PECM Issue 38 2019 | Page 127

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 Cross+Morse Power Transmission Manufacturing Specialists Since 1984 ◊ Manufacturing up to 1450mm diameter ◊ Turning - CNC lathes, Vertical Machining Centre ◊ Gear Cutting - Hobbing, Planing, Shaping Gears ◊ Bevel Gears, Helical, External & Internal cut Gears ◊ Rack Shaping, Broaching, Keywaying ◊ Vertical Boring, Centreless & Rotary Grinding ◊ Bore Honing ◊ Induction Hardening ◊ Drilling & Tapping ◊ Large stocks of Transmission Drive components ◊ CAD - CAM Design & Development ◊ ISO 9001 : 2015 Yes we can make it. Cross + Morse. Shady Lane, Great Barr. Birmingham. B44 9EU [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)121 360 0155 Fax: +44 (0)121 325 1079 www.CrossMorse.com Issue 38 PECM 127