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ASE - The Leader in High Voltage
Detection Technology
Allied Safety
Engineering develops products to save lives. Our
focus during the past 6 years has been to
develop products to protect equipment and
operators from contacting high voltage lines.
Our primary products are high voltage proximity
warning devices and line contact warning
devices. Proximity warning devices have been
used successfully for decades to prevent heavy
equipment from coming into contact with high
voltage lines. ASE has developed advanced
patented technology to provide the most advanced
proximity warning devices in the industry.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health (NIOSH) developed and built a testing
facility to test the effectiveness of proximity
warning devices and, with the assistance of
other government agencies and industry,
developed a comprehensive test protocol over a
period of a year. In July 2006, NIOSH tested a
device supplied by Allied Safety Engineering
(ASE) and a device by a different manufacturer
with the assistance of LMK Engineers. The test
was also monitored by a representative of the
Association of Equipment Manufacturers.
Preliminary results indicate the testing was
very successful. A final formal report from
NIOSH will be published later this year.
When a vehicle strikes a high voltage line,
death most often occurs when personnel come into
contact with the energized vehicle while in
contact with the ground below the vehicle. ASE
has also developed a patented lne contact device
to warn operators and other personnel that the
heavy equipment has come into contact with a
high voltage line based on the measurement of
the electric field between the equipment and
ground. NIOSH has also successfully tested the
effectiveness of a line contact device based on
the ASE patented product. Details of the study
are included in the references.
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