Ross Controls Announces New Total Machine Safety(TM) Seminar Schedule


(TROY, MI-- October 27, 2010) -ROSS CONTROLS is proud to introduce a new schedule for Total Machine Safety(TM), a seminar designed to educate maintenance supervisors, safety engineers, safety managers, engineering managers and skilled maintenance technicians on how to improve productivity and reduce risks in the workplace. ROSS continues its long-standing dedication to customer education and safety training with this innovative and fully integrated electrical and fluid power machine safeguarding training program. For 2010-2011, the Total Machine Safety(TM) curriculum has been updated to include hydraulic safety methods in addition to the electrical and pneumatic safety methods addressed in previous seminars.

ROSS' decades of experience training customers and helping solve their safety issues has demonstrated that a thorough approach to safety control system evaluation and design is the best method for the success of one's safety program. The full day Total Machine Safety(TM) seminar will address how integrating machine safeguarding early in the machine design process can be beneficial to a company's bottom line. Topics to be covered include current safety standards, hazard and risk assessment, integration of safety devices, lockout/tagout, and pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical components.

Attendants will receive a comprehensive workbook which contains a compilation of the presentation, a detailed reference material appendix and a glossary. Besides the valuable presentation materials, the seminar fee includes a continental breakfast and lunch.

Registration for the seminar is $200, but discounts are available for registering multiple students from the same company. Parking is free at all locations. For more information on the course material, please visit www.totalmachinesafety.com.

Upcoming dates and locations for Total Machine Safety(TM) seminars:

December 6 & December 7, 2010

Advanced Fluid Systems

245 Campbell Road

York, PA 17402

To register, call: Eric Dewalt,

Advanced Fluid Systems (ROSS' distributor)

(717) 757-1068

Directions to event: www.advancedfluidsystems.com.

January 18, 2011

Rivers Casino

777 Casino Drive

Pittsburgh, PA 15212

To register, call: Jenny Salisbury,

S.G. Morris Company (ROSS' distributor)

866-746-6774, ext. 222 (toll-free).

Or register online: www.sgmorris.com.

January 20 & January 21, 2011

S.G. Morris Co.

699 Miner Road

Cleveland, OH 44143

To register, call: Jenny Salisbury,

S.G. Morris Company (ROSS' distributor)

866-746-6774, ext. 222 (toll-free).

Or register online: www.sgmorris.com.

Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (doors open for registration & continental breakfast at 8:00 AM).

ROSS CONTROLS

Established and headquartered in Michigan since 1921, ROSS CONTROLS is an international designer and ISO-certified manufacturer of pneumatic valves and controls systems. An innovative and driving force in the pneumatic safety industry for over 50 years, ROSS focuses on tailored technology to provide customers with a distinct value advantage. ROSS has subsidiaries in Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, India, Brazil, France, and China plus 145 worldwide stocking distributors.

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