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Hand Feeding Tools Machine Safety Solutions for Industrial Machines Hand Feeding Tools Machine Safety Solutions For Industrial Machines www.rockfordsystems.com DELIVERING TURNKEY MACHINE SAFEGUARDING SOLUTIONS FOR ORGANIZATIONS WORKING WITH INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY WHY SAFEGUARD? According to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) statistics, nearly 18,000 workers in metal fabricating plants suffer non-fatal injuries annually in the United States. Even with strict machine and operator safety regulations in place, unguarded hazardous machinery remains a major source of fatalities, amputations and other traumatic injuries in manufacturing plants. Since 1971, the Fortune 500 and many of North America’s largest manufacturers have depended upon Rockford Systems for innovative machine safeguarding solutions to bring their operations into compliance with today’s OSHA regulations and ANSI/NFPA 79 standards to ensure they are prepared for tomorrow’s safety challenges. 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Post purchase support via phone, Included with all Machine Output / Result fax, online or onsite Safeguarding Assessment Machine Safeguarding Assessment & Proposal HAND FEEDING TOOLS | 3 HAND-FEEDING AND RETRIEVAL TOOLS (PLIERS, POSITIONERS, TONGS, AND VACU-TONGS) A wide variety of hand-feeding tools are available. They are used to keep cups or magnetic pick-ups. Most of the tools are constructed of soft hands out of the point of operation while feeding or removing parts from alloy materials, engineered to easily crush if caught between dies or the machine. Although they are not considered to be guards or devices parts of the machine. Many of today’s hand tools are designed with by themselves, hand tools do offer additional protection. In addition to ergonomics in mind. This provides the operator with maximum comfort numerous pliers and tongs, hand tools are available with either suction and minimum fatigue. Part No. CYF-550 Part No. CYF-559 Part No. CYF-568 Lightweight duckbill Small, heavy-duty stubby Medium-duty tongs with spring-opened pliers. pliers with good gripping finger loops on both handles. Jaw Length – 2-1/2” capability. Jaw Length – 3” Total Length – 7” Jaw Length – 1-1/2” Total Length – 10-1/2” Weight – 2 oz Total Length – 6-1/8” Weight – 6 oz Weight – 4 oz Part No. CYF-551 Part No. CYF-569 Pliers with long tapered jaws— Part No. CYF-560 Popular ergonomic tongs with ideal for small parts. Medium-duty, spring-opened 30° bend and thumb loop. Jaw Length – 3” pliers with long nose. Jaw Length – 2-7/8” Total Length – 7-1/2” Jaw Length – 4-1/2” Total Length – 10” Weight – 2-1/4 oz Total Length – 9-3/4” Weight – 7 oz Weight – 6 oz Part No. CYF-552 Part No. CYF-570 Pliers with a right-angle Part No. CYF-562 Ergonomic tong with 60° bend hook nose for gripping. Ergonomic pliers and two large loops. These tongs Jaw Length – 2-1/2” with 45° bend. can be used in either direction. Total Length – 7” Jaw Length – 3” Jaw Length – 2-1/2” Weight – 2 oz Total Length – 7” Total Length – 12” Weight – 2-1/4 oz Weight – 10 oz Part No. CYF-553 1 -1/2” wide duckbill for rigid support. Part No. CYF-563 Part No. CYF-571 Jaw Length – 3” Medium-duty, spring-opened Heavy-duty straight-handled Total Length – 7-1/8” pliers with offset design. tongs to handle Weight – 3-1/2 oz Jaw Length – 4-1/2” parts up to 20 oz. Total Length – 10-1/4” Jaw Length – 3” Weight – 5-1/2 oz Total Length – 10-5/8” Part No. CYF-554 Offset – 1-3/4” Weight – 6-1/2 oz Heavy-duty pliers similar to CYF-552. Jaw Length – 2-3/4” Part No. CYF-564 Part No. CYF-572 Total Length – 7-1/2” Popular long-handled Versatile heavy-duty tongs Weight – 4 oz lightweight tongs. with thumb loop. Jaw Length – 3-1/8” Jaw Length – 3” Total Length – 11-1/2” Total Length – 10-1/2” Part No. CYF-555 Weight – 5 oz Weight – 7-1/2 oz Heavy-duty rugged plier. Jaw Length – 2-3/4” Total Length – 8-1/4” Part No. CYF-565 Part No. CYF-573 Weight – 4 oz Similar to CYF-564 with Similar to CYF-572 with torsion spring. vacuum cup. Part No. CYF-556 Jaw Length – 3” Jaw Length – 3” Similar to CYF-551 Total Length – 11-1/2” Total Length – 10-1/2” with vacuum cup. Weight – 59/10 oz Weight – 9-1/2 oz Jaw Length – 3” Total Length – 7-1/2” Part No. CYF-574 Weight – 4 oz Part No. CYF-566 Similar to CYF-564 with Heavy-duty tongs with finger vacuum cup. loops on both handles. Part No. CYF-557 Jaw Length – 3” Jaw Length – 3” Heavy-duty duckbill pliers. Total Length – 11” Total Length – 10-5/8” Jaw Length – 3” Weight – 7 oz Weight – 8 oz Total Length – 8-1/4” Weight – 5-3/4 oz Part No. CYF-567 Part No. CYF-575 Heavy-duty straight-handled Rugged tongs for heavy Part No. CYF-558 tongs for two-handed use. parts up to 5 lb. Similar to CYF-557 with thumb Jaw Length – 3” Jaw Length – 3” loop for operator comfort. Total Length – 11-1/2” Total Length – 12” Jaw Length – 2-7/8” Weight – 4 oz Weight – 10 oz Total Length – 8-5/8” Weight – 5-1/2 oz 4 | HAND FEEDING TOOLS VACUUM LIFTERS HAND-FEEDING AND RETRIEVAL TOOLS (CONTINUED) Part No. CYF-576 Part No. CYF-585 Part No. CYF-593 Similar to CYF-575 Stubby–nose tongs with finger Similar to CYF-592 with 90° with adjustable set loops on both handles. bend to remove parts from die. screw in jaw for extra Jaw Length – 2” Total Length – 14” gripping power or sheet pulling. Total Length – 13” Weight – 2-1/2 oz Jaw Length – 3” Weight – 9 oz Total Length – 12” Weight – 11 oz Part No. CYF-594 Part No. CYF-586 Tongs designed with an offset Extra long lightweight tongs. jaw; machined to fit 1” taper. Part No. CYF-577 Jaw Length – 3” Total Length – 15-1/2” Tong with short 1” jaw Total Length – 16-1/4” Weight – 12 oz ruggedly designed for Weight – 8-1/2 oz good gripping; gapped 3/16” for thick plate. Part No. CYF-595 Total Length – 10” Part No. CYF-587 Short–jaw tongs with long- Weight – 8 oz Needle–nose tongs designed handle protection. to be held in the hand and Jaw Length – 2” closed by thumb pressure; Total Length – 16” Part No. CYF-578 ideal for small parts. Weight – 11 oz Most versatile of all hand-feeding Jaw Depth – 2-7/8” tools. Will handle up to 10 lb easily. Total Length – 13-1/2” Jaw Length – 4-1/2” Weight – 5-1/2 oz Part No. CYF-596 Total Length – 15” Tongs with 3/4” wide jaw.
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