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22 Canadian Occupational Safety www.cos-mag.com SAFETY SIGNS Brady's new BBP 85 Sign and Label Printer is its newest large-format, multicolour thermal transfer printer. e BBP 85 Printer has an easy-to-use touch-screen interface and can print multicoloured signs and labels up to 10 inches wide. Combined with Brady materials that last in challenging indoor conditions and up to 10 years outdoors, the BBP 85 Sign and Label Printer off ers in-house printing solution for custom safety and facility identifi cation. e new printer comes with Brady's fastest, easiest operating system to date, and features a touch-screen interface. It is also pre-programmed with convenient applications for creating common visuals such as pipe markers, arc fl ash labels, Globally Harmonized System labels and right-to-know chemical signs. It also off ers an extensive list of advanced design and print capabilities, with more than 300 built-in symbols, hundreds more pictograms, three bar- code symbologies and 11 operating languages, the company said. www.bradycanada.ca NO FOG GOGGLES e new Wheelz safety goggles by Gateway Safety were designed specifi - cally to fi ght fogging with a patented Whirlwind ventilation system, which circulates air through the inner frame area between the face and lens. Ten vents along the frame's brow area and 10 additional vents on the frame's underside create a strong "whirlwind" of air that helps clear the fog and main- tain unhindered vision at all times, the company said. For additional fog pre- vention, anti-fog coating is available with four of the lens options. Wheelz eyewear is independently tested and certifi ed by Underwriters Laboratories to meet ANSI Z87.1+ and CSA Z94.3 standards, the company said. www.gatewaysafety.com SAFETY CURTAIN e new deTec4 Core safety light cur- tain, from safety sensor manufacturer SICK, is ideal for hazardous point protection and single-sided access protection, featuring a sleek, low-profi le design for quick and easy machine inte- gration. e deTec4 Core is a guard-only safety light cur- tain that off ers QuickFix and FlexFix brackets, which can be positioned in any loca- tion on the housing without causing blind zones, the company said. With a unique built-in automatic range detection of 10 meters, the deTec4 Core is able to automati- cally determine the distance to the sender, which eliminates any manual setup of the sensing distance. In addi- tion, integrated LEDs and diagnostic functions save time and reduce costs during installation and alignment, the company said. e deTec4 Core off ers a rugged IP 67 industrial design and an operating temperature down to -30° C, making it suitable for low- pressure wash down and cold storage applications. www.sickusa.com TOOLS OF THE TRADE PRODUCT FOCUS: HEAD AND FACE PROTECTION HEAD AND FACE PROTECTION OHS PRODCTS COMPANY PAGE WEBSITE ADVERTISERS' DIRECTORY A-MED Supply 21 www.a-medsupply.com Acklands Grainger Int 24 www.acklandsgrainger.com Canadian Standards Association 13 www.shop.csa.ca Dentec Safety Specialists Inc. 19 www.dentecsafety.com/campaign.htm Dentec Safety Specialists Inc. 19 www.dentecsafety.com FO Safety Eyewear Inc. 11 www.fosafetyeyewear.ca Gowling Lafl eur Henderson LLP 10 www.gowlings.com/ohslaw Honeywell Safety Products 14 www.honeywellsafety.com/culture Master Lock Canada 4 www.safetyseries.com SPI Health and Safety 20 www.spi-s.com Workrite Uniform Company 23 www.workrite.com/canada ALL ABOUT THE FACE e V-Gard Accessory System from MSA is a fully integrated face pro- tection line with more than 50 new products featuring frames, visors and chin protectors. V-Gard Frames off er optional debris control, simple visor/ frame installation/removal and com- patibility with earmuff s, half-mask respirators and other personal protec- tive equipment. V-Gard Visors provide protection for general purpose, chemi- cal and splash, elevated temperature, welding, cutting and brazing, and arc fl ash applications. V-Gard Chin Pro- tectors off er additional protection for the neck area and features a retractable chin protector for unrestricted head movement. e V-Gard Accessory System is tested and approved to work with MSA helmets. is line off ers 55 face protection products and 13 winter liners, the company said. With the fi nal product launch, 13 products have been added, including: full-brim hat frames, with an elevated tempera- ture model; refl ective-coated visors for elevated temperature applications, clear and green tinted; general-purpose contoured visors and nitrometers, with anti-fog/anti-scratch coatings, in clear and green tint; an aluminum-edged mesh visor; and arc protection prod- ucts, including visors and an all-in-one kit that comes with a hat. ese prod- ucts meet the applicable requirements for ANSI/ISEA Z87.1-2010 and CSA Z94.3, and many of them also meet EN166, AS/NZS 1337, and other local standards, MSA said www.msasafety.com LIGHT AND BREATHABLE Salisbury Electrical Safety's new Li Front Hood is a revolutionary hybrid in arc flash head protection that promises to increase worker visibility, breathability and effi ciency, the com- pany said. e Salisbury Li Front Hood combines the award winning weight balancing face shield, a clear chin guard and the standard arc fl ash protection hood. Its wider face shield and transparent chin guard allow for a 45-degree greater vertical view com- pared to the standard arc fl ash hood, increasing vertical peripheral vision fi eld by 109 per cent, the company said. As heat stress is a major concern in arc fl ash protection material, Li Front Hood's industrial bracket design creates a natural ventilation system that allows carbon dioxide and heat to escape as they are emitted from the body. e absence of fabric over the hard hat also mitigates trapped air that can cause fogging and heat stress, the company said. While off ering the same level of arc fl ash protection, the Li Front Hood has 60 per cent less fabric weight than the standard hood, making it much lighter and more comfortable for workers to wear, the company said. www.salisburybyhoneywell.com