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Manufacturers of automation components must take appropriate measures to ensure both the safety and security of their devices and to be protected in an increasingly networked world. The two worlds fit together more easily than is generally assumed.
read more...Thanks to reaction times of a maximum of 6 ms and the absence of dead zones, today's safety light curtains move even closer to the danger zone. But what makes these devices so special?
read more...Safeguarding vertical axes is an unpleasant challenge for many plant manufacturers. A safety module for drive-based safety technology provides a remedy. The requirements of the DGUV are also met by means of integrated brake management.
read more...When it comes to the question of safety in automated environments, the answer to date has usually been simply 'emergency stop'. With the advent of collaborative robots, new, much more powerful and flexible solutions are now required.
read more...Robots should work more closely with humans. ISO/TS 15066 provides normative answers to the new challenges of human-robot collaboration (HRC), but in practice, the path to mandatory CE marking remains a challenge.
read more...Security-oriented communication
In production environments, different safety protocols are often used that cannot easily exchange data with each other. As far as Profisafe via Profinet and CIP Safety via Ethernet/IP are concerned, this is now a thing of the past.
read more...A large number of common security functions are regularly implemented inadequately. One reason for this is that those responsible often do not know how to implement them with reasonable effort. - Below are pragmatic solutions for three of the most common variants.
read more...In the IoT, one gateway can be enough to gain access to all connected components. Companies should therefore set up defense mechanisms on several levels. Protection at fieldbus level is fundamental - especially if functionally secure systems are involved.
read more...The DIN EN ISO 13849-1 and DIN EN 62061 standards define requirements for the software development of safety functions, among other things. However, many people are unclear about how to implement these new requirements in detail. The upcoming 'Softema' tool is intended to provide support here.
read more...Version 1.0 of the technical specification 'IO-Link Safety - System Extensions' was published around a year ago. More than 20 companies from the field of functional safety were involved in its development. What has happened since then?
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