Different safeguarding options are available
depending on the respective requirements
and application. A comprehensive range of
products helps in choosing the best possible
solutions to ensure safety at work and also in
optimizing collaboration between man and
machine.
In-house logistics with automated guided
vehicles (AGVs)
An AGV, which moves autonomously and
flexibly in space, transports blanks into the
working area of the robot or machine tool.
On completion of the production process,
the machined work pieces are collected
again. The transportation path of the AGVs
must be safeguarded with safety sensors
which monitor the presence of persons and
objects.
An important consideration here is the
flexible adaptation of the protective fields
to the movement situation and the different
loads. In the case of the triangulation
principle, an AGV must be equipped with
two different scanners. Unlike the contour
navigation principle, just one scanner is
needed for safeguarding and navigation.
This means that safeguarding and data
capture for navigation requires one single
safety laser scanner. In other words, the
scanner simultaneously also provides the
measurement data needed for navigation.
In addition to that, the measurement values
have an extremely high angular resolution
and accuracy. This is important to precisely
determine the position of the AGV. The RSL
400 safety laser scanner enables such a
combined solution.
FIGURE 3: SAFETY FUNCTION
AND HIGH-QUALITY
MEASUREMENT DATA OUTPUT
IN ONE DEVICE
The safety laser scanner is available in various
models. The extensive range of scanners
from Leuze electronic includes a total of nine
functional variants – three of which with
data output for AGV navigation. All variants
are available for the four operating ranges
of 3.0, 4.5, 6.25, and 8.25 meters. Models
with PROFIsafe/PROFINET interfaces are also
available.
www.leuze.com
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Since 1984
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