Slideshow: Technology and automation to improve employee safety and reduce injuries
Equipment, technology and more featured in the "Technology and automation to improve employee safety and reduce injuries" article.
Integrated safety incorporates more safety devices in more places by combining safety and non-safety functions with a uniform hardware platform and programming toolbox. Courtesy of: Beckhoff Automation
Some safe I/O terminals, including all new TwinSAFE modules, incorporate safety logic at the device level rather than requiring a separate safety PLC. Courtesy of Beckhoff Automation
IP67-rated TwinSAFE terminals can be mounted directly onto machines and robots, enabling more flexible installation options, while still working within integrated safety system architectures. Courtesy of Beckhoff Automation
Unlike traditional safety systems that remained separate from non-safety components, integrated options can be located on the same DIN rail and communicate via EtherCAT with the PC-based controller and other I/O via a shared backplane. Courtesy of: Beckhoff Automation
TechSight from Honeywell Intelligrated enables remote video collaboration between your technicians and our expert service team for fast diagnosis and troubleshooting of critical issues. Courtesy of: Honeywell Intelligrated
Robotic technology design has progressed to keep the operator—and those who maintain it—in mind by limiting direct interface of employee to machine. Courtesy of: Honeywell Intelligrated
Solutions like TechSight, eliminate both the communication limitations of a standard telephone call and the safety concerns with handheld devices. Courtesy of: Honeywell Intelligrated
Person and HelMo, the mobile robot handling. Courtesy of: Stäubli
Migros18_3.png
Its multiple safety functions make the six-axis machine ideally qualified for MRC applications. Courtesy of: Stäubli
Raphael Merz, a fourth-year apprentice, took a short training course and is now able to program the complete MRC application himself.
Courtesy of: Stäubli