Total Lockout Valve Torque Reducer goes on tour…

Today we’ve been out on the road with our valve torque reducer model. A water modelling research lab in the Oxfordshire countryside have some troublesome gate valves located below ground

TL win Ichthys Offshore Portable Valve Actuators

After a long complex technical and commercial evaluation and negotiation lasting almost 2 years, Total Lockout secured the contract from Samsung Heavy Industries to supply Portable Valve Actuators for the

Safety Legislation barely reduces workplace accidents?

Presentations given at this years Safety Leadership Conference highlighted some alarming statistics about accidents in the workplace in the United States. Firstly, 21 amputations occur every day! Equating to 7990

Where can I buy 3.5mm Dia Valve Car Seals?

Back by popular demand, we’ve reinstated the 3.5mm (9/64″) Diameter cable car seals to our product range. While there is no rational reason why a 3.5mm car seal should be

How to prevent truck drive-aways during loading and unloading

This blog continues from our recent post on the ‘Lockout Tagout Best Practice‘ Group on LinkedIn. We introduced a ‘Glad Hand’ lockout device used to lock off the airlines that connect truck

Can I get new padlocks to match an existing key?

In our Facebook post on 6th April we showed you some ‘gold’ padlocks we supplied to an important export customer. It was a bit of an adventure. The customer contacted

Looking for a versatile, universal valve locking device?

It’s often overlooked but this lockout device from Brady is virtually completely universal, meaning it can lockout any size of manually operated valve. This is achieved via the base clamping

How does the portable actuator connect to the valve?

Most of the portable valve actuators available from Total Lockout connect to the valve using 2-part adaptor set. The drive stem adaptor connects the output drive shaft of the actuator

What is valve exercising?

Valve Exercising – a task you really shouldn’t put off.   Before getting into the body of this article, a reminder that a valve, in the loosest sense of the

How to lockout an ABB Tmax circuit breaker?

Similar to our last blog entry, we’ve put together a short video showing the most suitable locking devices for an ABB Tmax T1-T2-T3 circuit breaker. As with the Schneider Electric

Which lockout device is best for a Schneider NSX250 MCCB?

The Schneider NSX250 is one MCCB (moulded case circuit breaker) in a range of several (100amp to 630amp). For isolation and lockout purposes, it is a straightforward task of jamming

Lockout equipment costs less than OSHA fines

  It seems like stating the blatantly obvious, but organizations who take a proactive approach to workplace safety, and invest even modest sums in doing so, can operate with the