Fortress Interlock’s proNet range provides an Ethernet based networking capability between PLCs and safe + non safe I/O. Ethernet IP’s CIP Safety (AB CIP) and Profisafe for Profin ...

Prevents unauthorised access and unauthorised line shut down. Simple installation and integration to a network, using your existing ID cards. Easy management of access permissions.   To download the FRANK Brochure, please ...

  We have just released a new animation video for ncGard - What is NCS?  To watch our latest upload, please click the below image or simply follow this link to our company YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/GhuqYR_xsOY ...

What is ISO/TS 19837:2018 - Safety of Machinery – Trapped Key Interlocking Devices? ISO/TS 19837:2018 - Safety of Machinery – Trapped Key Interlocking Devices – Principles for design, selection and configuration is the fi ...

Fortress Interlocks has launched ATOM, a high-coded interlock with RFID (radio-frequency identification through the use of a high-coded actuator) and OSSD (Output Signal Switching Device) capabilities. ATOM, part of Fortress’ ncGard ...

Fortress Interlocks has appointed Underwoods Electrical Distributors as its sole UK distributor. London-based Underwoods has extensive expertise in network technologies such as PROFINET, PROFIsafe, Ethernet/IP and CIP safety ...

We have just released a new animation video for ncGard - What is the FS Range?  To watch our latest upload, please click the below image or simply follow this link to our company YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/TYVGP16bRpg ...

We have just released a new animation video for ncGard - What is the FM Range?  To watch our latest upload, please click the below image or simply follow this link to our company YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/hb4kS0-hMKE  ...

We have just released a new animation video for ncGard - What is the FM Range?  To watch our latest upload, please click the below image or simply follow this link to our company YouTube channel:https://youtu.be/kg2ULpv8cBg Don ...

Fortress celebrates Queen’s Award hat-trick  Fortress Interlocks, experts in automation safety and interlock systems, has been awarded its third Queen’s Award for International Trade, recognising the outstanding growth in ...

We have just released a new animation video for What is ncGard? To watch our latest upload, please click the below image or simply follow this link to our company YouTube channel:https://youtu.be/0VEBcPBHw6w Over the next few weeks ...

We have just released a new animation video for Slimline pro – How It Works – Configuration 2.  To watch our latest upload, please click the below image or simply follow this link to our company YouTube channel:h ...

We have just released a new animation video for Slimline pro – How It Works – Configuration 1.  To watch our latest upload, please click the below image or simply follow this link to our company YouTube channel:& ...

SMART Interlocks from Fortress! Our team will be at Automatica 2018, 19th - 22nd June in Hall B5, Stand 109. Visit them to see our NEW RFID Safety Interlock - ATOM 

SMART Interlocks from Fortress! Our team will be at Automatica 2018, 19th - 22nd June in Hall B5, Stand 109. Visit them to see the latest amGardpro Product Development showcase!   

New Slimline Switches for Fortress Interlock's amGardpro Range Fortress Interlocks has brought out two new slimline modules for its amGardpro range of interlock safety gate switches: a slimline solenoid switch body and a slimline optio ...

NEW Slimline Additions to amGardpro! Check out our NEW Slimline Product Reveal Video on our YouTube Channel now!  The amGardpro range of safety interlock switches now has two additional slimline modules.    & ...

Fortress Interlocks - Protecting People, Protecting Productivity Interlock switches and control devices for automation safety See the latest products on show from Fortress Interlocks at: Robotics and Automation Show 11th & 12t ...

PROFI-enabled interlock gate switch from Fortress more than a match for brick, block and tile manufacturing plants Brick, block and tile manufacturing plants are notorious for their dusty, arduous environments and high-vibration machinery. ...

Fitting safety switches to machine guarding Configuring a mounting plate for an interlock is easy with Fortress Interlock’s new Eazi-fit mounting system, which allows any amGardpro interlock safety switch to be easily fitted to machi ...

Industry 4.0 Requires Intelligent Interlocks - Fortress is Delivering As we race towards 50 billion devices connected to the internet by 2020, Industry 4.0 presents a huge challenge to manufacturers. Collaborative robots and the automation ...

Visit our team at ProFood Tech in the Lakeside Upper Hall on Booth #1249 Register Now THE Food & Beverage Processing Event - ProFood Tech is built to showcase your technologies! McCormick Place, Chicago 4th - 6th A ...

See Fortress at Manufacturing in America 2017 on Booth #308. 22nd - 23rd March 2017 in Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center New Venue for 2017! Siemens and Electro-Matic invite you to join over 2500 manufacturing executives, en ...

Industry 4.0 Intelligent Interlocking We are featured in the March issue of Drives & Controls which is available to view online now! Check out our article on page 83 here.

The Gambica Association Ltd Representing the Instrumentation, Control, Automation and Laboratory Technology industries in the UK We are pleased to announced that as of 1st March 2017, we are now a registered member of The Gambica Associat ...

The Interview: Fortress Interlocks Protecting High Bay Warehousing We are featured in the March Issue of the Warehouse & Logistics News Magazine! Check out the Digital Edition of the magazine here.

Fortress Interlocks’ proNET safety and communications module has been nominated for the Tomorrow’s Health and Safety Awards 2017. proNET adds industrial Ethernet communications to its amGardpro range of safety interlocks, which ...

New Lock Label Update The new label samples have arrived and have been accepted! We have been working on changing the labels on the CL locks over the last couple of months. We are removing the CL/CLS/ML/MLS and just having the colour ...

To prevent the inadvertent startup of dangerous machinery, Fortress Interlocks has developed an extracted key adaptor for use with its robust amGardpro, amGardS40 (IP69K) and mGard interlock ranges. By forcing an operator to extract the sa ...

The Fortress Interlock Extracted Key Adaptor uniquely forces extraction of the safety key for added peace of mind.  The extracted key adaptor also provides additional functionality to the robust safety key module, ensuring that the key c ...

Availalbe nor from Fortress is the new Stainless Steel range amGardS40.    

Safety during CIP ensured with IP69K-rated interlocks and safety switches from Fortress   Strict health and safety standards in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries require all machinery used in the production process t ...

Wolverhampton-based Fortress Interlocks has a simple mission: to help businesses protect their human and capital assets. The company has been doing this for over 40 years by designing and manufacturing machinery access and control systems ...

Industrial safety specialist Fortress Interlocks has achieved TÜV SÜD European, Canadian and U.S. approval for its tGard range of interlock switches and control devices. This means they meet all the necessary req ...

Industrial safety specialist Fortress Interlocks is unveiling its amGardS40 stainless steel interlock switches for high purity applications at this year’s Automatica trade fair in Munich. The company will be in Hall B5, Booth 105. Autom ...

Our online product configurators for amGardpro, tGard and amGardS40 provide you with real time images and data about bespoke products you can specify yourself

Fortress Interlocks has launched a new range of rugged stainless steel interlock switches for high purity applications such as food, beverage, pharmaceutical and chemical processing. It is also suitable for outdoor use. Manufactured from 316 ...

Industrial safety specialist Fortress Interlocks has achieved TÜV SÜD certification for its new non-contact switch, the amGardncs. This means the device meets all the necessary requirements of the European Machinery Directive as par ...

 GREAT NEWS The Fortress tGard range of Interlock Switches have been independently tested by TUV and complies with the essential requirements for European Approval and also North America and Canada Approval.  The TUV Certifi ...

The ProfiNet / Profisafe Brochure now available from Fortress.  Click Here

Fortress have integrated ProfiNet / Profisafe into the amGardpro range of Gate Switches, proNet.  For more information on proNet download the brochure here

A metal recycling firm was recently fined £35,000 by the HSE after a worker’s hands were severed while cutting metal strips on an industrial baler. Industrial balers are used to compress recyclable material into stackable, mana ...

Industrial safety specialist Fortress Interlocks is integrating AS-interface (AS-i) and PROFIsafe (PROFIbus Safety or PROFInet Safety) connectivity into its tGard and amGardpro interlocks. The company is also developing non-contact switches a ...

Use the Fortress online amGardpro and tGard product configurators to create the assembly you are looking for. The easy to use step by step configurators will guide you through the product selections.  At the end of the selection pro ...

Industrial safety specialist Fortress Interlocks has added industrial Ethernet communications to its amGardpro range of safety interlocks. The new proNET communications module, which uses the PROFINET protocol and its extension PROFIsafe, int ...

A dramatic impact test on the Fortress Interlocks amGardpro interlock fitted to a Troax St30 mesh door has been captured on video. In the test, the mesh door and interlock were subjected to a powerful impact of 1600 joule. The door was sli ...

Fortress Interlocks and Troax have combined forces to create a new perimeter guarding system to protect workers from dangerous machinery. The system utilises a unique new bracket for fitting Fortress interlocks to Troax perimeter guarding pan ...