Verein (Technical Inspection Association). Headquartered in Munich, Germany and founded in 1866, TÜV SÜD is one of the world's leading technical service organisations.

About Fortress Interlocks:

Based in the United Kingdom, Fortress Interlocks (www.fortressinterlocks.com [http://www.fortressinterlocks.com ]) designs and manufactures mechanical and electromechanical interlocking systems. These provide many benefits to a wide variety of industrial sectors, including metal processing, power generation and distribution, automotive, pulp and paper, textiles and material processing.

About Halma:

Halma is an international market leader in safety, health and sensor technology. It is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange and has over 3700 employees in over 40 subsidiaries worldwide. Halma's subsidiaries make products that protect lives and improve the quality of life for people through innovation in market leading products which make its customers safer, more competitive and more profitable. These subsidiaries are assisting India's economy in areas such as energy, manufacturing, healthcare, water and waste treatment, construction and transport. Halma has a hub office in Mumbai.

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