With a wide range of safety technologies, Automation24 adapted its online store to customer needs during the first half of the year. The site now offers safety light curtains from manufacturer Datalogic for almost all common control and manual workstations that can present a risk to operating personnel.
Machines do a great deal of the work in various manufacturing processes. However, well-trained operating personnel are needed to ensure the safety of control and manual workstations such as presses, cutting machines, bending machines and punching machines. Such workstations are often fraught with hazards that can lead to injury in a moment of inattention, even for experienced operators. To prevent this from happening, it's crucial to be able to effectively detect any intrusion of fingers, hands and other limbs into danger zones. With the Datalogic SG4 Base series of safety light barriers, automation24.fr offers the ideal solution. " Les barrières lumineuses de sécurité sont les protections les plus couramment utilisées lorsqu’une surveillance des ouvertures d’accès est nécessaire. C’est pourquoi nous avons ajouté la série SG4 à notre boutique en deux résolutions avec une hauteur de champ de protection jusqu’à 1050 mm, bientôt suivie par la série SG4 Body. Ces séries permettent de résoudre une grande partie des applications standard et d’automatiser l’arrêt sécurisé des mouvements dangereux des machines" reports Thorsten Schulze, whose responsibilities as Managing Director include assortment management.
Optical sensor detection
Safety light curtains consist of a transmitter and a receiver, with an operating principle similar to that of photoelectric barriers used for position detection. Unlike conventional photoelectric barriers, the transmitter part of a light curtain sends a large number of beams at defined intervals to the receiver module, forming a dense barrier between the risk zone and the user. As soon as the light pulses are interrupted, for example by fingers, hands or other limbs, the machines can stop automatically, thus avoiding accidents. This is why safety light curtains belong to the category of electro-sensitive safety equipment (ESPE). Datalogic SG4 Base Series devices also feature setting options to cope with unexpected failures. For example, they include OSSD outputs that emit periodic test pulses to detect possible short-circuits.
Double safety: advice and assistance on automation24.co.uk
To help you find the right safety light curtain for your installation or specific machine, Automation24 offers assistance on its website, in the form of a table with selection criteria. Users looking for additional help will find a calculation formula to determine the exact minimum distance between the light curtain and the risk zone. Advice on how to install the device and how to guarantee its correct operation complete the guide. " Our online store also offers direct availability display. Datalogic is a long-standing partner with whom we share positive experiences, enabling us to offer our customers good value for money." says Thorsten Schulze.
