LED Emergency Stops

This emergency stop from the manufacturer SICK has a LED ring around the button which lights up when activated. This visual aspect is particularly useful on large equipment or plant with many EM stop points where an activated stop can be slow to find.

Hydraulic Pressure Display

An outlet of an electrical cabinet has small piece of hazard tape attached and as crude as it maybe you can now tell when walking past if the filters are blocked on the inlet vents. The green circle is a task point for a TPM check.

Lighthouse CPM-100 vinyl printer

To produce most of the labels you can see on this site you need one of these.
Its a Lighthouse CPM-100 vinyl printer and cutter. It is very versatile and can print and cut just about any colour combination. On this model the width is restricted to 100mm but unlimited in length which in reality covers just about every label you could want to make for your Visual Maintenance application.
We used to get all are labels and signs made but with this is you see somewhere you think its useful you can have a suitable label made up in a matter of minutes and out on the equipment right away. It also makes changing settings a breeze as sometimes setting which you think are the best can, a year or so down the line, need to be tweaked after you improve or understand the process better.
We actually also use the vinyl label rolls to produce the shapes for our shadow boards.

Hydraulic valve descriptions

The valve stack has quite a complex arrangement with a lot going on despite its size. An explanation of the the valves and their functions is therefore posted beside them so during fault finding the problem can either be found or ruled out quicker. You still need the manuals for the full hydraulic diagrams but hopefully the visual diagram means people are at least looking at the right thing. Especially useful if someone wants to try to move something manually.

What do those stack lights mean?

The colour coded label ensure the operators in the area know exactly what their stack light alarms mean. This factory has no true andon system, all machines however have a stack lights indicating their status but with plenty of different colours etc. for various faults.


Ideally there should be standardization across all stack lights and failing that the above signage could be improved further by making it larger so it can be read from a distance in all directions.

Pressure switch set points

These IFM hydraulic rated pressure switches have a dual set point and on this application they need to be set up very accurately. The label shows exactly what is required at the point of use.
It ensures that a new switch can be set up correctly and during inspections the set points can be double checked they are still at the correct setting.