Machine Guard & Cover Co. specializes in both stock machine guards and bearing covers, as well as in-house tooling and manufacturing of custom parts. The Challenge Low head hydraulic power plants have turbines set at or close to the discharge level of the water, with a generator placed above the turbine. (See Figure 1) These …
Although adding a guard to a machine seems like an easy finishing touch, it can prove to be more difficult than originally thought. Taking the time to fabricate a guard can pull a person away from their own system development, or from their main projects. Many companies consider outsourcing their physical guard manufacturing for the …
According to Manufacturing.net, OSHA plans to increase their number of inspections in 2015. Don’t let your guard down — call us today to see how we can help you and your customer have an OSHA-compliant plant. With our easy to use machine guard sizing sheets and our 20 years of experience, we can help you …
Industrial chain guards and belt guards are sized and fit nearly the same way, with one exception: chain guards must take into account the amount of sag in the chain between the two sprockets. Our latest machine guard sizing forms have taken this difference into account. We now have machine guard sizing instructions for both …
Safety is something we don’t take lightly. This year, Machine Guard & Cover Co. will be partnering with the National Safety Council in order to promote safety in the workplace. Please come see us at the 2014 National Safety Council Expo in San Diego, CA on September 15-17. You can find us at booth 5849. …
How do bearing covers attach to the bearings? This is one of the most commonly asked questions. Fortunately, it is one of the easiest questions to answer! Our bearing covers are designed to fit over the entire housing of the bearing. There is a ⅝” flange around our bearing covers. Our customers typically drill through …
Jet LaBarge, Owner of Machine Guard & Cover Co., and Becky Sorensen, Office Manager, will be attending the 2014 IDC Product Forum in Indianapolis, IN on Thursday, May 15, 2014. Please feel free to stop by to see Jet and Becky, and also to see our new display. We will proudly be showing our “Tower …
Machine Guard & Cover was approached by a distributor whose customer, a gypsum plant, had a problem. During the wash-down process of their conveyors, the personnel doing the cleaning were not only washing the bearings but also washing the lubrication out of the bearings. Machine Guard manufactured one of our standard bearing covers with shaft …
Many years ago Machine Guard & Cover sent a sample guard to an OEM (original equipment manufacturer). It was well over a year before we were contacted about a potential order. One of our standard machine guards was ideal, with the addition of a bump on one end. With a standard standard flanged machine guard, …
Machine Guard & Cover sells a number of parts that are fabricated boxes. One day, a distributor called to order a very large custom fabricated plastic box, larger than we normally make — therefore, quite a bit more costly. Curious as to why the distributor needed such a large, expensive machine guard, we asked. The …
