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Machine guarding, warehouse partitioning, property protection and automated warehouses, they are all about safety. That's the core of our business and with all the experience that comes with it, we have a lot of knowledge to share. Do you want to know more? Dig into the world of industrial robots, anti-collapse systems, storage solutions and one or another anecdote.

Which one, SIL or PL?

2021/02/12 • 5 min read

When a safety function is required for risk reduction a safety control system is engineered and implemented to perform that function. Standards and directives can be a jungle. So, if...

Robots welding shielded by a Troax machine guarding.

Sustainability has become part of companies’ business strategies

2020/06/25 • 4 min read

2019 was a year of awakening for many people and organizations globally as Greta Thunberg and her campaign message was spread around the world. For many years in Sweden thinking...

Production line with a Troax machine guarding

Workplace safety: no human life should be lost at work

2019/12/05 • 4 min read

It’s morning. My children are off to school and before they hurry out the front door I say, “Have a nice day at school! I’ll fix dinner when I’m home...

A mother and two children standing at a fence so poor it doesn't protect against a lion coming out.

The revised ISO standard for safety of machinery regarding safety distances

2019/11/07 • 4 min read

Standards are supposed to make everything easier, but sometimes it doesn’t feel like that. And unfortunately, some people often misinterpret the former documents. In working group 6, the goal has...

Troax Smart Fix machine guarding

Simplify instruction handbooks?

2018/01/25 • 3 min read

Do you have problems reading instruction handbooks? At Troax we understand, nearly none are straightforward or written with a standard structure. This can be confusing for anyone. An instruction handbook...

Dialogue with no understanding.

Chasing Standards

2017/09/14 • 3 min read

Sometimes life takes unexpected turns. As a sales representative many years ago I didn't know I, later on, would become a representative for Troax AB developing standards for SIS. I...

Questions about standards.

Standards - How to increase Anti-Collapse Safety

2017/07/06 • 3 min read

When an accident happens and a person gets hurt or even killed due to an object falling from a pallet rack, the question of “how can we avoid this in...

ANti-collapse collage.

Alternative facts = fake news!

2017/03/30 • 4 min read

The topics of "alternative facts" and “fake news” are spreading worldwide - even in the safety and standards world, this topic is rearing its ugly head. Frankly, I’m really surprised...

Fake news vs real facts

Tested – to keep you safe!

2017/03/02 • 4 min read

You may think that a mesh panel is a simple product - metal wires welded together to form mesh, then placed onto a tubular welded frame. If you’re only going...

Pendulum next to Troax hero and Troax Quality Assured mark.

Why use standards?

2016/11/24 • 4 min read

“We don't use standards, they are expensive and we know better” - I have heard that remark more than once the last 15 years. In order to better understand “standards"...

Industrial robots welding surrounded by mesh panels of Troax machine guarding.